Question

 Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.

___6___, the girls’ world was invaded by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.

To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.

Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.

1. A. active     B. thoughtful   C. easy    D. hard

2. A. take care of    B. run into      C. go through D. take advantage of

3. A. children  B. members    C. circles D. players

4. A. alarm      B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor

5. A. fact B. degree C. question     D. demand

6. A. Therefore      B. Suddenly    C. Rergularly  D. Unwillingly

7. A. attracting       B. finding       C. calling D. matching

8. A. younger  B. cleverer      C. taller   D. older

9. A. compete B. fight    C. do      D. meet

10. A. heard    B. knew  C. promised    D. shot

11. A. damaged      B. caught C. expected    D. forced

12. A. hoped   B. liked    C. refused      D. seemed

13. A. chance  B. possibility   C. power D. policy

14. A. share    B. give    C. provide      D. mark

15. A. put down     B. paid off      C. found out   D. come through

16. A. check up      B. end up C. look up      D. show up

17. A. satisfied       B. unhappy     C. curious      D. helpful

18. A. kids      B. adults  C. systems     D. situations

19. A. that      B. when  C. where D. how

20. A. blow     B. complain    C. appreciate   D. spread

Answer 1

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【解析】选 D。刚刚搬到一个新的地方，人生地不熟，同时从 but she finally had three可知“虽然难但最终交了三位朋友”。

选 A。从后文来看 the Babysitters Club 是帮助人照看孩子的。

选 B。在这个团体中，除了他们三个还有其他成员。

选 C。帮他人照看孩子，从星期五下午五点钟就等着电话预约。

选 A。他们不到 13 岁，比较小，不能在外面太晚，这是一种事实。

选B。另外一个照看孩子的组织侵犯了女孩们的世界是突然间的事情。

选 C。他们自称为 the Babysitters Agency.

选 D。由句子 The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. 可知，这个组织年龄比较大。

选 A。都是为照看孩子，所以产生了竞争。

选B。it would be difficult to compete 是女孩们已经料到的事情。

选 C。虽然料到了情况不乐观，但是事态的发展比预料的还要坏。

选 D。由句子 most of their best customers started to call the new group. 可知“他们好像只有一点工作”。

选 D。为挽回这种局面，女孩们还是尝试新的方法。

选 A。这些大点的孩子是白干活不要钱。share 意为“与……分享”。

选 C。这些大点的孩子是来当间谍的，很快女孩们就发现了这个问题。

选 D。他们对于分配的任务不去完成。

选 B。不认真履行应完成的任务，结果是父母不满意。

选 A。通读全文，可知照看孩子的都是一些小孩。

选 C。where 引到定语从句，在句子中充当地点状语。

选 B。服务质量存在问题，当然父母是“抱怨”。