题目内容
Motherhood is a career to respect
A WOMAN renewing her driver’s license at the CountyClerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a...”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation... ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The Clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate (研究员) in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my pronouncement (声明) was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with interest, “just what you do in your field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the laboratory and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and the rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (激励) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants – ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6-month-old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood... What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
【小题1】 How did the female clerk feel at first when the writer told her occupation?
A.Cold-hearted. | B.Open-minded. |
C.Puzzled. | D.Interested. |
A.3 | B.4 | C.7 | D.13 |
A.Because she thought the writer did admirable work. |
B.Because the writer cared little about rewards. |
C.Because the writer did something that she had little knowledge of. |
D.Because she admired the writer's research work. |
A.To show that how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. |
B.To show that the writer had a grander job than Emily. |
C.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career. |
D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |
【小题1】C
【小题1】B
【小题1】A
【小题1】C
解析
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。
When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 4them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that evening said that he 8 immediately.
Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor. Another officer who 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."
"Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 25 you attack(攻击)?"
(1) |
A. In spite of |
B. Because of |
C. For |
D. To |
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(2) |
A. always |
B. seldom |
C. forever |
D. sometimes |
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(3) |
A. As |
B. Where |
C. Wherever |
D. Whenever |
[ ] |
(4) |
A. meet with |
B. deal with |
C. meet |
D. judge |
[ ] |
(5) |
A. about |
B. from |
C. in |
D. of |
[ ] |
(6) |
A. was breaking |
B. would break |
C. had broken into |
D. was breaking in |
[ ] |
(7) |
A. charging |
B. charged by |
C. in charge of |
D.in charge from |
[ ] |
(8) |
A. was leaving |
B. is coming |
C. will leave |
D. would come |
[ ] |
(9) |
A. would go |
B. need come |
C. dared come |
D. had to go |
[ ] |
(10) |
A. very |
B. very much |
C. heavily |
D. much more |
[ ] |
(11) |
A. the biggest |
B. a much bigger |
C. a bigger |
D. a big |
[ ] |
(12) |
A. In fact |
B. But |
C. So |
D. And |
[ ] |
(13) |
A. strong-looking |
B. weakest-looking |
C. stronger-looking |
D. strongest-looking |
[ ] |
(14) |
A. seize |
B. caught |
C. get rid of |
D. deal |
[ ] |
(15) |
A. was |
B. had been |
C. would be |
D. happened to be |
[ ] |
(16) |
A. such an |
B. so a |
C. such a |
D. a such |
[ ] |
(17) |
A. Yet |
B. But |
C. So |
D. Then |
[ ] |
(18) |
A. don't |
B. didn't |
C. can't |
D. do |
[ ] |
(19) |
A. had got drunk |
B. is drunk |
C. is drinking |
D. drank |
[ ] |
(20) |
A. all |
B. very |
C. too |
D. quite |
[ ] |
(21) |
A. how |
B. what |
C. why |
D. that |
[ ] |
(22) |
A. will carry |
B. take |
C. am taking |
D. am holding |
[ ] |
(23) |
A. up |
B. at |
C. onto |
D. towards |
[ ] |
(24) |
A. not smaller than |
B. as big as |
C. as small as |
D. much smaller than |
[ ] |
(25) |
A. would |
B. will |
C. shall |
D. can |
[ ] |
完形填空:
Mr Parker was living in the country , and he wanted to go to an office in the city one day . He 1 the address on a letter, got 2 his car and 3 to the city . He drove straight to the office without any 4 and stopped his car 5 the office. He locked his car and 6 to go into his office, but suddenly he turned around and went back to his car . He remembered that he 7 his keys in it ! He telephoned his wife and said, “ 8 , I ’ve locked my keys in my car . Please 9 me your keys .”
Mrs Parker got into their 10 car and drove twenty miles to 11 her husband. But 12 Mr Parker was waiting for his wife, he walked 13 his car and tried the other 14 . It was not locked ! Mr Parker locked it 15 before his wife arrived.
1. | ||||
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A.looked |
B.lost |
C.found |
D.took |
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2. | ||||
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A.to |
B.into |
C.at |
D.out |
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3. | ||||
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A.arrived |
B.walked |
C.ran |
D.drove |
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4. | ||||
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A.trouble |
B.answer |
C.matter |
D.difficult |
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5. | ||||
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A.in the front of |
B.in the middle of |
C.in front of |
D.at the foot of |
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6. | ||||
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A.went |
B.wanted |
C.forgot |
D.wondered |
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7. | ||||
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A.has locked |
B.had lock |
C.locked |
D.had locked |
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8. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.listen to me |
B.I need your help |
C.Excuse me |
D.Don’t smile at me |
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9. | ||||
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A.bring |
B.take |
C.carry |
D.show |
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10. | ||||
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A.another |
B.other |
C.a second |
D.the other |
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11. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.hand |
B.give |
C.look at |
D.help |
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12. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.while |
B.since |
C.before |
D.after |
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13. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.under |
B.on |
C.around |
D.over |
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14. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.door |
B.car |
C.keys |
D.way |
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15. | ||||
[ ] |
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A.suddenly |
B.quickly |
C.slowly |
D.angrily |
完形填空
Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 1 the US from time to time.While he was 2 at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 3 .A few minutes 4 ,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 5 .Inside it were about $ 900,his passport(护照), 6 of his family,and his 7 tickets to Japan.
But three weeks 8 he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 9 an envelope.There was 10 inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 11 orders for more than $900 and a 12 from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:
“I 13 this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 14 of Chicago.”
The next 15 he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 16 Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 17 of $ 493 a month.
He explained that he 18 the bag on a street corner and 19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the 20 .He changed the money into money orders and 21 his own money to send it to Japan.
Mr Yamamoto was very 22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 23 he would go to all the trouble to return 24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 25 .”
Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.
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[ ] |
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A.understands |
B.studies |
C.visits |
D.calls |
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2. |
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[ ] |
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A.looking |
B.living |
C.telephoning |
D.sleeping |
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3. |
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A.table |
B.floor |
C.car |
D.computer |
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4. |
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A.later |
B.ago |
C.before |
D.earlier |
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5. |
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[ ] |
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A.open |
B.broken |
C.down |
D.gone |
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6. |
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[ ] |
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A.information |
B.photos |
C.names |
D.letters |
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7. |
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[ ] |
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A.coming |
B.return |
C.written |
D.waste |
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8. |
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[ ] |
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A.when |
B.before |
C.after |
D.till |
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9. |
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[ ] |
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A.received |
B.accepted |
C.picked up |
D.heard from |
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10. |
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[ ] |
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A.anything |
B.something |
C.everything |
D.nothing |
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11. |
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[ ] |
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A.money |
B.post |
C.spoken |
D.bank |
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12. |
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[ ] |
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A.record |
B.letter |
C.programme |
D.passage |
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13. |
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[ ] |
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A.decide |
B.believe |
C.hope |
D.learn |
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14. |
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[ ] |
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A.service |
B.hotels |
C.police |
D.people |
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15. |
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[ ] |
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A.day |
B.hour |
C.time |
D.way |
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16. |
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[ ] |
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A.looked for |
B.looked after |
C.called at |
D.called on |
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17. |
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[ ] |
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A.unmber |
B.income |
C.saving |
D.cost |
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18. |
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[ ] |
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A.bought |
B.tried |
C.saw |
D.picked |
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19. |
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[ ] |
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A.found |
B.paid |
C.passed |
D.changed |
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20. |
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[ ] |
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A.bus |
B.bag |
C.jpise |
D.wall |
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21. |
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[ ] |
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A.shared |
B.got |
C.wasted |
D.spent |
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22. |
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[ ] |
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A.excited |
B.surprised |
C.moved |
D.frigtened |
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23. |
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[ ] |
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A.how |
B.when |
C.whether |
D.why |
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24. |
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[ ] |
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A.things |
B.everything |
C.the bag |
D.the money |
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25. |
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[ ] |
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A.life |
B.country |
C.city |
D.family |