Most students in America do housework after school. Parents often ask their children to do something 1 or interesting at home. Also,they 2 their children to do something hard or boring. Parents would like to give their children some pocket money for their 3 And the children can 4 the money by doing the housework.

     President Obama 5 that he gives his eight-and eleven-year-old daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week,6 they often set the table,wash the dishes and clean up their 7 on weekends. One dollar is little for the housework,but the two 8 are very happy to make their pocket money. They buy their favorite books or food with 9 Obama hopes his daughters can 10 some money-management skills.

1. A. difficult   B. easy

   C. busy   D. bad

2. A. want   B. help

   C. need   D. take

3. A. study   B. party

   C. homework   D. housework

4. A. make   B. enjoy

   C. find   D. buy

5. A. says   B. thinks

   C. hopes   D. hears

6. A. and   B. then

   C. because   D. but

7. A. office   B. classroom

   C. bedroom   D. library

8. A. parents   B. friends

   C. children   D. students

9. A. it   B. him

   C. her   D. them

10. A. teach   B. ask

   C. find   D. learn

1. B 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. C 9. A 10. D

導讀美國的家長總是讓學生做各種家務(wù),而且還會給予一定的報酬。美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬每周給自己的兩個女兒一美元,作 為做家務(wù)的“辛苦費”。

詳析

1. B父母讓孩子在家里做一些簡單或有趣的家務(wù)。與句中interesting —致,與下句中hard形成對比,故easy “簡單 的”符合文意。difficult“難的”;busy“忙碌的”;bad“糟糕的”。

2. A父母也會讓孩子們做一些難的或無聊的家務(wù)。與上句中ask sb. to do在意義上保持一致,故want“想”符合文 意。help“幫助”;need“需要”;take“帶著”。

3. D孩子做了家務(wù),父母會給一些零花錢。綜合比較四個名詞,housework“家務(wù)”與句中pocket money有必然的 因果聯(lián)系,符合文意。study “學習”;party “聚會”; homework “家庭作業(yè)”。

4. B孩子們通過做家務(wù)享受得到的報酬。綜合比較四個動詞,enjoy“享受”與賓語money搭配,表達的信息符合 文意。make“制造”;find“發(fā)現(xiàn)”;buy“購買”。

5. A奧巴馬總統(tǒng)說他每周只給兩個女兒一美元。that引導的句子是奧巴馬表述的內(nèi)容,故動詞say符合文意, think“認為”;hope“希望”;hear“聽說”。

6. C該句與上句“父親給女兒零花錢”之間是因果關(guān)系,因此because“因為”符合文意。

7. C綜合四個選項,只有clean up their bedroom屬于做家務(wù)的范疇。bedroom意為“臥室”,符合語境。

C可是兩個孩子很高興能賺到零花錢。第二段開始的時候奧巴馬提到了自己的兩個女兒,綜合四個選項, children符合文意。

9. A她們用錢買自己喜歡的書和食物。指代不可數(shù)名詞money ,因此代詞it符合文意。

10. D奧巴馬希望女兒們學會一些管理錢財?shù)募记。賓語是money-management skills“管理錢財?shù)募记伞,綜合 四個動詞,earn “學習”符合文意。

題目來源:2016一本英語閱讀理解與完形填空150篇八年級 > TEST3

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