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My mother is fifty-five years old. She retired(退休)just two months ago. After that, shewas bored and didn't know what to do every day She was kind to us before, butrecently she got angry easily. She often quarreled (争吵)withmy brother and me without any reason. Also, relations between my parents becamedifficult. My mother got into trouble and didn't know how to do with it.

My brother thought of a good idea tosolve the problem. He bought her a new smart phone and taught her how to useWechat. My mother's life changed a lot from then on. No matter where she wentand whatever she did, she always used it. She took photes with her new smartphone and always shared her photos in her friend circle to express how happyshe was. As a result she often did something by mistake. She often forgot toturn off the gas (天然气)and the food she wascooking usually got burnt. My father tried to stop her, but it didn't work.

This afternoon, my mother prepared tomake dumplings for dinner. She took a lot of pictures in order to post theminto her friend circle. After dinner, we took out our smart phones and waitedto see the photos she had taken. To our surprise, we didn't find any picturesof her dumplings. At tast, my father couldn't help asking her "Why don'tyou share your delicious dumplings in your friend circle today？"

My mother looked embarrassed and said. "Mysmart phone was boiled (被煮了)in thepot. "

1. （1） My brother bought a smart phone for my mother because_________.

   A . my mother liked taking photos and sharing them in her friend circle B . Both my father and my mother retired two months ago C . my mother's phone didn't work well. D . my brother wanted to help my mother out of trouble
3. （2） After my mother had a smart phone, she_________.

   A . she liked it very much and used it all the time B . she still quarreled with my brother and me C . she was bored and didn't know what to do D . she only use it to take photos for her friends.
5. （3） The underlined word "embarrassed" in Paragraph 4 probably means "_________".

   A . 兴奋的 B . 坦然 C . 惊讶的 D . 尴尬的
7. （4） Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？

   A . My mother stopped my father from taking pictures of food. B . My mother never forgot turning off the gas after she had a smart phone C . We were surprised to find no pictures of dumplings in my mother's friend circle D . After dinner, we were surprised to find my mother's smart phone lost.