Question

Dear Annie,

I’ve never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing. I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself, 1. .

Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess. And that’s why I’m writing this letter to you.

I have a happy family. I love my children and they love me. I’m a mother of three children. I know well how to bring up(养大) children, and two of them are already over twenty, so it is nothing new for me.

But now I have a serious problem: the Internet problem. My little son is just sixteen, and I feel he should do a lot of homework now, 2. . He can happily spend six or eight hours at a time on the Internet every day. He chats with people that he has never met before, 3. . He does lots of meaningless things on the Internet. And he sees red(大怒) if you ask him to do his homework.

I just want him to be a good student. Now he seldom does his lessons at home. I’m afraid he will drop behind in his class soon. His father is a doctor, a very kind man. 4. .

What can I do? And don’t tell to talk to him. We’ve tried that and it didn’t work. But this is really a big problem in our family. I have tried everything I can think of. 5. . You are my last hope. Please tell me what I can do!

Yours,

Ellen Smith

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.E

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：作者从未给报纸写过信，但是现在她需要帮助。她十六岁的儿子每天在互联网上花费六到八个小时，和没见过面的人聊天，做许多无意义的事。如果让他写作业就会发怒。作者不知道该怎么办，所以写信求助。

1.1】根据上文“我曾经感觉自己可以自己做任何事情”，及下文“有时生活中真的需要帮助”。可知这里应该是个转折的句子，但是我知道我错了，故选B。

2.2】结合语境可知这里应该说的是儿子的作业问题，他似乎对作业不感兴趣。故选A。

3.3】结合上下文可知，这里讲的是儿子聊天的问题，他与从未见过面的人们聊天，但是很少和我们说话。故选C。

4.4】这里讲到他的父亲。他的父亲是一名医生，一个非常好心的男人。他看起来从不害怕父亲。故选E。

5.5】联系上下文可知，作者非常担心儿子上网，想了很多办法，她想知道互联网怎么有这么大的吸引力。故选D。

考点：生活类阅读。