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,属美国加利福利亚州), California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39. Bob had just
drawn up a "motherhood contract" - a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would
take over the care and feeding of the couple"s four children, plus all household chores. Although
he didn"t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident. (He though
t the experience would make a nice book.)
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up. "I was beaten down, completely humbled,"
admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press (also part of the bargain), stating,
"Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for
any normal human being."
Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as
a secretary to help pat him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling
coach at Palo Alto"s Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids.
Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley. "I had been around
children so much, "she sighs, "I couldn"t talk to a grown-up." She continued to run the house-hold,
however until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it. Although
Peters had consulted (咨询) with his school"s home economics teachers and the head of the
cafeteria (食堂), his meals were sometimes a disaster. "I tried to slip the butter I"d forgotten under
the eggs after they were frying," he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot sometimes
having Macdonald"s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean
if the bed is made. "I found an easier way I shut the doors," he says. Soon the kids were wearing
the same clothes for a week. I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick
up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean."
Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely (日常地)sharing the child-raising
and household tasks with Pat. The tentative (暂定的) tide of his book about the summer is taken
from something he shouted at the kids one day.
B. Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest
C. they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks
D. Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book
C. She was tired of the child-raising and household tasks.
D. She did not love Bob any longer
B. "I"m proud of you all, my dear!"
C "Wait till your mother gets home!"
D. "Motherhood: an impossible job for anyone."
B. Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.
C. Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work.
D. Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day.
答案
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试题【阅读理解。 "It was all his own idea," says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Pa】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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evidence of life.
" Sharp new images received from their Phoenix lander convinced scientists that the
spacecraft " s thrusters (推进器) had uncovered a large patch of ice just below the Martian
surface, " team members said.
That bodes (预示) well for the mission " s main goal of digging for ice that can be tested
for evidence of organic compounds that are the chemical building blocks of life.
Washington University scientist Ray Arvidson said the spacecraft" s thrusters may have blown
away dirt covering the ice when the robot landed one week ago.
Scientists said a detailed image taken under the lander shows one of the craft"s three legs
sitting on rough dirt and a large patch of what appears to be ice-possibly 3 feet(0. 9 metres) in
diameter(直径) -that apparently had been covered by a thin layer of dirt.
" We were worried that it may be 30-,40-,50-centimeter deep, which would be a lot of
work. Now we are fairly certain that we can easily get down to the ice table, " said Peter Smith,
a University of Arizona scientist who is in charge of the project.
The spacecraft is equipped with a shovel-like robot arm that will be used to dig into the ground
and collect samples for testing in the lander"s small laboratories.
The lander was sent to a spot on Mars" northern regions in hopes of finding frozen water, but
just how deep underground it would be found was unknown.
The robot arm is expected to begin its first digging operations after several more days of testing.
Once the arm starts digging, dirt and ice it scoops up will be deposited(存放 ) in several small
ovens to be heated. Measuring devices will test the resulting gases.
The University of Arizona in Tucson is leading and NASA"s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is managing
the three-month scientific mission.
B. To explore life in outer space.
C. To study the minerals in the soil.
D. To discover new resources in outer space.
B. Because it takes some time to deal with the large patch of ice.
C. Because it" s impossible for Phoenix lander to collect the ice.
D. Because it"s hard to carry the ice back to laboratories on the earth .
B. The ice table
C. The robot arm
D. The Phoenix lander
B. The goal of sending Phoenix lander to Mars is to look for frozen water.
C. The goal of sending Phoenix Iander to Mars is to discover new resources.
D. It takes some time to deal with the large patch of ice for Phoenix lander.
B. NASA sent another spacecraft to Mars.
C. NASA Phoenix lander finds frozen water on Mars.
D. Washington University scientists study Mars.
reported __1__(kill) in Chile after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the South American nation
early Saturday,__2__(cause)considerable destruction as well,and creating tsunami warnings
across the Pacific Ocean.
Rescuers worked frantically for hours to help survivors of the quake __3__centered 100
kilometers from the city of Concepcion but caused damage and deaths in several parts of Chile.
Homes,buildings and bridges collapsed or caught fire,cars __4__(overturn),and the main
international airport had to be shut down because of damage.One survivor said it was terrible.
She said she thought she was not __5__(scare)of earthquakes but then,she says,it looked
as if everything was going to collapse.There were at least eight aftershocks and tidal waves
__6__up to two meters that hit Chile"s coast.Residents in lowlying areas and living on islands
off the mainland tried to flee __7__higher ground.Chile experiences many earthquakes but
the early Saturday natural disaster was __8__of its most severe.Thorne Lay,a geophysicist
at the University of California,Santa Cruz,said it was much stronger than __9__one that
caused devastation(废墟)in Haiti last month,but probably less __10__(destroy),because
of where it was centered.
Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school in Bei Chuan
County,a hardhit area in last year"s devastating May 12 earthquake,and showed them how
to run hurdles.
B.Experts: 3G still has a long way to go
While China"s three leading telecom operators are playing up the third generation(3G)
telecom technologies,it is likely to take years for 3G services to become popular in China.
C.China table tennis team swept all 5 golden medals
Yesterday China team swept all 5 golden medals at World Table Tennis Championships
in Yokohama. Besides these 5 golds,China also gained all 5 silver medals and other 8
bronze medals. The 2 rest bronzed medals are respectively won by Japan and China
Hong Kong.
D.Sleeping too much or too little increases your risk of Diabetes
Middleaged or old people who get too little sleep,or too much,are far more likely to
develop diabetes,says scientists. A study has found that those who did not enjoy the
optimum level of seven to eight hours sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to
develop a blood sugar abnormality linked to type 2 diabetes.
E.Obama seeks to block release of abuse photos
US President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the
courtordered release of photos showing US troops abusing prisoners,abruptly reversing
his position out of concern that the pictures would "further inflame antiAmerican opinion"
and endanger US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
F.Prospects of flu outbreak remain unclear
US public health expert Laurie A.Garrett said Wednesday that how serious the H1N1
influenza situation is going to develop remains unclear. A Washington state man with H1N1
influenza died last week,health officials said,the third U. S. sufferer to die as the new flu strain
confirmed in more than 2,200 Americans appeared in Japan and Australia.
以下是人物信息,请从上述AF选项中匹配适合他们阅读的新闻:
1.Liu Ming works as a chairman of a local Ping Pong club in Fo Shan. He shows
great concern for sports news especially the news about Ping Pong. He has never missed a
single Ping Pong match of China Ping Pong Team.
2.Han Yiwei is a successful CEO of a big International Company in Guangzhou. He
usually flies to other countries for business,so he would like to equip himself with the most
advanced communication appliances and know the news concerning the development in the
communication area.
3.Han Lei is an 18yearold girl,studying in a high school. She is a sports enthusiast and
is good at tennis and jumping. Besides,she has a particular interest in those sports celebrities.
4.Chen Lirong just retired from a state enterprise,living with her husband,who is
retired too. They want to arrange their life without work in a better way and enjoy the life
with a healthy body and high spirits. So she particularly pays more attention to their health.
5.Li Hongyu studies in China Foreign Affairs University,majoring in International
Relationship,and especially he shows great concern for the relationship between America
and the Middle East countries.
through the country"s southern region on Wednesday, authorities said.
More than 11.5 million people in Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi provinces were affected by the
disaster, with direct economic losses reaching 13.46 billion yuan ($1.97 billion), Ministry of Civil Affairs
figures showed.
Hagupit, the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong and its Pearl River Delta region in 12 years, reportedly headed south toward Vietnam on Thursday.
The typhoon killed nine people and left nine missing in Guangdong alone, causing direct economic losses of more than 7.7 billion yuan, Yang Minyi, a press official with the provincial flood, drought and wind
prevention office, said yesterday.
Direct losses to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the region were estimated at 4.2
billion yuan;industrial and transport sector,1.5 billion yuan;and water conservancy infrastructure,1
billion.
A total of 6.52 million people in 344 towns in the cities of Maoming, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai,
Zhongshan and Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta region and in the west of Guangdong bore_the_brunt_
of the typhoon in the province.
More than 15,300 houses fell down and 365,800 hectares(公顷) of farmland were affected, authorities said.
Wang Yugui, a pig farmer in Maoming City, said Hagupit proved fatal to his business.
About twothirds of his 4,000odd pigs had drowned or were left missing in the typhoon.
"The typhoon has landed me in huge debt and I really don"t know how to weather the losses, " Wang
told China Daily yesterday.
Wang said many others in the city suffered similar losses when Hagupit hit the city on Wednesday
morning.
Hagupit also hit a South Korean freight ship, named Zeus, in the waters off Jiangmen. All 17 sailors
onboard were still missing, the Yangcheng Evening News reported on Friday.
1.We can know from the report that ________.
A.at least 13 people were killed in Guangdong
B.Guangxi and Hainan suffered more economic losses than Guangdong
C.so far Hagupit has been the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong in this century
D.Hagupit hit South Korea before it landed in Guangdong
2.The underlined word "bore the brunt of" can be best replaced by "________".
A.received the main force of
B.suffered similar economic losses from
C.shared the losses caused by
D.stood the test of
3.The example of the pig farmer Wang Yugui is used to show ________.
A.that pig farmers suffered the most losses in the disaster
B.that many others in Maoming suffered similar losses
C.how difficult it will be for people to go through the disaster
D.how seriously the disaster affected people
4.Altogether ________ people are reported missing in the passage.
A.9
B.18
C.35
D.26
same independent exam -- besides the national one -- to test students hoping to gain entrance to them in
2011.
The seven are Peking University, Beihang University, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University,
Fudan University, Xiamen University and Hong Kong University.
Students who want to gain entrance to any of the seven universities will only have to sit one independent
exam, according to the joint announcement.
"This will help lighten tile students" load, otherwise they must take several exams for different universities," said the announcement.
Passing the exam could result in more than one interview chance, giving the students more opportunities to choose their favorite universities.
China"s college entrance exam system is undergoing reform as universities aim to select students based
on independent criteria rather than just using the results of the national exam.
In 2003, Peking University and another 21 universities were allowed to pilot (试用) the reform by
using their own criteria to independently select five percent of their students.
Now nearly 80 universities across the country have the right to select talented students based on their
own exams.
Education experts regard universities selecting students according to independent examinations as
conducive (有助的) to better understanding where the students" talents lie.
Although this may be the case, it has also created problems as students may sit many different exams
as they often apply for a number of universities.
To relieve students from such pressures, the national education outline (2010--2020) released in July
this year encourages high-level universities to group together to use the same exams.
1. If students want to be admitted to the seven prestigious universities , they can ______.
A. only pass the interview.B. only take the national exam.
C. only take the independent exam.
D. either take the national exam or the take the independent exam.
2. What"s the purpose of students sitting one independent exam to gain entrance to the seven universities ?
A. It can reduce students" load to take several exams.
B. The universities will have the same standard to test students.
C. There will be less trouble marking students" test papers.
D. It can avoid fierce competition among these universities.
3. If students pass the independent exam , they will ______.
A. take the national exam.B. have one or more interview chances.
C. be admitted to one of the universities.
D. he trained to be adapted to universities life and studies.
4. What is the advantage of universities selecting students according to independent examinations?
A. Students needn"t take the national exam.B. Students" education cost can be lowered.
C. Students abilities and talents can be better found.
D. It can encourage middle schools to recommend more qualified students.
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