A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of ____.
“Do you know ____ you and I are?” she asked. ____ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman ____ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, ____ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) ____.” “We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.
I forgot all about her story ____ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.
“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What ____ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ______ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen _____ in mid-air. She looked up ____ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your _____?” Coolly, I heard myself _____, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have ____ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the ____ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of ____ in the clerk’s voice as she ____ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was ____ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.
I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great ____.
| 小题1: | | A．surprise | B．anxiety | C．anger | D．excitement |
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| 小题3: | | A．When | B．As | C．Before | D．Since |
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| 小题5: | | A．nervous | B．sure | C．anxious | D．uncertain |
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| 小题6: | | A．mother | B．worker | C．teacher | D．doctor |
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| 小题7: | | A．think | B．list | C．expect | D．give |
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| 小题8: | | A．since | B．unless | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题9: | | A．got | B．caused | C．permit | D．made |
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| 小题10: | | A．researcher | B．manager | C．expert | D．scholar |
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| 小题11: | | A．dropped | B．floated | C．frozen | D．broke |
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| 小题12: | | A．so that | B．even though | C．as though | D．because of |
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| 小题13: | | A．family | B．subject | C．study | D．field |
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| 小题14: | | A．words | B．reply | C．shout | D．whisper |
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| 小题15: | | A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
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| 小题16: | | A．rewards | B．awards | C．profits | D．benefits |
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| 小题17: | | A．interest | B．respect | C．doubt | D．fear |
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| 小题18: | | A．explained | B．passed | C．completed | D．filled |
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| 小题19: | | A．accepted | B．greeted | C．recognized | D．refused |
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| 小题20: | | A．person | B．award | C．career | D．business |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:D
小题10:A
小题11:C
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:B
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:D
小题19:B
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试题分析：如何归属家庭主妇的职业？故事中，作者诙谐地将自己家庭妇女的工作比作是儿童发展及人事关系研究助理员的工作，引出了一个有趣的故事。
小题1:考查形容词辨析。A. surprise惊讶；B. anxiety焦虑；C. anger愤怒；D. excitement激动。这里指Emily急匆匆地向我跑来，充满了愤怒。故选C
小题2:短语名词性从句。这里用what引导名词性从句，从句中缺少表语。这里指你知道你和我是什么？故选B
小题3:考查连词辨析。A. When当……时候；B. As正如；C. Before还没来得急……；D. Since自从。我还没来得急回答，她给出了她问题的原因。故选C
小题4:考查介词辨析。这里考查短语的固定搭配at desk表示“前台”之意。前台的女士问她她的职业是什么？故选A
小题5:考查形容词辨析。A. nervous紧张的；B. sure确定的；C. anxious焦急的；D. uncertain不确信的。这里指她不确信怎么来回答这个问题。故选D
小题6:考查上下文连串。根据下文中的“We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.可知。我是一位母亲。故选A
小题7:考查动词辨析。A. think认为；B. list列；C. expect期望；D. give给予。这里指我们没有把母亲列为职业。故选B
小题8:考查连词搭配。A. since自从；B. unless除非；C. until直到……才……；D. when当……时候。我忘了所有关于她的故事，直到有一天我遇到了同样的情况。故选C
小题9:考查动词辨析。此题ABC三个选择项都不可以接sb. do sth结构。故只能用make sb. do sth.。这里指让我说什么呢？故选D
小题10:上下文连串。根据下文中I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field.可知作者说她是儿童发展及人事关系研究助理员。故选A
小题11:考查动词辨析。A. dropped掉下；B. floated漂浮；C. frozen僵住；D. broke打破。那位职员停下来，圆珠笔停在半空。故选C
小题12:考查短语辨析。A. so that以致；B. even though尽管；C. as though好像；D. because of因为。她抬起头，好像她没有听清似的。故选C
小题13:考查上下文连串。根据下文提示I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field.可知。在你的这个领域中，你做什么？故选D
小题14:考查动词辨析。A. words话；B. reply答复；C. shout大叫；D. whisper小声说。这里指作者沉着地回答到。故选B
小题15:考查上下文连串。根据下文中my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3她的三个女儿，再加她老公，一共四个人。故选C
小题16:考查名词辨析。A. rewards报酬；B. awards奖品；C. profits利润；D. benefits津贴。这份工作比大多数工作更具有挑战性，报酬是用满意而不是用钱判断。并且故选A
小题17:考查名词辨析。A. interest 兴趣；B. respect尊敬；C. doubt怀疑；D fear害怕。根据后句职员开始动笔写可知职员的声音带有敬意。故选B
小题18:考查动词辨析。根据上下文含义可知，这里是填写表格，故用fill in the form。因为她在填写表格。故选D
小题19:考查动词辨析。A. accepted接受；B. greeted问候；C. recognized认出；D. refused拒绝。三个助手（作者的三个女儿）向我问候。故选B
小题20:考查名词辨析。A. person 人；B. award奖品；C. career职业；D. business生意。我感觉很成功。母亲，一个伟大的职业。故选C |
核心考点
试题【A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother】；主要考察你对
题材分类等知识点的理解。
[详细]举一反三
A Leap to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive, she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom that even though she couldn’t see , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her attitude.
Lola never thinks about . She is presently at Level 7 while the highest is Level 10 in gymnastics. Her is to reach Level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids she grew up.
Lola is of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her for others is “just believe yourself”.
| 小题1: | | A．runs | B．teaches | C．trains | D．dances |
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| 小题2: | | A．since | B．unless | C．after | D．though |
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| 小题3: | | A．tell | B．guess | C．assume | D．predict |
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| 小题4: | | A．suspected | B．remembered | C．imagined | D．noticed |
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| 小题5: | | A．deeply | B．well | C．ahead | D．closely |
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| 小题6: | | A．task | B．sport | C．event | D．show |
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| 小题7: | | A．boring | B．enjoyable | C．different | D．unsatisfactory |
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| 小题8: | | A．talent | B．quality | C．nature | D．condition |
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| 小题9: | | A．doubt | B．advantage | C．challenge | D．program |
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| 小题10: | | A．examine | B．express | C．open | D．trust |
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| 小题11: | | A．fearful | B．harmful | C．unfair | D．inconvenient |
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| 小题13: | | A．greeted | B．treated | C．served | D．paid |
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| 小题14: | | A．pains | B．stresses | C．injuries | D．problems |
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| 小题15: | | A．positive | B．friendly | C．flexible | D．caution |
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| 小题16: | | A．defending | B．quitting | C．winning | D．bargaining |
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| 小题17: | | A．standard | B．range | C．view | D．goal |
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| 小题18: | | A．until | B．as | C．when | D．before |
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| 小题19: | | A．proud | B．tired | C．ashamed | D．confident |
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| 小题20: | | A．plan | B．advice | C．reward | D．responsibility |
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He must have been completely lost in something he was reading because I had to tap on the windscreen to get his attention.
“Is your taxi____?” I asked when he finally looked____at me. He nodded, then said____as I settled into the back seat, “I"m sorry, but I was reading a____.” He sounded as if he had a____.
“I am not in a hurry, ” I told him. “Go ahead and finish your letter. ” He____his head. “I"ve read it several times already. I guess I____ know it by heart. ”
“Letters from home always mean a lot, ” I said. “From a child?”
“This isn"t____,” he replied. “Although it ____ just as well have been family. Old Ed was my oldest friend. In fact, we used to call each other ‘Old Friend’ when we"d meet. I"m not much good at ____.”
“I don"t think any of us keep____our letters too well,” I said. “I know I don"t. But I____ he"s someone you"ve known quite a while?”
“All my life. We were kids together, went to school together and all the ____ through high school. ”
“There are not too many people who"ve had such a long friendship,” I said.
“____,” the driver went on, “I hadn"t seen him more than once or twice a year over the past 25 or 30 years because I____away from the old neighbourhood and you slightly lose touch ____ you never forget. He was a great guy.”
“You said ‘was’. Does that mean...?”
He nodded. “____a couple of weeks ago.”
“I"m sorry, ” I said. “It"s no fun to lose any friend and losing a real old one is____ tougher. ”
He didn"t ____ to that, and we rode on in silence for a few minutes. But I realized that Old Ed was still on his mind when he spoke again, almost more to himself than to me: “I should have kept in touch. ”
“Well, ” I agreed, “we should all keep in touch with old friends more than we do. But things____ and we just don"t seem to find the time. ”
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When I got to my hotel room I didn"t unpack right away. First I had to write a letter and mail it.
| 小题1: | | A．available | B．acceptable | C．beneficial | D．occupied |
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| 小题3: | | A．unexpectedly | B．curiously | C．apologetically | D．definitely |
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| 小题4: | | A．booklet | B．novel | C．book | D．letter |
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| 小题5: | | A．cold | B．fever | C．secret | D．story |
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| 小题6: | | A．hung | B．nodded | C．shook | D．kept |
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| 小题7: | | A．anyhow | B．hardly | C．almost | D．really |
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| 小题8: | | A．friendship | B．family | C．leadership | D．colleague |
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| 小题9: | | A．could | B．might | C．maybe | D．would |
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| 小题10: | | A．writing | B．reading | C．talking | D．Learning |
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| 小题12: | | A．speak | B．make | C．think | D．assure |
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| 小题13: | | A．curriculum | B．coincidence | C．life | D．way |
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| 小题14: | | A．Eventually | B．Actually | C．Additionally | D．Besides |
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| 小题15: | | A．removed | B．left | C．headed | D．moved |
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| 小题16: | | A．even though | B．as though | C．when | D．whereas |
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| 小题17: | | A．Died | B．Suffered | C．Choked | D．Survived |
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| 小题18: | | A．ever | B．even | C．fairly | D．quite |
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| 小题19: | | A．answer | B．reply | C．question | D．talk |
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| 小题20: | | A．take up | B．pick up | C．come up | D．break up |
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Actress Hayden Panettiere recently got into trouble with Japanese fishermen as she tried to stop them from killing dolphins.
The 18-year-old star with some other surfers sailed out to reach the dolphins in order to stop them from being driven into a nearby pool and killed, but the six surfers, from Australia and the United States, were stopped by a fishing boat before they could reach them. The fishermen blocked their way with a boathook (钩篙). It was an ugly, unfriendly and life-threatening struggle before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. It is believed that the dolphins were later taken into a pool and killed.
Panettiere, who is a brave surfer and loyal animal protector, made up her mind to save the dolphins of Japan and said, "It was really frightening. Some of us were hit by the boathook, but in the end all we were really worried about the dolphins. It was so sad. We were so close to them and they were jumping out of the water to see us." Breaking down in tears, she added, "One little baby dolphin stuck his head out and looked at me and the thought that it’s no longer with us is really hard to take."
The surfers left the country to avoid arrest (逮捕) by the Japanese police. Panettiere is now back in Los Angeles.
More than 22,000 dolphins are killed by fishermen in Japan every year. Many Japanese believe dolphins should be treated like fish. They have been hunting dolphins for centuries and see any criticism (批评) of this as an attack on their culture.
小题1:Why did the surfers get into trouble with the fishermen in Japan?| A．They said something that hurt the fishermen. | | B．They entered a pool which wasn’t allowed to go into. | | C．They attacked Japanese culture. | | D．They tried to stop the fishermen from killing the dolphins. |
小题2:From Paragraph 3, we can learn that Panettiere ________. | A．was really frightened and sad | | B．succeeded in saving the dolphins | | C．cried when they were hit by the boathook | | D．didn’t like the Japanese fishermen |
小题3:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?| A．What Happened While Surfing in Japan | | B．Hayden Panettiere Cried in the Sea of Japan | | C．People Worldwide Are Against Killing Dolphins | | D．Protect the Wild Animals |
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Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrels gives his patients good medical advice. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do. He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrels has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice. He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas. His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrels says, “I always loved to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrels was young, his father didn’t want him to be a singer, so he went to medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrels he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrels says he helps people when he sings, too. “I like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and pleasure both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good.”
小题1:Dr. Petrels works 60 hours a week, because he _______.| A．gives his patients medical advice | | B．takes care of 159 patients a week | | C．sings on television | | D．has his own TV show |
小题2:Dr. Petrels _______, so he is called a singing doctor.| A．also sings to his patients on TV | | B．always loves to sing | | C．is popular with his patients | | D．has been a doctor for ten years |
小题3:In his TV show, Dr. Petrel _______.| A．sings and gives medical advice | | B．sings about different diseases | | C．starts to explain diseases with a song | | D．sings love songs he wrote |
小题4:Dr. Petrels says he likes to _______.| A．help people sing | B．make people feel better | | C．do the same thing | D．make difficult people smile |
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My wife Julie and I were out on the road that runs around where we live, when we saw an old worn-out dog stumbling (蹒跚) painfully up the road. We stopped, bent down, talked gently to the dog and patted it. I checked and there was a collar with a phone number. I called but no one answered.
The dog was painfully thin. So Julie ran home to get some of our dog’s food while I tried to encourage the dog. After Julie came back, we sat down on the sidewalk while our new friend made short work of the food. Eventually we got her home.
After trying for many times we got a response from the number. A lady came around with a bunch of flowers for us. She explained that Tara had been her father’s dog. She was very old and got lost that morning. So, Tara was safely returned home.
Here is the truth of the story:
Actually Julie and I were out that morning because I was leaving. She was trying to persuade me to come back, but I wasn’t hearing anything that made that sound likely.
I was about to turn and go when an old black dog walked between us and almost fell down. Suddenly we had something more important than our problem to worry about. There was a creature in need right before us and we had to work together to help it.
We did help it. And here I am writing the story in my own home, in my own family.
In the song “Love Is Not a Fight” Warren Barfield talks about marriage. At one point he sings, “And if we try to leave, may God send angels (天使) to guard the door.”
Sometimes angels come disguised (伪装) as dogs.
小题1:How was the dog when found?| A．Too weak to walk. | B．Thin and worn out. | | C．Unable to eat food. | D．Homeless but gentle. |
小题2: We can infer from Paragraph 2 that .| A．the dog didn’t go with the writer | | B．the writer had his own pet dog | | C．Julie bought some food for the dog | | D．the dog didn’t eat any of the food |
小题3:The underlined part “our problem” in the passage refers to the fact that .| A．the writer didn’t want to take Julie’s advice | | B．an old black dog appeared in front of them | | C．Julie disagreed with the writer’s travel on business | | D．the couple had some trouble with their marriage |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title for the passage? | A．An Angel Dog | B．A Helpful Couple | C．Saving the Dog | D．A Famous Song |
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