Question

  I once thought I would be a perfect(完美的)mother. It (1) me 16 years to learn that I could not be. I know that I made some mistakes. (2) I could raise(抚养)my children again, I (3) repeat(重复)those mistakes. Maybe I would make new (4) But I think I would do a (5) job.

I would try to understand my children. I often did what my (6) would have done. I (7) their ways of raising children. For example, I made my 13-year-old son,David, come home early, but he (8) this rule. He saw no reason(理由)for it.(9) a girl,I had to come home early. I wanted my son to do the (10) thing. But now I wonder why I wanted things done in a certain way.

  My father was sick when I was young. So my sister, my brother and I were (11) all the time. We did not cry in anger or laugh for (12) . I just wanted my children to be quiet, too.

  I never stopped (13) "why".

  It was hard for me to let my children show anger. I (14) them when they started to get angry. Now I would tell my children, "It is all right to show love and anger. Your feelings are reasonable. I love you(15) you feel.”

(   ) 1. A. cost    B. spent      C. took    D. used

(   ) 2. A. If    B. When      C. Because    D. Whether

(   ) 3. A. would    B. wouldn't     C. could    D. no longer

(   ) 4. A. ways    B. friends      C. rules    D. ones

(   ) 5. A. worse    B. better     C. busier    D. easier

(   ) 6. A. parents    B. children    C. teachers    D. friends

(   ) 7. A. went    B. found      C. followed    D. improved

(   ) 8. A. enjoyed    B. hated    C. agreed    D. believed

(   ) 9. A. For    B. To         C . With    D. As

(   ) 10. A. same    B. different    C. difficult    D. excited

(   ) 11. A. strange    B. noisy    C. lively    D. quiet

(   ) 12. A. danger    B. happiness    C. illness    D. pain

(   ) 13. A. to ask    B. asking    C. to answer    D. answering

(   ) 14. A. liked    B. understood    C. stopped    D. encouraged

(   ) 15. A. no matter how    B. no matter where 

      C. no matter who    D. no matter when

Answer 1

1. C It takes sb. +时间+to do sth.表示"做某事花费某人时间"，是固定句型。

2. A这里是表示一种假设，所以用if来引导条件状语从句。

3. B虚拟语气表示与将来情况相反时主句中用would( not) +动词原形。

4. D指代上文提到过的同一类事物用one,复数用ones。这里ones指代mistakes。

5. B作者认为假如自己能重新养育一次孩子,她一定会做得更好。所以用better来修饰job。

6. A根据下文可知作者照搬其父母养育孩子的方式，所以选A。

7. C根据上下文，应该用followed(遵循,仿效），而不是improved(改进，改善）。

8. B根据后句"他认为没有理由这样做"可知应该是"厌恶"（hated)，而不是"喜欢"（enjoyed)。

9. D当年作者作为一个女孩必须早点回家,所以此处用as(作为）。

10. A根据上下文,作者想让自己的孩子和自己当年一样，所以用same(同样的）。

11. D因为父亲生病，所以作者及其弟妹们要保持安静，以便病人休息。

12. B孩子们生气就哭,高兴就笑。所以选B。

13. A作者只想让孩子像自己当年一样，从来没思考过自己为什么要这样做。stop doing sth.表示"停止(正在做的事情）";stop to do sth.表示"停下来去做另一件事"。

14. C因为作者肖己当年从不喜怒形干色，因此也制止自己的孩子这样做。

15. A最终作者明白孩子毕竟不是自己，无论喜还是怒，都应该表现出来。修饰谓语动词和表示方式要用no matter how_。