D. Answer the questions (根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題): (共6分)
45."Life is speeding up.Everyone is becoming unwell." This may sound like something someone would say today.But in fact,an unwell person who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it. We all love new inventions.They are exciting,amazing and can even change our lives.But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives? Imagine this:You're rushing to finish your homework on the computer.Your mobile phone rings,a WeChat message from your friend appears on the screen,the noise from the telephone is getting louder and louder.Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work.Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired.Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities,who have no telephones,no cars,not even any electricity often seem to be happier?Perhaps that is because they live simpler lives. One family in the UK went "back in time" to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today.The grandparents,with their daughter,and grandsons,Benjamin,10,and Thomas,7,spent nine weeks in a 1940s house.They had no washing machine,microwave,computer or mobile phone. The grandmother,Lyn,said, "The more things you have,the more difficult life becomes." The boys said they fought less.Probably,they said,because there was less to fight over,such as their computer.Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy (時髦的),beer-drinking granny,to one who cooked things.
Answer the questions. (1)The underlined sentence was written in the modern times,wasn't it?
(2)Why do you lose all your work on the computer according to the passage?
(3)How do we often feel when new inventions have speeded up our lives too much?
(4)Why did the family choose to spend some time in a 1940s house?
(5)What kind of person did Benjamin's grandmother use to be?
46. Write at least 60 words according to the given situation (假定你是Tony,從報紙上得知你所居住的小區(qū)附近的一座公園,因為要建一座商場而關(guān)閉,而你希望保留公園,請你給報紙主編寫一封信表達(dá)你的想法.不少于60詞,標(biāo)點符號不占格) (注意:(1)文中不得出現(xiàn)姓名、校名等個人信息,否則不予評分。(2)照抄閱讀語篇不得分。) Dear Editor, I have lived in Jackson for a long time.I am a student in Grade 8.I am writing this letter because I do not agree to your article.You wrote that people would build a new shopping mall in the park and closed the park.I just wish our city did not decide to close the park.Why should we lose a park to get a shopping mall?...... Yours truly, Tony _________