题目内容
After studying in a medical college for five years, John _______ her job as a doctor in the countryside.
A. set out B. took up C. set up D. set off
B
【解析】
试题分析:句意:在大学里学习了五年医学之后,约翰在乡村当了一名医生。set out开始; take up 从事; set up建立; set off动身。根据句意故选B。
考点:考查动词短语辨析。
点评:本题难度适中。动词短语是近几年高考的热点,不仅在单选还会出现在完形和短文改错中,主要考查对短语的意义和用法的掌握,同时要求考生正确理解语境。这里主要考查动词set与不同的副词都成的动词短语。
即学即练:A fund will be _______ for the dead men's families.
A. set out B. took up C. set up D. set off
解析:C。句意:抚恤死难工人家属的基金会即将建立起来。
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As nanny(保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the chores(家务活) which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost ?349.
At over ?18,000 a year that’s more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into a even higher pay league. According to a stud, she earns ?457 a week – at nearly ?24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.
Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework – with looking after the children (17.9hours) and cooking and cleaning (12.9 hours each) the most time-consuming(费时).
A wife with a part-time job still works and average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours sharply as children get older. While the average mother with child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.
Mother-of-four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of time and most husbands don’t understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen – that’s the real test.”
【小题1】Who earns most according to the text?
A.A social worker. | B.A fireman. |
C.A gardener. | D.A teacher. |
A.takes more time than doing any other housework |
B.means more duties than being a teacher |
C.requires the mother to be well-educated |
D.prevents the mother from working outside |
A.66 hours a week | B.71 hours a week |
C.80 hours a week | D.90 hours a week |
A.housework is no easy job |
B.her husband has no time to clean the kitchen |
C.a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning |
D.the kitchen is hard to clean |