Our “Mommy and Me” time began two years ago. My next-door neighbor and fellow mother, Christie, and I were out in our front yards, watching seven children of age 6 and under ride their bikes up and down. “I wish I could take one of my children out alone,” said Christie.

Then we worked out a plan: When Christie takes one of her children out, I’ll watch her other three. And when she watches two of mine, I’ll take someone out.

The children were extremely quick to accept the idea of “Mommy and Me” time. Christie’s daughter, McKenzie, went first. When she returned, the other children showered her with tons of questions. McKenzie was smiling broadly. Christie looked refreshed and happy. “She’s like a different child when there’s no one else around,” Christie shared with me quickly. With her mother all to herself, McKenzie didn’t have to make an effort to gain attention.

Just as Christie had noticed changes in McKenzie, I also discovered something different in each of my children during our alone times. For example, I am always surprised when my daughter, who is seldom close to me, holds my hand frequently. My stuttering(口吃的)son, Tom, doesn’t stutter once during our activities since he doesn’t have to struggle for a chance to speak. And the other son, Sam, who’s always a follower when around other children shines as a leader during our times together.

The “Mommy and Me” time allows us to be simply alone and away with each child ---talking, sharing, and laughing, which has been the biggest gain. Every child deserves(应得到)to be an only child at least once in a while.

What is the text mainly about?

   A. The experience of the only child being with mother.

   B. The advantage of spending time with one child at a time.

   C. The happy life of two families.

   D. The basic needs of children.

Right after McKenzie came back, the other children were _____________.

   A. happy        B. curious        C. regretful        D. friendly

What is one of the changes the author finds in her children?

   A. The daughter acts like a leader.         B. Sam holds her hand more often.

   C. The boys become better followers.      D. Tom has less difficulty in speaking.

The author seems to believe that ___________.

   A. having brothers and sisters is fun

   B. it’s tiring to look after three children

   C. every child needs parents’ full attention

   D. parents should watch others’ children


Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节。满分35分)
第一节完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Being probably the most complex female character in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Ophelia deserves special attention because she is treated as a substitute for Stowe’s intended audience. Ophelia    21    what Mrs Stowe, the author, considered a widespread Northern problem: the white person who opposes slavery but feels   22    prejudice and hatred in the presence of a black slave. Ophelia hates slavery, but she considers it almost   23    for blacks, against whom she harbors a deep-seated prejudice. And she doesn’t want them to touch her. Stowe stresses that much of Ophelia’s prejudice   24   from unfamiliarity and ignorance rather than from actual   25  . Because Ophelia has seldom spent time along with   26  , she finds them uncomfortably alien (不相容) to her.
But Ophelia seems to be one of the only characters in the novel whose character   27   as the story progresses. Once St. Clare puts Topsy in her care, Ophelia is forced to be in   28  with a slave. At first she begins to teach Topsy   29   out of duty. But Stowe suggests that duty alone will not root out slavery and that those against slavery must act out of love. Eva’s death leads to  Ophelia’s change, and she comes to love Topsy as an actual human being and not just a slave. She   30   her racial prejudice and offers herself as a model to Stowe’s Northern readers.
21. A. reflects               B. supposes             C. suspects                D. provides
22. A. various               B. arbitrary             C. racial                    D. awful
23. A. impossible          B. necessary            C. unfair                   D. important
24. A. suffers          B. differs                C. releases                 D. results
25. A. practice            B. performance       C. experience             D. application
26. A. slaves                 B. readers               C. Stowe                   D. characters
27. A. increases             B. disappears           C. refreshes               D. develops
28. A. trouble               B. danger                C. contact                  D. comparison
29. A. hardly                B. merely               C. specially               D. properly
30. A. hides                  B. overcomes          C. reserves                D. prohibits

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

Tom is a worker in my factory and he is a little bit dirty. I have been taking   36   of him for years and years, he always wears an old red hat and carries a   37   bag. He usually spends his break time and his lunchtime by walking around to   38   the unused tins around.

Once I saw him by his   39   , with a lot of rubbish bags, which were full of aluminum(铝) tins. He threw them into the back of his car and then   40   the car. Being very curious, I got into my car to   41   him. He drove   42   he reached the entrance to a wide, empty parking area, but did nothing more.

Today, I was   43   one of the broken machines during lunchtime when this“tin man”came along with his bag. As usual, he   44   the tins around the place. My   45   , who was worried about how the   46   caused by the machine would affect production, was standing there watching me.

When I finished my job, my manager asked the “tin man” about what he would   47    the tin that he had collected. I had    48   even though about asking this kind of question,  49  I had always thought that this “tin man” would sell the   50   to the recycling place

 51  ,this “tin man” answered, “I will give them to my neighbor,  52   has epilepsy(癫痫病) and is unable to work.” I was   53   to hear this, and I asked him, “You   54   you are collecting all those tins just to help your neighbor?”

“I know it doesn’t help very much,” he said, “   55   I try my best to help him.” It was the most beautiful moment in my life and made me feel very humble(卑鄙的).

36. A. hold            B. care            C. charge             D. notice

37. A. plastic          B. rubbish          C. paper              D. metal

38. A. collect          B. find            C. hide                D. spread

39. A. house           B. store           C. machine             D. car

40. A. got out of        B. broke up        C. jumped into          D. settled down

41. A. follow          B. block           C. inspect              D. catch

42. A. since           B. until            C. when               D. after

43. A. decorating       B. performing      C. repairing             D. selecting

44. A. turned up        B. put up          C. set up               D. picked up

45. A. manager         B. workmate       C. neighbor             D. friend

46. A. power           B. delay           C. signal               D. harm

47. A. do with          B. deal with        C. go with             D. put up with

48. A. seldom          B. always          C. nearly              D. never

49. A. unless           B. because         C. though              D. if

50. A. machine         B. cars            C. tins                 D. bags

51. A. Certainly        B. Briefly          C. Surprisingly          D. Fortunately

52. A. who            B. whom           C. which               D. that

53. A. shocked         B. interested        C. satisfied             D. concerned

54. A. announce        B. mean           C. say                 D. declare

55. A. instead          B. however        C. but                 D. and

 

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