Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days.

　　Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found. Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to handle work and family life than the previous generation. As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children.

The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did – just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day. And 64 per cent said this was because they felt they ‘had’ to go out to work, while nearly a third (29 per cent) said they were under constant pressure to be the ‘perfect mother’, the report found.

Other findings showed social networking and parenting websites, as well as technology such as Skype, were important in providing help and support among female communities. Kate Fox, a member of the Social Issues Research Centre, which conducted the survey for Procter & Gamble, said: ‘With increasing pressure on mothers to work a “double shift” — to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner — support networks are more important than ever.

It comes as a separate report examining childcare in the leading industrialised nations found that working mothers in Britain spend just 81 minutes a day caring for their children as a ‘primary activity’. Mothers who stay at home, on the other hand, manage twice as much time – more than two and a half hours – looking after their offspring, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

　　Critics say the pressure on women to work long hours, and leave their offspring in the hands of nurseries or childminders, is putting the well-being of their children at risk.

　　The study also reveals that, despite the fact that more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare still falls on them - even if their husband is not in work. A father who is not in work tends to spend just 63 minutes a day looking after his child - 18 minutes less than a mother who goes out to work. Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children.

1.. What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. The good old days of mothers in the 1970s and 1980s.

   B. The great sufferings of today’s children.

   C. The statistics of working mothers and full-time mothers.

   D. The big problems that today’s working mothers face.

2.. What does the underlined phrase “yearn for” probably means ___________.

A. hate            B. miss           C. abandon         D. control

3. Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Today’s mothers have less time left for their children and themselves.

B. The working mothers can hardly strike the balance between work and family.

C. Most of the mothers can not control their husbands nowadays.

D. Modern fathers do not spend enough time with their children.

4. From para. 4, we can infer that ___________.

   A. working mothers can seek help on line

   B. Skype is a very famous expert in studying social issues

   C. working mothers’ double shift is to be a wife and a mother

   D. Kate Fox has opened a website offering help to working mothers

5.. What critics say means that _____________.

   A. it is wise for working mothers to put their kids in nurseries or childminders

   B. too much time in nurseries or childminders is bad for kids’ mental and physical health

   C. nurseries or childminders are dangerous places for children

   D. children do not like nurseries or childminders at all

“Now ,”Mrs. Virginia DeView said, smiling, “we are going to discover our professions .”
The class seems to be greatly surprised. Our professions? We were only 13 and 14 years old! The teacher must be _36 _. “Yes, you will all be searching for your future  37 . Each of you will have to   38  someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”
Each day in her class, Virginia DeView reminded us about this. Finally, I picked print journalism. This _39_ I had to go to interview a true-blue newspaper reporter. I was extremely nervous. I sat down in front of him_40_ able to speak. He looked at me and said, “Did you bring a pencil or pen?”
I shook my head.  “How about some   41_ ?” I shook my head again .
Finally , I thought he realized I was   42 , and I got my first big tip as a  43 : “Never,never go anywhere without a pen and paper. You never know what you’ll run into. ”After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from   44  in class. I got an A on the entire project.
Years later, I was in college looking around for a new career, but with no success. Then I _45 _Virginia DeView and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn’t __46__me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was and   47  all my life I had to run away from competition. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. _48__gave me the freedom to go up to total strangers and ask what was   49 .
For the past 12 years, I’ve had the most satisfying reporting career, __50 __ stories from murders to airplane crashes and   51  choosing my strongest area.  52 _ I went to pick up my phone one day, an incredible wave of memories hit me and I realized that had it not been __53__Virginia DeView, I would not be sitting at that desk.
I get  54  all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”
“Well, you see, there was a teacher…”I just wish I could  55 her.

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

    A   41   came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to   42   that shirt away, but gave it to her   43  .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

    I   44   the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her   45  , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s   46   was something greater.

    The next morning she   47   with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to   48   a university.

    After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are   49  , aren’t you? I think I have a   50   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of   51  .” Mom accepted the opportunity very   52  .

    For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   53  . Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   54   in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you   55   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working   56   over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   57   be the teacher of this class.”

    My mom spent more than 20 years there.   58   her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the   59   comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle   60   situations and never give up.

1.A. noise                     B. voice                       C. sound                       D. tune

2.A. get                     B. take                      C. carry                        D. throw

3.A. otherwise                     B. anyhow                    C. instead                            D. actually

4.A. settled                   B. pushed                     C. stored                      D. stuck

5.A. teacher                B. employer                  C. director                 D. adviser

6.A. purpose                 B. encouragement     C. achievement                     D. victory

7.A. went                         B. met                  C. worked                    D. stayed

8.A. visit                      B. continue                   C. attend                      D. prepare

9.A. serious                  B. fortunate                  C. careful                      D. responsible

10.A. career                  B. duty                         C. position                 D. part

11.A. learning               B. judging                   C. obeying                    D. imagining

12.A. patiently                     B. eagerly                     C. successfully              D. skillfully

13.A. upset                   B. frightened                C. guilty                       D. ashamed

14.A. looked up            B went up                     C. took up                  D. showed up

15.A. believe             B. protect                      C. treat                         D. receive

16.A. spirit                   B. intention                  C. action                      D. attempt

17.A. must              B. would                      C. might                       D. should

18.A. At                     B. During                     C. On                         D. With

19.A. worthless        B. thoughtless         C. hopeless                   D. helpless

20.A. challenging          B. different                   C. dangerous                 D. strange

Every December the radio station in my city makes a program in which all the poor children can send letters asking for some Christmas presents. One day, as I was   1 the radio, I decided to do something, so I asked four of my friends if they wanted to help a poor child. They   2 .

After several days, we learned about a   3  from a little child called Juan. In his letter, he   4  some blankets and some clothes and also wanted somebody to help his father   5  the house because it was in bad   6  .

We told the radio station that we wanted to  7 Juan. After that, we started to think about how to  8 all the money to buy all that Juan  9  . After 5 days, we collected much money and bought many things for Juan. We   10 bought some toys as a little   11  for Juan.

  12 , on December 22 the radio station gave a party in which all the children who asked for help were   13  , and all those helping these children.

In the party we  14  Juan. We played some games with him and gave him the   15   we prepared for hm. He was very excited and happy, so were my   16  and I.

That day was one of the most   17  days in my life, and I learned something   18  from it. Giving help to those in need is one of the most meaningful things that you can do   19   this makes you feel good and also makes the persons who you are helping   20 .

I am going to keep doing that all my life!

1.                A．thinking of      B．listening to      C．searching for  D．looking after

2.                A．agreed         B．refused         C．hesitated D．admitted

3.                A．note           B．telephone       C．message  D．letter

4.                A．asked for       B．cared about     C．looked at D．laughed at

5.                A．build           B．repair          C．rent D．buy

6.                A．choice         B．situation        C．condition D．place

7.                A．praise          B．visit            C．help D．teach

8.                A．save           B．collect          C．spend    D．keep

9.                A．lost            B．hated          C．needed   D．wasted

10.               A．hardly         B．also           C．never D．still

11.               A．surprise        B．change         C．promise   D．comfort

12.               A．Nearly         B．Suddenly       C．Immediately    D．Finally

13.               A．told           B．shown         C．invited    D．allowed

14.               A．forgot          B．met           C．ignored   D．caught

15.               A．presents        B．signals         C．plans D．tips

16.               A．parents        B．neighbors       C．friends    D．classmates

17.               A．difficult        B．official         C．peaceful   D．meaningful

18.               A．lucky          B．funny          C．important  D．interesting

19.               A．though         B．but            C．unless D．because

20.               A．happy          B．angry          C．peaceful   D．wealthy

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文， 掌握其大意，然后从36~55个题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class．1 was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on．
A  36  came，“Nice shirt，”I smiled from ear to ear．Then another voice said，“That shirt belonged to my dad．Greg’s mother works for my family．We were going to  37  that shirt away，but gave it to her 38 ”. I was speechless I wanted to hide．
I  39 the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened．She then dialed her 40  ,“I will no longer work for your family，”she told him．That night．Morn told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore：she knew her life’s 41 was something greater．
The next morning she 42 with the personnel manager at the Board of Education．He told her that without a proper education she could not teach．So Morn decided to  43  a university.
After the first year in college，she went back to the personnel manager．He said，“You are  44  ，aren’t you? I think I have a 45  for you as a teacher’s assistant．This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of  46 ”Mom accepted the opportunity very 47
For almost five years，as a teacher’s assistant．she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit，feeling  48  ．Then one day，the personnel manager and the principal 49  in her classroom．The principal said．“We have watched how you  50 the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard．working  51  over the last five years．We are all in agreement that you 52  be the teacher of this class．”
My mom spent more than 20 years there．  53 her career，she was voted Teacher of the Year．All of this came about because of the  54  comment made in the classroom that day．Mom showed me how to handle  55 situations and never give up．

【小题4】

A．settled B．pushed C．stored D．stuck

【小题9】

A．serious B．fortunate C．careful D．responsible

【小题11】

A．1earning B．judging C．obeying D．imagining

【小题18】

A．At B．During C．On D．With

【小题19】

A．worthless B．thoughtless C．hopeless D．helpless