Last month，my husband and I completed what some of our friends considered a foolish task：a 32-day，5，232-mile camping trip with children in our Volkswagen van，without "high-tech" to occupy the children．
   It was the screen less journey that showered me with doubts．But is "boredom" senseless？My friend Renee，who has driven cross-country with her three kids eight times，calls boredom the mother of creativity．She's not the only one who sees virtue in blank time．In a recently published paper，researchers at East Anglia University in England concluded that the trance like （發(fā)呆的） state helps recharge the mind and is "central to learning and creativity"．I wasn't trying to make my kids smarter．Neither do I dislike high-tech．But I understand too well the power of mini screens to transform our kids into zombies （木訥的人）．
   On Day 1，our 7-year-old son announced "Texas is so boring!"．The next day，struggling against his seat belt，he yelled he couldn't take much more of this．His 5-year-old sister was better at the long hours playing make-believe with the stuffed animals．On Day 3，he began count mountains and see pandas and dolphins in distant clouds in the Texas sky．I often joined the kids in the back，where we did thumb-and-toe wrestle．With well-known mountains ahead，my husband told the children the past legends of them．"Arizona is not as boring as Texas，" our son declared．
   I hope the trip gave kids some lazy，unstructured time to learn something about valuing the trip instead of looking for the fastest way to burn it up．I don't always make the right call as a parent but I know that in banning the small screen we made the right choice this time．

（1）Why did the author choose a high-tech free journey？

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A．Her friends are highly against it．
B．She disliked advanced technology．
C．She feared the passive influence of mini-screens．
D．The researchers proved the harm of modern technology．
（2）What happened during the cross-country drive？

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A．Their son got worse at boredom．
B．Her kids had a tough time riding in the vehicle．
C．Their son relieved himself by watching animals outside．
D．The time spent without screens strengthened the family bond．
（3）The underlined part "the fastest way" in the last paragraph refers to

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A．the speediest route to finish the journey
B．the ability to observe the surroundings
C．the interest of playing games with others
D．the choice of killing time by playing digital devices
（4）Which is the best title for the text？

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A．Is Driving Long Distances Good for Children？
B．A Touching Cross-country Trip of My Family
C．What's Wrong with Boredom without High-tech？
D．Creative Kids out of Parents' Reasonable Choice