题目内容
【题目】Most Americans don’t like to get advice from members of their family. They get advice from “strangers”. When they need advice, they don’t【1】(usual) go to people they know. Instead, many of【2】write letters to newspapers and magazines【3】give advice on many different subjects,【4】(include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even【5】how to buy a house or a car.
Most newspapers regularly print letters from【6】(read) with problems. Along with the letters are answers【7】(write) by people who are supposed【8】(know) how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and others are lawyers or educators.【9】two of the most famous writers of advice【10】(be) women without special training for this kind of work.
【答案】
【1】usually
【2】them
【3】that/which
【4】including
【5】on
【6】readers
【7】written
【8】to know
【9】But
【10】are
【解析】美国有这样一种社会现象:大部分人在遇到困难后,并不是向家人寻求帮助和建议,而是求助于陌生人。因此很多报纸和杂志就会经常刊登读者求助来信和一些专家的回信,给出建议。
【1】副词修饰动词,故答案为usually。
【2】句意:他们中的很多人给报纸和杂志写信。根据句意可知答案为them。
【3】此处newspapers and magazines是先行词,在后面的定语从句中做主语,指物,故答案为that/which。
【4】句意:---,关于家庭问题,语言使用,---,甚至关于怎样买房子或汽车。根据句意可知答案为including。
【5】句意:甚至关于怎样买房子或汽车。on how to do sth.故答案为on。
【6】句意:大多数报纸定期打印来自读者有问题的信件。用名词的复数形式,故答案为readers。
【7】此处是过去分词做后置定语,故答案为written。
【8】固定搭配:be supposed to do sth.本应该做某事,故答案为to know。
【9】句意:这些作者当中有一些是医生,另一些是律师或教育工作者。但是最著名的咨询作者中有两位是没有经过这种工作的专门训练的女性。前后表示转折,故答案为But。注意大写开头。
【10】句意:但是最著名的咨询作者中有两位是没有经过这种工作的专门训练的女性。句子用一般现在时态,主语是two of--,复数形式,故答案为are。
【题目】根据短文内容,从下框的A---F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。 选项中有一项为多余选项。
A. Adults keep pets with their children. |
(1)
Pet-keeping is a time-honored tradition. One of the reasons for people to raise dogs or cows was usefulness. While people in the past hunted animals and kept them in their backyards, the civilsed man today is less cruel towards them and is less exploitative(利用的).
(2)
We keep animals as pets because they are attractive. We all have the urge to possess something that has aesthetic(审美的)value, and this is why we treasure paintings or fine furniture. Keeping pets is one form of this urge. A Siamese cat in the house can be a decorative object. Pets are playful animals and they amuse us. A little rabbit amuses us by its playful and lively runs.
(3)
Many parents find it helpful to have pets in the house for their children. Having pets is an excellent way of developing in children the love of animals and responsibility. Children get the opportunity to take on full responsibility for another creature’s life. It will be an educational experience for a child to watch the natural life cycle of an animal. There are psychological benefits for children. Pets are welcome friends for children who are lonely. Pets are excellent companions. Keeping pets means giving love and being loved. We find comfort in giving care and receiving care in return. We get pleasure from their appearance and their behavior.
(4)
As more people move into apartments, there are limitations on keeping of animals like dogs and monkeys. Therefore, caged animals have increased in popularity. Birds fall into this group. We keep them for their beautiful songs and feathers. Fish-keeping is a widespread hobby and the keeper can observe their behavior in the glass tank and study its entire life cycle. The cat is a fine house pet and it fits neatly into human habitation(居住地) without requiring its own cage. They are wonderful hunters, if there are rats around.
(5)
Pets satisfy man’s desire to care for a bit of nature. The pet owner has the responsibility for supplying those needs that nature provides. Pets are amusing and entertaining, but we are in a way doing animals harm by making them live in a human environment. Are we not enslaving(奴役)them?