Question

If you walk through the streets of any big city at six or seven in the morning, the chances are that you will see women hurrying along, pushing prams (婴儿推车). You may see more than one woman1on the same door and, as it opens, quickly kiss the child, 2a package of nappies and hurry off down the street to clock on the early shift in an office, leaving their children to a child – minder – a woman who may be doing the job legally or illegally, well or badly. Brain Jackson, director of the Child – minding Researching Unit, and his colleagues have done a great deal of work in finding out 3it means for a child to spend the first years of life in the care of a child – minder.
4law, anyone who looks after a child for more than two hours a day and gets paid must be registered.5the punishment is a 6 pounds fine. Local authorities are responsible for the registration and supervision (监管) of minders. The regulations6adequate provision (保障) for fire, safety and health. Very few minders can7these. Yet, not many districts give financial assistance. “This means,” Brain Jackson says, “that when you have one registered minder tested and proved by the local authorities, you can be sure that you will get a dozen unregistered, illegal minders8.”
The researchers found themselves9into the role of private investigators when they conduct their10. Getting up early to do a “Dawn Watch” following mothers through cold, dark streets and nothing where they left their babies, Jackson says, was a long, slow process.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      knock
   2. B.
      stop
   3. C.
      stick
   4. D.
      stay
2. 2.
   1. A.
      hand out
   2. B.
      hand in
   3. C.
      hand down
   4. D.
      hand over
3. 3.
   1. A.
      which
   2. B.
      what
   3. C.
      how
   4. D.
      that
4. 4.
   1. A.
      For
   2. B.
      Through
   3. C.
      By
   4. D.
      With
5. 5.
   1. A.
      Therefore
   2. B.
      However
   3. C.
      Otherwise
   4. D.
      Moreover
6. 6.
   1. A.
      require
   2. B.
      demand
   3. C.
      insist
   4. D.
      acquire
7. 7.
   1. A.
      pay
   2. B.
      offer
   3. C.
      afford
   4. D.
      do
8. 8.
   1. A.
      at work
   2. B.
      in public
   3. C.
      in vain
   4. D.
      at present
9. 9.
   1. A.
      run
   2. B.
      looked
   3. C.
      forced
   4. D.
      dropped
10. 10.
    1. A.
       experiment
    2. B.
       survey
    3. C.
       view
    4. D.
       project

Answer 1

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本文讲述的是在城市存在的婴儿看护的问题，文中提到如何使婴儿的看护合法，安全，并且告诉我们要实现理想的看护，这还将有漫长的路要走。
1.考查动词词意辨析和语境的理解。表示敲门。
2.考查动词词组意思辨析和语境的理解。hand out把...拿出来, 分发, 施舍；hand in交上；hand down传下来, 宣布；hand over移交。表示妈妈们和孩子匆匆吻别，同时拿出孩子的尿布交给照顾者，然后匆匆上班。
3.考查关系代词的用法。What在这里引导宾语从句，并且在从句中做mean的宾语。
4.考查介词固定搭配和语境的理解。by law表示根据法律。
5.考查副词词意辨析和语境的理解。表示根据法律，任何人一天看护孩子两个小时以上，并且得到报酬的话，必须进行注册登记，否则就是违法的。
6.考查动词词意辨析和语境的理解。制度中要求有火警，安全和健康的保障。
7.考查动词词意辨析和语境的理解。从语篇知道，几乎没有几个看护可以提供上面的要求。
8.考查介词短语辨析和语境的理解。at work在工作, 在运转；in public 公开地, 公然地；in vain徒然；at present现在, 目前。根据语境表示看护们在非法的工作.
9.考查非谓语的用法和语境的理解。be forced into被迫。是说研究着们由于种种原因被迫扮演私家侦探的角色。
10.考查名词词意辨析和语境的理解。指在进行调查。