1. (2023九下·定远开学考) 阅读短文，回答问题

When I was a boy, we had a television set. The program I liked best was The Jetsons. It was a cartoon series set in a future that was full of fantastic machines that could do anything. I always dreamed of a day when I would have machines like this to do all my work, so I could just sit back and relax.

Now my life is full of machines like these, but I seem to have more to do than ever. Just today I had to spend most of the morning downloading a new version（版本）of my word processing program so I could write this article. When I first started out, I wrote my stories on lined notebook paper, and it took half the time. Last week, I spent most of another morning trying to get my new coffee maker to work right. I seem to be drowning in a sea of new rules and problems that come with new technology.

Now don't get me wrong. Computers and machines have done a lot to help all of us. I just want us to be able to use them without them using us. We always seem to be busy because we're spending all of our time using these machines.

I hope that in the future, machines can be more user-friendly, so we don't spend all our time on them. With machines we can live an easier life, but they can never replace time spent will family and friends.

1. （1） Why did the writer mention his childhood cartoon?

   A . To share his happy times with the readers. B . To compare the life in the past and the life today. C . To introduce his favorite program. D . To introduce the story topic.
3. （2） Paragraph 2 is written to show ______.

   A . the writer's dream finally came true B . machines in our life bring us a lot of convenience C . new technology brings problems D . the technology develops fast
5. （3） What is the writer's attitude toward machines?

   A . The machines are useless. B . Machines are helpful and time-saving. C . We spend too much time using machines. D . We have lived an easy life with machines.