Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a relaxation the summer before my busy senior year, __36__ my mother asked me to do her a __37__. One of her colleagues needed a full-time __38__. “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital; why not volunteer to __39__ Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a __40__ child.

Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not __41__ him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium(平衡)problems. He couldn't __42__ or run properly. I was hesitating __43__ I was to take the job when my mother __44__, “Don't you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the __45__.”

Then I told her I was __46__ for the job.

The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little __47__ , he was quite a mix.

At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings, the boy's face __48__ up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be__49__ to get a child to go down a slide. Believe me, it wasn't! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support, Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his __50__ and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.

Halfway through the summer, he __51__ it to the top of the slide. With my arms __52_ him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his reaction. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big __53__ and asked, “May I go down again, alone?”

I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children __54__ for granted.

This __55__ child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.

1.                A.and            B.however        C.so   D.but

 

2.                A.service         B.business        C.favor     D.trade

 

3.                A.nurse          B.Waitress        C.guard    D.guide

 

4.                A.protect         B.attend          C.Defend   D.comfort

 

5.                A.Naughty        B.clever          C.Normal   D.happy

 

6.                A.admit          B.receive         C.Accept   D.adopt

 

7.                A.speak          B.play            C.stand     D.walk

 

8.                A.if             B.what           C.why D.where

 

9.                A.Suggested       B.Argued         C.Challenged    D.commented

 

10.               A.Courage        B.energy         C.Faith  D.time

 

11.               A.eager          B.sorry          C.Grateful   D.ready

 

12.               A.awareness      B.knowledge      C.balance   D.control

 

13.               A.delighted       B.cheered        C.Lit   D.shut

 

14.               A.difficult        B.interesting      C.simple D.terrible

 

15.               A.fears          B.worries         C.chances   D.situation

 

16.               A.climbed        B.got            C.Managed  D.made

 

17.               A.taking          B.holding         C.bringing   D.greeting

 

18.               A.Kiss           B.Clap           C.welcome  D.surprise

 

19.               A.play           B.do            C.take  D.enjoy

 

20.               A.miserable       B.smart          C.brave D.special

 

 

“It was all his own idea, ” says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school . Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract” ----- a document (文件) 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 (杂务). Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident.(He thought 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 put 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 (叹气), “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household, 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) title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day.

1.The couple signed the contract because _______.

A.Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

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

2.It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to _______.

A.pay a certain amount of money

B.do all the housework for years

C.say sorry to his wife

D.admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A.Bob managed to keep the kids’ clothes clean.

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.

4.Which of the following can best end the news story?

A.“My experience of being a mother.”

B.“I’m proud of you all, my dear!”

C.“Wait till your mother gets home!”

D.“Motherhood: an impossible job for anyone.”

 

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