[1] It's Friday evening．My daughters sighed（叹息） when I gently took the iPads away from their laps．One by one， our screens we returned off．We lit the candles and sat down to have a big meal．

[2] We call it our "Technology Shabbat"（科技安息日） which lasts from sunset（日落）on Friday to sunset on Saturday．Now most friends know they will not be able to contact（联系） us by using computers or mobile phones for 24 hours．

[3] I first understood the importance of "Technology Shabbat" in 2008， when my father had got brain cancer．Some day he would have only one good hour， and the only thing I wanted to do was to be with him．When I looked ①______my father， I turned off my mobile phone．

[4] Soon after that，my husband and I decided to turn off all the electronic things for one full day every week．

[5] During our "Technology Shabbat"，times lows down．Our Saturday snow feel like mini﹣vacations．We drive cars or ride bikes．We work in the garden， play board games and cook meals with our kids．I feel like a better mother， wife and person．

[6] Keeping a balance（平衡） between the good and the ②______of technology is important for my family．The technology helps us share knowledge and funny ideas all over the world．But the technology also takes something away from us．When we ③_____up late at night linking（连接） from website to website or sending messages， we click（点击） again and again until we have been overloaded（超负荷的）．

[7] Now we're rushing into the time full of high technology．（5）We should pay attention to what we are doing online and when we should go offline．

[8] I will always remember the most important thing in my family：Technology Shabbat．

（1）When is "Technology Shabbat" in the writer's family？（No more than 10 words）

（2）What did the writer and her husband decide to do after her father got cancer？（No more than 18 words）

（3）What's the good of technology according to the passage？（No more than 15 words）

（4）Fill in each blank with one proper word．

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（5）Translate the underlined sentence in the seventh paragraph into Chinese．

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（6）Do you like the idea of "Technology Shabbat"？Why or why not ？（No more than 25 words）

　　

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