It’s seven in the morning. After __36__ Mr White and Mrs White __37__ their children to the school __38__ the car. Then they go to work in a __39__. The children have lunch at school. Father and mother have lunch at the factory. There __40__ four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. After __41__ the children play games for some time. Sometimes the children __42__ the classroom with their classmates. Then they go home by school bus. Mother cooks supper for the __43__. The children help their mother do the housework.
After supper the children do __44__. Father and mother watch TV or __45__.

It’s Friday evening. My daughters, 3 and 9, sigh(叹息) when I gently 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 ride 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 cook meals.

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

It’s seven in the morning. After __36__ Mr White and Mrs White __37__ their children to the school __38__ the car. Then they go to work in a __39__. The children have lunch at school. Father and mother have lunch at the factory. There __40__ four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. After __41__ the children play games for some time. Sometimes the children __42__ the classroom with their classmates. Then they go home by school bus. Mother cooks supper for the __43__. The children help their mother do the housework.

After supper the children do __44__. Father and mother watch TV or __45__.

1.A. lunch      B. supper          C. dinner           D. breakfast

2.A. take            B. bring               C. help         D. get

3.A. by          B. on              C. at           D. in

4.A. hospital        B. factory         C. school           D. restaurant

5.A. has             B. are             C. is           D. have

6.A. classes         B. school          C. class            D. afternoon

7.A. clean      B. stay                C. wash         D. play

8.A. home       B. child               C. her          D. family

9.A. their homework                   B. their homeworks 

C. their housework                    D. his homework

10.A. read book                     B. do some reading

          C. make some reading                 D. do some reading books