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A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’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 in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask, ” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this 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 lab 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 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 (依托) 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】
What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?
A.The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. |
B.The recorder was impatient and rude. |
C.The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. |
D.Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. |
How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?
A.curious | B.indifferent | C.puzzled | D.interested |
How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk?
A.calm | B.panic-stricken | C.confident | D.cool |
Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?
A.Because the author cared little about rewards. |
B.Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab. |
C.Because she thought the author did admirable work. |
D.Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. |
What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A.To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. |
B.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect. |
C.To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. |
D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |
第一节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
People communicate in words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face show you are happy but friendly. Tears in eyes tell the others that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want say something. Other things should also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to carry. Signs on the door tell you if to go in or out. Have you ever seen that there are a lot of sign around you and that you receive messages from it all the time?
文中共有10处语言错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改;在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处, 多者(从11处起)不记分。
One afternoon, I was doing my homework, suddenly I heard someone knocking at
the door. I rose my head, looking out of the window to see who it was. The man of
about 50 with broad shoulders and glasses were standing on the door steps. He was
tall, wearing in an old army coat. He grew a wild beard. A big black hat was pulling
forward over his eyes so that it was hard to see his face clear. His shoes were old and
worn out. It was a big hole in one of his socks. He had with him a black box in one
hand. Only after I took a few more closer look at him I recognize that he used to be
my neighbor ten years age.
查看习题详情和答案>> “Last week,” Dr. P said “I was invited to a doctors’ meeting at the R. Hospital. In one of the rooms a patient, an old man, got up from his bed and moved slowly towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.”
“Frank!” I cried with surprise. He couldn’t answer as I knew, but he tried to smile, all the time keeping his foot close to mine.
My thoughts raced back more than thirty years—to the dark days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The scene was an air-raid shelter (防空洞), in which I and about a hundred other people slept every night. Among them were Mrs. West and her son Frank, who lived nearby. Sharing wartime problems, we got to know each other very well. Frank interested me because he was not normal (正常的). He had never been normal, ever since he was born. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had less of a mind than a baby has. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, able woman, as she had to be of course, because Frank depended on her completely. He needed all the attention of a baby.
One night a policeman came into our shelter and told Mrs. West that her house had been all destroyed. That wasn’t quite true, because the West went on living there for quite some time. But they certainly lost nearly everything they owned.
When that kind of thing happened, the rest of us helped the unlucky ones. So before we separated (分别) that morning, I stood beside Frank and measured my right foot against his.
They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a spare pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. As soon as he saw me, he came running—and placed his right foot against mine. After that, he always greeted (问候) me in the same way.
【小题1】How did Dr P know that the patient was Frank?
A.He was told that Frank was in the hospital. |
B.He was invited to study Frank’s illness. |
C.Frank greeted him in a special way. |
D.Frank’s name was written on the door. |
A.At the R Hospital about ten days before. |
B.In an air-raid shelter during the war. |
C.In Mrs. West’s house in 1941. |
D.In London after the West’s’ house was destroyed. |
A.those who suffered from illness. |
B.those who were killed during the war |
C.those who slept in the air-raid shelter. |
D.those whose homes were destroyed in air-raids |
A.to find out if Frank could put on his shoes |
B.to be friendly towards Frank |
C.to see if Frank’s feet were normal |
D.to teach Frank to greet people in a special way |
A.She was over 75. |
B.She needed all the attention of a baby. |
C.She had to give care and thought to her son as to a baby. |
D.She lost nearly everything in the war. |
阅读下列材料及相关信息,从所给的六个选项(A、B、C、D、E、F)中,选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项。选项中有一项是多余选项。以下是演讲会的资料:
A Are you interested in “Dream of the Red Mansion”(Hong Lou Men)? Listen to a lecture on this classical novel. Venue: National Museum of Chinese Modern Literature (Beijing) Time: 9:30 A.m. Price: free Tel: 010 – 84615522 | B “Jiaguwen” is among the oldest pictographic characters in the world.How much do you know about it? Get all the answers at this free lecture. Venue: Dongcheng District Library (Beijing) Time: 9:00 A.m. Price: free Tel: 010 – 64013356 |
C Former United Nations interpreter Professor Wang Ruojin speaks about her experiences at the UN and shares her understanding of the cultural differences between East and West. Venue: National Library of China (Beijing) Time: 1:30 p.m. – 4:00 p. m. Price: free Tel: 010 – 68488047 | D Qi Baishi, one of China’s greatest modern painters, was also a poet, calligrapher(书法家) and seal-cutter(刻印者). Can you appreciate his works? Then come to spend the time with us. Venue: Beijing Art Academy Time: 9:00 A.m. – 11:00 A.m. Price: 10 yuan Tel: 010 - 65023390 |
E It is the year of the Dog, and you can see “Fu” everywhere. But how much do you know about dogs – man’s best friend? What is “Fu” and where does it come from? Why do people hang “Fu” character upside down on the door? Get all the answers from this free lecture. Venue: Capital Library (Beijing) Time: 2:00 p. m. Price: free Tel: 010 - 67358114 | F About 160 cultural relics from Guangdong, Macao and Hong Kong are on display to April 15th. Meanwhile experts will talk about the important roles these three cities have played in the past two thousand years of Sino–Western exchanges. Venue: Beijing Art Museum Time: 2:00 p. m. – 5:00 p. m. Price: 20 yuan, students 10 yuan Tel: 010 - 83659337 |
以下是想去听演讲的人员的基本信息,请匹配适合他们的演讲内容。
1. Alice is now studying in Beijing University, and she is especially interested in Chinese writing. In her spare time she enjoys drawing, writing poems and is fond of sharing her pieces with her classmates.
2. Simon comes from Egypt. He is now studying in Beijing Art Academy. He shows great interest in Chinese ancient characters. Now he wants to know much about it.
3. Lora and Peter, visiting professors from Australia, are both crazy about Chinese traditional culture. At weekends they like to call on Chinese families to learn about Chinese festivals as well as their history.
4. Edward is a senior student in Beijing Foreign Language University. He likes traveling very much and has made up his mind to work as an interpreter for some joint–venture enterprises (合资企业).
5. Steve and Mark are both studying in the Chinese Department of China’s Renmin University. They want to do some research on Chinese ancient literature. 查看习题详情和答案>>