Question

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(私家車(chē)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 ____.

1.A. surprise B. anxiety C. angerD. excitement

2.A. whoB. what C. how D. why

3.A. WhenB. AsC. BeforeD. Since

4.A. at B. afterC. by D. around

5.A. nervous B. sureC. anxious D. uncertain

6.A. mother B. workerC. teacher D. doctor

7.A. thinkB. listC. expectD. give

8.A. sinceB. unlessC. until D. when

9.A. got B. caused C. permit D. made

10.A. researcherB. managerC. expertD. scholar

11.A. droppedB. floatedC. frozenD. broke

12.A. so that B. even though C. as thoughD. because of

13.A. family B. subjectC. studyD. field

14.A. wordsB. replyC. shoutD. whisper

15.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five

16.A. rewardsB. awardsC. profitsD. benefits

17.A. interest B. respectC. doubtD. fear

18.A. explainedB. passedC. completedD. filled

19.A. acceptedB. greeted C. recognizedD. refused

20.A. person B. awardC. careerD. business

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】試題分析：如何歸屬家庭主婦的職業(yè)？故事中，作者詼諧地將自己家庭婦女的工作比作是兒童發(fā)展及人事關(guān)系研究助理員的工作，引出了一個(gè)有趣的故事。

1.形容詞辨析。A. surprise驚訝；B. anxiety焦慮；C. anger憤怒；D. excitement激動(dòng)。這里指Emily急匆匆地向我跑來(lái)，充滿了憤怒。故選C

2.短語(yǔ)名詞性從句。這里用what引導(dǎo)名詞性從句，從句中缺少表語(yǔ)。這里指你知道你和我是什么？故選B

3.考查連詞辨析。A. When當(dāng)……時(shí)候；B. As正如；C. Before還沒(méi)來(lái)得急……；D. Since自從。我還沒(méi)來(lái)得急回答，她給出了她問(wèn)題的原因。故選C

4.考查介詞辨析。這里考查短語(yǔ)的固定搭配at desk表示“前臺(tái)”之意。前臺(tái)的女士問(wèn)她她的職業(yè)是什么？故選A

5.考查形容詞辨析。A. nervous緊張的；B. sure確定的；C. anxious焦急的；D. uncertain不確信的。這里指她不確信怎么來(lái)回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題。故選D

6.上下文連串。根據(jù)下文中的“We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.可知。我是一位母親。故選A

7.考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. think認(rèn)為；B. list列；C. expect期望；D. give給予。這里指我們沒(méi)有把母親列為職業(yè)。故選B

8.連詞搭配。A. since自從；B. unless除非；C. until直到……才……；D. when當(dāng)……時(shí)候。我忘了所有關(guān)于她的故事，直到有一天我遇到了同樣的情況。故選C

9.9】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。此題ABC三個(gè)選擇項(xiàng)都不可以接sb. do sth結(jié)構(gòu)。故只能用make sb. do sth.。這里指讓我說(shuō)什么呢？故選D

10.0】上下文連串。根據(jù)下文中I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field.可知作者說(shuō)她是兒童發(fā)展及人事關(guān)系研究助理員。故選A

11.1】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. dropped掉下；B. floated漂��；C. frozen僵住；D. broke打破。那位職員停下來(lái)，圓珠筆停在半空。故選C

12.2】考查短語(yǔ)辨析。A. so that以致；B. even though盡管；C. as though好像；D. because of因?yàn)?/span>。她抬起頭，好像她沒(méi)有聽(tīng)清似的。故選C

13.3】考查上下文連串。根據(jù)下文提示I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field.可知。在你的這個(gè)領(lǐng)域中，你做什么？故選D

14.4】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. words話；B. reply答復(fù)；C. shout大叫；D. whisper小聲說(shuō)。這里指作者沉著地回答到。故選B

15.5】考查上下文連串。根據(jù)下文中my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3她的三個(gè)女兒，再加她老公，一共四個(gè)人。故選C

16.6】考查名詞辨析。A. rewards報(bào)酬；B. awards獎(jiǎng)品；C. profits利潤(rùn)；D. benefits津貼。這份工作比大多數(shù)工作更具有挑戰(zhàn)性，報(bào)酬是用滿意而不是用錢(qián)判斷。并且故選A

17.7】考查名詞辨析。A. interest興趣；B. respect尊敬；C. doubt懷疑；D fear害怕。根據(jù)后句職員開(kāi)始動(dòng)筆寫(xiě)可知職員的聲音帶有敬意。故選B

18.8】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。根據(jù)上下文含義可知，這里是填寫(xiě)表格，故用fill in the form。因?yàn)樗�在填�?xiě)表格。故選D

19.9】考查動(dòng)詞辨析。A. accepted接受；B. greeted問(wèn)候；C. recognized認(rèn)出；D. refused拒絕。三個(gè)助手（作者的三個(gè)女兒）向我問(wèn)候。故選B

20.名詞辨析。A. person人；B. award獎(jiǎng)品；C. career職業(yè)；D. business生意。我感覺(jué)很成功。母親，一個(gè)偉大的職業(yè)。故選C

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