44. The chief reason that boys are seldom trained to follow their father’s occupation is ___________________.

A. that children nowadays rarely see their fathers at their place of work

B. that fathers do not like to pursue employment at home any more

C. that there is a wide choice of employment for children

D. that children also like to have jobs outside

答案：C。推理判断题。解析：由“...in many towns they have a fairly wide choice of employment and so do girls. The young wage-earner often earns good money...”可知答案。

43.The word“accrue”in the sentence“When mother...accrue，”is closest in meaning to

__________________.

A. change　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. dwindle　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. double　　　　　　　　　　 D. increase

答案：D。词义猜测题。解析：从“When mother works, economic advantages accure.”可判断出。

42. The writer says that home has become much less of a workshop. He means______.

A. in the past, home was more like a workshop

B. home is much more of a workshop now

C. home-workshops are becoming fewer and fewer

D. home was less like a workshop in the past

答案：A。推理判断题。解析：从第一句“Parents have to do much less for their children today than they used to do，and home become much less of a workshop.” 和下文所述可知，过去日常生活所需大部分都由自己做，“家”就如a workshop一样。

41. The writer mentions home as workshop because______.

A. fathers often pursue employment at home

B. parents had to make food and necessity themselves for their daily-life

C. many families produce goods at home for sale

D. both fathers and mothers and mothers in most families are workers

答案：B。细节理解题。解析：从第一段可知。

15．For many years, people 　　　　electric cars. However, making them has been more difficult than predicted.

　　　 A．had dreamed of　　　　　　　 B．have dreamed of 　　 C．dreamed of　　　　　　 D．dream of

答案：B

考点：本题考查时态。

解析：根据句意：许多年来，人们都一直梦想着电动汽车。然而，制造它们比想象要难得多。由此，推断此处的梦想从过去到现在，并由此延伸。目前，市场上已经有了电动汽车，所以应用现在完成时。

5．If you plant watermelon seeds in the spring, you 　　　　fresh watermelon in the fall.

　　　 A．eat 　　　　　　　　　　　 B．would eat 　　　　　　　

C．have eaten 　　　　　　 D．will be eating

答案D

考点：本题考查条件句的时态。

解析：根据句意：如果你在春天种下西瓜种子，你会在秋天吃到新鲜的西瓜。可以判断这是真实的条件从句，会发生的事情，所以选择will be eating表将来。

31. 答案D

考点：考查时态。

解析：由句意：这就是我一直寻找的工作可知用现在完成进行时，表示从过去某个时刻发生的动作一直持续到现在，并且有可能持续下去。

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31. -----Why do you want to work for our company?

　 -----This is the job that I 　　　　for.

A. looked　　　　　　　　　　　 B. am to look　　　　　　　　 C. had looked　　　　　　　　 D. have been looking

29. 答案A

考点：考查时态。

解析： remain在这儿意思是“剩下，余留”，为不及物动词，整句话是对现在事实的陈述，所以用一般现在时。选 A项。

29. The palace caught fire three times in the last century, and little of the original building _______now.

A. remains　　　　　　　　　　 B. is remained　　　　　　　 C. is remaining　　　　　　　 D. has been remained