“It was all his own idea,” says Pat, the wife of California high school football
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“It was all his own idea,” says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters. Bob had ___36___ made a “motherhood contract(合同)”—declaring that for 70 days this summer he would ___37___ the care of their four children and all the housework. ___38___ he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he sighed, he was very confident.
After40 of the 70 days, he was ready to ___39___. “ I was beaten down, “ admits Bob. “Not only is motherhood a ___40___ task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being. ”
Bob and Pat were married in 1991. After the married, Pat ___41___ a secretary to help put him through university. ___42___ Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids. ___43___ two years ago Pat went back to work. “ I had been ___44___ children so much,” she ___45___, “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up. ” She continued to run the household, ___46___ -- until Bob sighed the contract.
Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were ___47___. For the last three weeks, the family ___48___ a lot--- sometimes having MacDonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
___49___ housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean ___50___ the bed is made. “ I found ___51___ –I shut the doors,” he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. “When we went to ___52___ Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts 53 side out so they would look clean. ”
Now that Bob has publicly ___54___ he was wrong, he is ___55___ the child-raising and household tasks with Pat.
36. A. only B. just C. nearly D. ever
37. A. stick to B. set about C. think about D. takeover
38. A. If B. As C. Since D. Although
39. A. carry on B. give up C. break down D. find out
40. A. strange B. pleasant C. difficult D. serious
41. A. sent B. employed C. learned from D. worked as
42. A. In time B. Before long C. Since then D. Later on
43. A. Then B. Thus C. So D. Still
44. A. near B. after C. about D. around
45. A. insists B. sighs C. jokes D. apologizes
46. A. besides B. therefore C. however D. otherwise
47. A. terrible B. tasty C. expensive D. special
48. A. starved B. traveled C. worked out D. ate out
49. A. Due to B. As for C. Along with D. Except for
50. A. until B. before C. if D. unless
51. A. an easier way B. a cheaper way C. a cleaner way D. a harder way
52. A. receive B. welcome C. greet D. fetch
53. A. good B. wrong C. right D. opposite
54. A. admitted B. suggested C. agreed D. explained
55. A. operating B. realizing C. sharing D. performing |
答案
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解析
36. B。just在此作副词表示“刚刚”，在Pat说话之前不久。
37. D。stick to“坚持”；set about“着手”；think about“思考”；take over“接管”，这是合同的一部分内容，并且涉及到做父母的责任，所以用take over，意思是Bob从他的妻子那里接管照顾四个孩子和所有家务活的任务。
38. D。从下文可知，Bob根本没做过家务，甚至不会煮咖啡。尽管Bob不懂，但他非常自信，所以选表示转折关系的Although。
39. B。从后面他的话里可以看出他要坚持不下去了，准备放弃，carry on“经营，继续”；give up“放弃”；break down“中断，出毛病” ；find out“弄清楚”。
40. C。从前句知他快坚持不下去了，准备放弃，由此推知照顾小孩做家务对他来说很难。
41. D。worked as a secretary“她找了一份当秘书的工作”。
42. C。从主句的时态可推出用since then“从那时起一直”。
43. A。这一段是按时间先后展开叙述的，所以选then“后来，然后”。
44. D。around“围绕”,本句意为“我围着孩子转得太多了，我甚至就不会和成年人交谈了”；about不能表示“围绕”。
45. B。面对这种变化，她心里感慨万千，充满了无奈，所以她长长地叹了一口气。
46. C。但马上语气一转，她还得继续操持家务，所以选however表示语气上的转折。
47. A。由but这一转折词可知，虽然Bob努力学烹饪，但他做的饭味道糟透了。
48. D。eat out“在外面吃饭，在饭店吃饭”。
49. B。as for“就……而言，说到……”，用来引出打扫房间这一话题；due to“由于”；along with“与……在一起”；except for“除……之外”，不合语意。
50. C。由语意知后半句是前半句的前提条件，所以选 if，引出条件状语。
51. A。由破折号后的解释可知他发明了一种不用铺床叠被，就可使房间显得整洁的方法，即只需把门一关，与铺床叠被比起来真的很简单。
52. D。fetch somebody at work“到……上班处去接某人”，相当于pick somebody up；receive somebody“接待，招待某人”；welcome“欢迎”；greet somebody“向某人问候，迎接某人”。
53. C。right side“衣服的正面”，平时Bob让他的孩子反穿衣服，里面的穿到外面，出去接孩子的妈妈时他让他们把正面穿在外面，这样显得干净。
54. A。在第二段，Bob已经承认家务活、看管孩子是非常繁重又繁琐的事，他以前错，其它选项不合句意。
55. C。share something with somebody“与某人共同分担”。 |
举一反三
Not too long ago, an incident that happened at Walt Disney touched me greatly. A guest___36___ out of our Polynesian Village resort（度假胜地）at Walt Disney was asked how she ___37___ her visit. She told the front-desk clerk she had had a (n) ___38___ vacation, but was heartbroken about ___39___ several rolls of Kodak color film she had not yet ___40___. At that moment she was particularly ___41___ over the loss of the pictures she had shot at our Polynesian Luau, 42___ this was a memory she especially treasured.
Now, please understand that we have no written service rules___43___ lost photos in the park. 44___, the clerk at the front desk___45___ Disney’s idea of caring for our ___46___. She asked the woman to leave her a couple rolls of ___47___ film, promising she would take care of the rest of our show at Polynesian Luau.
Two weeks later the guest received a ___48___at her home. In it were photos of all the actors of our show, 49___ signed by each performer. There were also ___50___ of the public procession（游行队伍）and fireworks in the park, taken by the front-desk clerk in her own ___51___ after work. I happened to know this ___52___ because this guest wrote us a letter. She said that ___53___ in her life had she received such good service from any business.
Excellent ___54___ does not come from policy (政策性的)handbooks. It comes from people who ___55___ —and from a culture that encourages and models that attitude.
36. A. working B. checking C. trying D. staying
37. A. expected B. realized C. paid D. enjoyed
38. A. disappointing B. wonderful C. uncomfortable D. important
39. A. taking B. dropping C. losing D. breaking
40. A. developed B. taken C. washed D. loaded
41. A. silly B. nervous C. calm D. sad
42. A. when B. where C. as D. which
43. A. covering B. finding C. making D. keeping
44. A. Excitedly B. Fortunately C. Therefore D. Quietly
45. A. understood B. reminded C. trusted D. discovered
46. A. workers B. guests C. managers D. clerks
47. A. printed B. shot C. unused D. recorded
48. A. film B. card C. camera D. packet
49. A. frequently B. personally C. alone D. actually
50. A. rules B. pictures C. handbooks D. performances
51. A. case B. work C. time D. position
52. A. story B. place C. photo D. show
53. A. only B. almost C. never D. nearly
54. A. advice B. experience C. quality D. service
55. A. care B. serve C. like D. know |
You are near the front line of a battle. Around you shells are exploding; people are shooting from a house behind you. What are you doing there? You aren’t a soldier. You aren’t ___36___carrying a gun. You’re standing in front of a ___37___and you’re telling the TV ___38___what is happening.
It’s all in a day’s work for a war reporter, and it can be very ___39___. In the first two years of the ___40___ in former Yugoslavia(前南斯拉夫), 28 reporters and photographers were killed. Hundreds more were ___41___. What kind of people put themselves in danger to ___42___ pictures to our TV screens and ___43___ to our newspapers? Why do they do it?
“I think it’s every young journalist’s ___44___to be a foreign reporter,” says Michael Nicholson, “that’s ___45___ you find the excitement. So when the first opportunity comes, you take it ___46___ it is a war.”
But there are moments of ___47___. Jeremy Bowen says, “Yes, when you’re lying on the ground and bullet(子弹) are flying ___48___ your ears, you think: ‘What am I doing here? I’m not going to do this again.’ But that feeling ___49___ after a while and when the next war starts, you’ll be ___50___.”
“None of us believes that we’re going to ___51___,” adds Michael. But he always ___52___ a lucky charm(护身符) with him. It was given to him by his wife for his first war. It’s a card which says “Take care of yourself.” Does he ever think about dying? “Oh, ___53___, and every time it happens you look to the sky and say to God, ‘If you get me out of this, I ___54___ I’ll never do it again.’ You can almost hear God ___55___, because you know he doesn’t believe you.”
36. A. simply B. really C. merely D. even
37. A. crowd B. house C. battlefield D. camera
38. A. producers B. viewers C. directors D. actors
39. A. dangerous B. exciting C. normal D. disappointing
40. A. stay B. fight C. war D. life
41. A. injured B. buried C. defeated D. saved
42. A. bring B. show C. take D. make
43. A. scenes B. passages C. stories D. contents
44. A. belief B. dream C. duty D. faith
45. A. why B. what C. how D. where
46. A. even so B. ever since C. as if D. even if
47. A. fear B. surprise C. shame D. sadness
48. A. into B. around C. past D. through
49. A. returns B. goes C. continues D. occurs
50. A. there B. away C. out D. home
51. A. leave B. escape C. die D. remain
52. A. hangs B. wears C. holds D. carries
53. A. never B. many times C. some time D. seldom
54. A. consider B. accept C. promise D. guess
55. A. whispering B. laughing C. screaming D. crying |
When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. ___36___ the move, my father ___37___ us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not ___38___ that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we’re ___39___to Arizona.”
The words, so small, didn’t seem ___40___ enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a tram moving across the country. I watched the ___41___ change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that ___42___ mysteries(奥秘) yet to come. Finally, we arrived and ___43___ into own new home.
___44___ my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I ___45___ explored(探索) our new surroundings.
One afternoon, I was out exploring ___46___ and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched (蹲) down for a closer look. “You’d better not ___47___ that.”
I turned around to see an old woman.
“Are you new lo this neighborhood?” I explained that I was, ___48___, new to the entire state.
“My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the ___49___? It must be quite a ___50___ after living in Boston.”
How could I explain how I ___51___ the desert? I couldn’t seem to find the right words.
“It’s vastness,” she offered. “That vastness ___52___ you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert — you can ___53___ how little you are in comparison with the world. ___54___, you feel that the possibilities are limitless.”
That was it. That was the feeling I’d bad ever since I’d first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my ___55___ would change with just a few simple words.
“Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn’t touch.”
36. A. During B. Until C. Upon D. Before
37. A. gathered B. warned C. organized D. comforted
38. A. hoping B. admitting C. realizing D. believing
39. A. going B. moving C. driving D. flying
40. A. good B. simple C. big D. proper
41. A. picture B. ground C. sense D. area
42. A. suggested B. solved C. discovered D. explained
43. A. settled B. walked C. hurried D. stepped
44. A. If B. After C. once D. While
45. A. bitterly B. easily C. proudly D. eagerly
46. A as well B. as usual C. fight away D. on time
47. A. move B. dig C. pull D. touch
48. A. of course B. in fact C. after all D. at least
49. A. desert B. city C. state D. country
50. A. luck B. doubt C. shock D. danger
51. A. found B. examined C. watched D. reached
52. A. why B. when C. how D. where
53. A. prove B. guess C. sense D. expect
54. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile
55. A. idea B. life C. home D. family |
In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job. I worked as a(n) ___36___ at Mr. Breen’s fruit shop. The fruit shop did ___37___ business. Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighbourhood, ___38___ he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars. Mr Breen ___39___ them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always ___40___ me to carry it out to their car. They were clearly long-standing customers, and I ___41___ they must have stayed faithful to him ___42___ he had promised to sell good quality ___43___. He had a way with them—I had to ___44___ that. He called every woman “madam” for a start, ___45___ those who clearly were not, but when he ___46___ it, it did not sound like flattery (奉承). It just sounded ___47___ in an old-fashioned way. He was a great chatter ___48___. If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few ___49___ about the weather, ___50___ he did, he would ask about their families or make ___51___, always cutting his cloth ___52___ his customers. Whatever their bills came to, be ___53___ gave them back the few odd pence (零钱), and I am sure they thought he was very generous (慷慨). But I thought he was the opposite. He never ___54___ anything away. He was always looking for ___55___ for nothing.
36. A. operator B. assistant C. waiter D. secretary
37. A. good B. poor C. big D. usual
38. A. so B. when C. therefore D. but
39. A. sold B. knew C. gave D. sent
40. A. making B. letting C. getting D. keeping
41. A. wish B. insist C. declare D. suppose
42. A. when B. if C. because D. though
43. A. food B. fruit C. vegetables D. drink
44. A. admit B. expect C. announce D. promise
45. A. yet B. only C. just D. even
46. A. told B. said C. spoke D. talked
47. A. serious B. strange C. polite D. familiar
48. A. as well B. as usual C. either D. also
49. A. sayings B. questions C. words D. speeches
50. A. and then B. and so C. even if D. but if
51. A. preparations B. jokes C. repairs D. friends
52. A. according to B. due to C. instead of D. up to
53. A. never B. ever C. seldom D. always
54. A. took B. moved C. threw D. turned.
55. A. something B. anything C. somebody D. anybody |
Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble— especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great ___36___ between human beings; and insects. The former ___37___ every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly ___38___ attention to themselves.
We can only show mercy to the ___39___ man who had to slop his car soon after ___40___ from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the ___41___of the car, he naturally got out to ___42___ the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he ___43___ his way. Again the noise began, ___44___ and became even louder. Quickly ___45___ his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great ___46___ cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees ___47___.
On learning this, the man drove away .as quickly as possible. After an hour’s ___48___ driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a ___49___ and went in- It was not long ___50___ a customer who had seen him arrive ___51___ in to inform him that his car was ___52___ with bees. The poor driver was ___53___ that the best way should be to call a ___54___. In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back. of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this ___55___ gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousand of followers home in a large box.
36. A. connection B. difference C. communication D. similarity
37. A, doB. take C. make D. try
38. A. give B. keep C. pay D. draw
39. A. unfortunate B. careless C. unpleasant D. hopeless
40. A. passing by B. leaving out C. setting out D. getting up
41. A. front B. back C. left D. right
42. A. clean B. change C. test D. examine
43. A. drove B. continued C. pushed D. forced
44. A. normally B. gentlyC. actually D. immediately
45. A. hiding B. turning C. shaking D. raising
46. A. black B. beautiful C. white D. colorful
47. A. below B. ahead C. nearby D. behind
48. A. boring B. careful C. exciting D. hard
49. A. hotel B. museum C. hospital D. school
50. A. when B. after C. until D. before
51. A. broke B. moved C. hurried D. dropped
52. A. crowded B. covered C. filled D. equipped
53. A. advised B. required C. ordered D. requested
54. A. bee-keeper B. policeman C. waiterD. repairman
55. A. unfamiliar B. unknown C. unexpectedD. uncertain |
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