Question

  My husband and I were cleaning windows together yesterday. We have the doublehung (双吊钩) 1       that you can pull forwards and flip (翻转) ， allowing us to 2        the inside and the outside surfaces.

  My husband was 3        one window―and it popped out of its frame!Well,our 4       is for sale and the last thing we needed was for something to 5       .

  He was so 6        and tried with all his strength to get it 7        together* using a few less than pleasant wordsCI am sorry to say) . After twenty minutes he still could not get it 8       . That's when my 23-year-old 9       told his dad to 10        for a minute and he would try to fix it with me.

  It's amazing how you can see things more clearly and do things more 11        when you are 12       . He and I fixed the window in three minutes!I called my husband in to see!He couldn't 13        it!

  I know this isn't really a gift 14      ,in a way,it was. My son 15        my husband to leave,to cool down,and 16       him from the worry for a mo?ment. And my son fixing it with me was a 17       to me,because I saw him as a man instead of the kid he always seems to be in my 18       .

  Calmness is good. Breathe through 19        times and maybe even take a break from stressful times. Return with a clear mind and things will usually 20        much better！

1. A. doors   B. chairs

  C. tables   D. windows

2. A. destroy   B. smooth   C. clean   D. dry

3. A. washing   B. painting   C. repairing   D. changing

4. A. furniture   B. house   C. home   D. car

5. A. break   B. dirty   C. lose   D. fly

6. A. interested   B. delighted   C. worried   D. excited

7. A. up   B. away   C. out   D. back

8. A. separated   B. delivered   C. fixed   D. added

9. A. son   B. nephew   C. student   D. daughter

10. A. put away   B. walk away   C. give away   D. take away

11. A. fortunately   B. difficulty   C. slowly   D. easily

12. A. calm   B. equal

  C. nervous   D. frightened

13. A. hate   B. doubt   C. believe   D. satisfy

14. A. or   B. so   C. and   D. but

15. A. asked   B. forced

  C. ordered   D. promised

16. A. kept   B. freed

  C. saved   D. protected

17. A. surprise   B. wonder   C. gift   D. hurt

18. A. power   B. hands   C. turn   D. eyes

19. A. easy   B. happy   C. exciting   D. difficult

20. A. break out   B. turn out   C. pull out   D. make out

Answer 1

1. D由文章第一句"My husband and I were cleaning win?dows together yesterday."可知，”我们"有双吊钩的"窗户"，这样的"窗户"便于你向前推并翻转。

2. C昨天"我"和丈夫一起擦窗户。由此可知是便于"我们" "擦洗"窗户的里面和外面。

clean意为"把……弄干净"，符合语境。

3. A由文章第一段可知，夫妻二人正在擦洗窗户，此处指的应该是"我"丈夫正在"洗"一扇窗户。

wash意为"冲，洗"，符合语境。

4. B由语境可知应该是"我们"的"房子"要出售。

5. A由前面的"...and it popped out of its frame!"可知，窗户坏了。故此处应该表示"我们"最不想发生的事情就是东西"坏了"。

break意为"打破，弄坏"，符合语境。

6. C由下文"...using a few less than pleasant words (I am sorry to say) ."可知，丈夫感到不安(worried;) 。

7. D由上文中提到的"…it popped out of its frame!"可知应该是使窗户恢复原样。

get ...back意为"恢复"，符合语境。

8. C由下文中的"...and he would try to fix it with me."可知，丈夫尽力把窗户"安好"。

9. A 由倒数第二段中的"And my son fixing it with me..."

可知答案。

10. B由下文中的"I called my husband in to see!"可知，儿子让他的父亲走开一会儿。

walk away意为"走开"，符合语境。

11. D 由前面的dearly及后面的语境可知应该用easily。

12. A由最后一段中的第一句"Calmness is good."可知当你镇定的时候，看事情更清晰，做事情更容易。

13. C

14. D由上下文语境可知是转折关系。

15. A 

16. B儿子帮助父亲从焦虑中摆脱出来。

free... from…意为"使……摆脱……"，符合语境。

keep…from...阻止某人... ；protect ...from...保护...免受...；save…from…从...挽救...

17. C 

18. D这里表示"在母亲眼中的儿子"，故用in one's eye_S。其他三项均不符合语境。

19. D 根据后半句"…maybe even take a break from stress?ful times."可知此处应选difficult 

20. B带着清醒的头脑返回，事情通常会产生更好的结果。turn out意为"结果是"，符合语境。