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It’s Friday evening. My daughters 3 and 9 sigh(叹息) when I ge ntly take the iPads away from their laps. One by one our screens are turned off. We light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.

Most people in our lives know they will not be able to contact us by using computer or moblie  phones for 24 hours. And so it has gone every week for three years. We call it our “Technology Shabbat(科技安息日)" which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.

I first understood the importance of disconnecting in 2008 when my father was told that he

had got brain cancer. Some days he would have ony one good hour and I wasn’t willing to be disturbed when I was with him so I’d turn off my mobile phone.

Soon after encouraged by National Day of Unplugging(全国断网断电日) on March 1st my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week.

During our “Technology Shabbats” time slows. Our Saturdays now feel like mini-vacations. We drive our car or ride our bike. We with our kids work in the garden play board games and cook meals. I feel more balanced. I feel like a better mother wife and person.

Keeping a balance between the good and the bad of technology is my lasting state. The technology we’ve created makes it possible for us to share knowledge and take in carious ideas all over the world. But the technology also take something away from us. When we stay up late at night linking(连接) from website to website or sending messages or e-mailing we click again and again and again until we’ve overloaded(超负荷的).

When we rush into the time full of high technology it's necessary for us to pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go off.

I will always remember the most important thing in my family: “Technology Shabbat".

1. When is “Techtwhgy Shabbat' in the writer's family?

A. Only on Sunday.

B. From sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.

C. Only on Friday.

D. From sunset on Saturday to sunset on Sunday.

2. The writer's family have “Technology Shabbat" every week mainly becausc they hope to ______.

A. save energy 

B. enjoy life together

C. stay away from others

D. follow National Day of Unplugging

3. What do the writers family NOT do during their “Technology Shubbats”?

A. They drive their car or r ide bikes for mini-vacations.

B. They light the candles and sit down to have a big meal.

C. They work in the garden play board games and coo k meals.

D. They stay up late at night linking from website to website.

 

Answer 1

  1.B 2.B 3.D

分 析：
本文叙述了作者一家在父亲病重需要照顾的情况下，体会到了关机不被打扰的安静，又在全国断网断电日的鼓励下，作者一家决定每周也实行断电断网日，来享受一家人的天伦之乐。 1.细节理解题。根据We call it our “Technology Shabbat(科技安息日)" which lasts from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday.可知从周五的日落到周六的日落为科技安息日，故选B。 2.推理判断题。根据I feel more balanced. I feel like a better mother wife and person.可知作者一家享受了天伦之乐，故选B。 3.细节理解题。根据encouraged by National Day of Unplugging(全国断网断电日) on March 1st my husband and I decided to unplug for one full day every week.因为作者在全国断网断电日拔掉了电源，关了电脑，所以不可能做的事情就是上网了，故选D。
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