Unit 3 life in the future reading 课时作业I. 阅读理解AMy husband hasnt stopped laughing about a funny thing that happened to me. Its funny now but it wasnt at the time.Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shopthat was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep a place, and went to get a cup of coffee.When I went back with the coffee, there was someone in the next seat. It was one of those wild-looking youngsters, with dark glasses and worn clothes, and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did surprise me was that hed started to eat my chocolate!Naturally, I was annoyed. However, to avoid troubleand really I was rather uneasy about himI just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didnt dare to start an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, Well, I shall have the last piece. And I got it.The boy gave me a strange look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out. This womans crazy! Everyone stared. That was embarrassing enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went redas red as his hairwhen I realized Id made a mistake. It wasnt my chocolate that hed been taking. There was mine, unopened, just under my newspaper.1. The woman telling the story _.A. always went shopping with her family on FridaysB. had been very busy and needed some time to recoverC. bought some chocolate so that she could keep a place at the tableD. wanted a newspaper and some chocolate to take home to her family2. When the woman saw the boy go on eating the chocolate, she felt _.A. too tired to start an argumentB. more and more angry with the boyC. too shy to look in the boys directionD. more and more disappointed at losing the chocolate3. The womans face turned red _.A. because she hated being shouted atB. because she saw everyone staring at herC. because she realized that the boy was poor and angryD. because she realized that she had been quite wrong about the boy4. From the story we can see the woman _.A. was crazyB. was being carelessC. often made mistakesD. was careless and selfishB“How are things back at the office?” one of the gentlemen in my bicycle tour group asked me as we were nearing the end of another lengthy ride through Croatias scenic countryside.“I assume they are going fine,” I said. “I havent had any contact and I dont plan to.”“Your phone isnt on?” he asked, incredulously. “You havent checked your email?”“My phone is off and no, Im not planning on checking email,” I said.My wife Heidi and I took my children, Daniel and Rachel, on a two-week trip to Croatia, one of the most beautiful countries in the world. We made the choice to spend some of our money on this wonderful experience so we could spend time bonding with each other and the kids.Why would I destroy the environment we had traveled thousands of miles to create by bringing my work environment into it? That would be counter-productive to everything I wanted out of this trip. If I worked during this experience, I would be taking time away from my family and sending them the message that work takes priority over them.In addition to sharing this incredible experience, I wanted to take us all out of the activity-driven world we live in. If I had my cell phone on and was constantly searching out a wireless connection to keep up with office, I would just bring that hyper-connected environment into the peaceful, meaningful world I was trying to create.In addition to creating life-long memories with my family, another wonderful thing happened as a result of this bike trip. As we were returning home, I was flooded with new ideas. I came up with concepts for nine blog posts and several ideas that I want to incorporate into my business.Taking time off restored and rejuvenated me and allowed my creative spirit to really come to the surface. How can you accomplish that goal if you simply move the source of that stress to a different location?5. From the conversation at the beginning of the text, we can infer that_ .A. the author had no access to the Internet during the tourB. the gentleman was quite concerned about the authors workC. the authors phone was off because he didnt want to be disturbedD. the speakers both experienced an unpleasant bicycle tour in Croatia6. One of the purposes of the authors Croatias bicycle tour is_ .A. to experience a primitive life with