题目内容
The living room is thirty ______(平方) metres.Christmas Eve was tomorrow. I hoped one of the packages that held a camera had already been placed under the Christmas tree. It was the only thing I wanted. I had been dropping hints to my parents. I love taking photos. My bedroom walls are covered with photos I had taken with my mom’s old camera. I’m always trying to capture (捕捉) those perfect moments in which you can hear the laughter or touch the beautiful scene, but my camera has always seemed to fall short.
I knew Mom had put a few presents under the tree this morning, so I went on a hunt in my mom’s room. I opened the door and found my Christmas present was lying unwrapped on the floor — a big pink cat. I felt so disappointed.
Mom seemed to notice that, and she tried to cheer me up. “Stacy, I got your present today. I am so excited to surprise you!” “I can’t wait,” I said.
The next day I couldn’t wait any longer. I needed to tell her.
“Mom, may I talk to you for a second?”
“Sure, dear. What do you need to talk about?” she asked.
And so it came — how upset I was that I was getting a cat.
“Stacy, that cat is for your sister Julia!” she said with a smile.
“Then what am I getting?” I asked.
She just smiled. “You’ll have to wait and see.”
Next morning, I happily got into the living room and sat next to the tree. I pulled out the box with my name on it and opened the wrapping paper to find ...
My camera! “Thank you!” I said to both Dad and Mom.
Dad picked up the camera and took a picture of Julia, Mom and me. It has become one of my favorite pictures. Just on that Christmas morning, I took lots of photos with my camera — my little sister making a face, my parents giving me a soft smile — and all of these photos have come to mean one thing to me: love.
【小题1】The underlined phrase “dropping hints” in Para-graph 1 means _____.
A.talking often | B.suggesting indirectly |
C.sending presents | D.taking pictures |
A.Her mother couldn’t understand her at all. |
B.Her mother didn’t buy her any Christmas gift. |
C.She mistook her sister’s Christmas gift for hers. |
D.She didn’t find her present in her mom’s room. |
A.her mother bought Stacy a camera after discovering her disappointment |
B.her mother knew what gift Stacy wanted for Christmas |
C.Stacy thought it’s OK to have an old camera |
D.Stacy finally got her gift on Christmas Eve |
A.The family happiness captured by the camera. |
B.The nice Christmas that Stacy spent. |
C.The beautiful pictures that Stacy took. |
D.The true love that Stacy got from her parents. |
A.A Christmas gift as wished |
B.Love is more important than gifts |
C.A wonderful Christmas |
D.Love can not be bought |
Mikio Tanaka is a devoted father----and prove it by taking three months off to care for his baby boy. That makes Tanaka __36__ of a revolutionary in Japan, where men are __37__ known for working long hours and __38__ in the bars with clients than mixing baby milk and changing diapers (尿布).
“It was __39__, but it was also a lot of fun,” Tanaka said, sitting __40__ the living room floor with his 4-month-old son, Daiki, __41__ on his back. “ I saw the first time he __42__. It was a great experience.”
Tanaka, 31, is one of a __43__ number of fathers in Japan who are taking a bigger __44__ inside the home. Men are a __45__ sight with kids at parks and zoos at weekends, though often __46__ yawning. Books and magazines __47__ fathers on how to play with and care for their kids. For Japan’s __48__ housewives, the changing is too late. In Tanaka’s case, his wife, Ayako, 28, was __49__ to take a full year of leave , for she was a school teacher.
__50__ for Tanaka, a department chief at his company had taken the __51__ leave a few years before, so his plan to __52__ three months unpaid leave was not a total shock to his __53__. Ayako took three months off for Daiki, then it was Tanaka’s __54__ when she went back to work. Daiki started day care full-time at __55__ month. Tanaka said at that time he was able to work again.
1.
A.anything |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.nothing |
2.
A.well |
B.poorly |
C.specially |
D.badly |
3.
A.working |
B.dancing |
C.drinking |
D.cooking |
4.
A.easy |
B.interesting |
C.exciting |
D.tough |
5.
A.beside |
B.against |
C.on |
D.above |
6.
A.hanged |
B.hung |
C.joked |
D.sang |
7.
A.fell asleep |
B.stood up |
C.dressed up |
D.jumped up |
8.
A.growing |
B.falling |
C.adding |
D.fixing |
9.
A.step |
B.action |
C.hold |
D.role |
10.
A.interesting |
B.different |
C.common |
D.short |
11.
A.seen |
B.said |
C.observed |
D.blamed |
12.
A.drive |
B.send |
C.comfort |
D.treat |
13.
A.self-confident |
B.overworked |
C.poorly-dressed |
D.well-fed |
14.
A.unfair |
B.unwilling |
C.unfit |
D.undecided |
15.
A.Hardly |
B.Sadly |
C.Unluckily |
D.Fortunately |
16.
A.immediate |
B.short |
C.sick |
D.same |
17.
A.teacher |
B.boss |
C.wife |
D.child |
18.
A.take |
B.give |
C.make |
D.offer |
19.
A.duty |
B.fault |
C.turn |
D.decision |
20.
A.third |
B.fifth |
C.sixth |
D.tenth |