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　　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 grownup.”She continued to run the household, however until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it.

　　Although Peters had consulted 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 fight 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:“A contract”.

(1) The couple signed the contract because ________.

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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 ________.

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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) What can we learn about Pat Peters?

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A．She was hardworking and selfless.

B．She was pretty and kindhearted.

C．She was tired of the child-raising and house-hold tasks.

D．She did not love Bob any longer.

(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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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.

Answer 1

答案：D;D;A;B
解析：

(1) D；根据文章第一段的意思判断：虽然没有经验，但很自信，认为这一经历完全可以写一本好书。 (2) D；根据文章第二段的最后一句话的意思知：签了70天的合同只干了40天就放弃了，并向当地媒体公开承认了自己的错误认识。另外，最后一段的第一句话也说明了这一事实。 (3) A；通读全文可知答案为A。 (4) B；从文中倒数第三段可知答案。