My husband and I both work at home. We have four children, so the times when I am 1 in the house
are few. Like many work-at-home moms, when I do get a 2 to be by myself, I fill that tim e with more 3 , whether it"s related to my career or taking care of the housework. Most of the time, I don"t mind. 4 , I wanted this job as wife and mother, and I knew from the start that it often 5 putting others"
needs before my own. But, other times, I can"t help but feel a little 6 because I seldom had any plans for myself, and everyone knew it. My life 7 on my family, but they seldom appreciated this, which often 8 me a lot.
One day, when the kids were at school, I 9 for the movie theater-alone, I"d 10 been to the movies
alone before, so I was a little nervous. Would I look pitiful going to the theater by myself? Was I being
ridiculous (荒唐可笑) by seeing a movie 11 so much work waited for me at home? I 12 myself
to swallow these 13 and bought myself a ticket. And then I walked into the theater with my 14 held high and enjoyed every minute of the movie. I laughed and felt my good spirits 15 for a couple of hours, I was 16 wife or mother. I was just myself.
From that point on, I 17 that Fridays would be mine, 18 for a couple of hours. Some Fridays,
I head to (前往) the beach with a good book. Other Fridays, I go shopping, 19 up a little fast food or
some clothes just for myself. I really 20 my Fridays after a long week of caring of my family. |
( )1. A. busy
( )2. A. chance
( )3. A. fun
( )4. A. So far
( )5. A. practiced
( )6. A. happy
( )7. A. centred
( )8. A. moved
( )9. A. applied
( )10. A. ever
( )11. A. if
( )12. A. forced
( )13. A. answers
( )14. A. hands
( )15. A. leave
( )16. A. everybody"s
( )17. A. expressed
( )18. A. at least
( )19. A. making
( )20. A. come up with | B. alone
B. way
B. fear
B. From then on
B. advised
B. excited
B. insisted
B. bothered
B. waited
B. also
B. when
B. allowed
B. efforts
B. head
B. happen
B. somebody"s
B. declared
B. at last
B. picking
B. break away from | C. tense
C. purpose
C. work
C. As a resul
C. meant
C. angry
C. depended
C. amused
C. longed
C. never
C. unless
C. ordered
C. thoughts
C. legs
C. return
C. anybody"s
C. agreed
C. in all
C. taking
C. look forward to | D. brave
D. fortune
D. love
D. After all
D. considered
D. nervous
D. knocked
D. scared
D. headed
D. instead
D. until
D. taught
D. results
D. ticket
D. weaken
D. nobody"s
D. decided
D. in time
D. bringing
D. pay attention to |
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试题【完形填空。 My husband and I both work at home. We have four children, so the time】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | A woman was in a hurry to go to the airport. She told the cab driver to drive quickly. She was so
absorbed in her own thoughts that she was not aware they were going by a different route.
Suddenly, a man got inside the cab. He took her handbag where she had placed her visa, passport, and
all her money for the trip.
The driver, who was in cahoots with the robber, left her in the middle of that dark street. She cursed
the world for being so mean to her, and thought how unlucky she was in that situation.
That very same night, she heard some shocking news.Tears flowed down her face.Flight 230,which was
the plane that she was supposed to have boarded, had crashed.If she had not lost her precious belongings, she could have lost something far more important-her life.
Sometimes bad things really happen.We lose money, fail our exams, or are rejected by others.There
are times when nothing seems to go our way.
So what should we do about it? Should we be disappointed? The answer is a resounding "No!" We
must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the consistent faith that we will get what we
deserve.
Don"t waste your time and energy on things that can"t be changed.Continuous worrying will only affect
your health and you"ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.
What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?
There was a man who won the lottery.He thought he was the luckiest person in the world.He became
greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.
One day, he made it to the front page of the newspaper again.But this time, it was a different story.He
had been killed because of his riches.
If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it.Hope for protection and guidance.Life is
so unpredictable.You never know what will happen next.
Live one day at a time.we sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble.We ask
ourselves: "What if I don"t get this done in time?" or "What if my family leaves me and I"ve got no one else
to turn to?"
Live for the moment.Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine.
Believe me. And believe in yourself. As Captain Planet always says: "The power is yours!" | | 1.The underlined phrase "in cahoots with" in Paragraph 3 probably means "____". | A. was forced by
B. w as fighting bravely with
C. had cooperated with
D. was trying to beg | | 2. From the passage, we learn that___. | A. the woman was lucky to miss her flight
B. some people just never run out of good luck
C. robbers will get what they deserve
D. if you feel yourself lucky, you will continue to be so | | 3. According to the author, which of the following is the right attitude to adopt towards life? | A. Don"t waste your time and energy because time is limited.
B. There"s no need to worry or get frustrated.Just believe in yourself.
C. Even when everything seems to be going well, we should keep fully alert.
D. Worrying about what you don"t have means you miss out on opportunities for other things. | | 4. The stories are intended to tell us___. | A. fortune only favors the prepared mind
B. gains and losses go hand in hand
C. misfortune might be a blessing
D. we should save up for a rainy day | | 完形填空。 | People often fall ill because of me. 1 , they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own 2 . A tired
person may get 3 , especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in 4
is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a
cold easily.
My latest victim is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though
5 , he still went to the cinema. Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.
I seized this golden chance to 6 him. He reacted, trying to 7 me, but I was already 8 deep in his
throat. He kept sneezing (打喷嚏) and his nose was running. 9 he put on some warm clothes, it didn"t
work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept 10 him, and he developed a cough to
force me and my family out, but 11 .
The next day he couldn"t go to 12 . He had lost his appetite and was not as 13 as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his 14 .
For two days he was 15 by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to
feel the 16 . I knew I had to 17 him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made
every effort to fight back. 18 , it was my turn to feel 19 now, for his defense system was starting an
all-out attack against me. I became 20 and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am? | ( )1. A. Therefore
( )2. A. business
( )3. A. punished
( )4. A. temperature
( )5. A. excited
( )6. A. injure
( )7. A. get on with
( )8. A. reproducing
( )9. A. Since
( )10. A. reminding
( )11. A. escaped
( )12. A. bed
( )13. A. peaceful
( )14. A. recovery
( )15. A. protected
( )16. A. loss
( )17. A. leave
( )18. A. Uncertainly
( )19. A. painful
( )20. A. bigger | B. Besides
B. responsibility
B. blamed
B. season
B. hurt
B. bother
B. get rid of
B. waiting
B. Once
B. upsetting
B. succeeded
B. work
B. afraid
B. development
B. nursed
B. operation
B. catch
B. Unsuccessfully
B. disappointed
B. weaker | C. However
C. excuse
C. caught
C. place
C. late
C. attack
C. put up with
C. hiding
C. Whether
C. comforting
C. regretted
C. school
C. active
C. study
C. scolded
C. pressure
C. forget
C. Unusually
C. nervous
C. smaller | D. Then
D. fault
D. killed
D. condition
D. tired
D. destroy
D. take hold of
D. disappearing
D. Although
D. influencing
D. failed
D. hospital
D. happy
D. affected
D. affected
D. movement
D. beat
D. Unfortunately
D. ashamed
D. stronger | | 阅读理解。 | All of my childhood and early adult life, my mom weighed over 220 pounds (one pound = 0.454
kilograms). I could feel the pain that my mom experienced with her fatness.
I was never uncomfortable about my mother, but I think she was uncomfortable about herself, and that
feeling was painful for all of us. And she began to lose weight.
After more than twenty years of battling obesity(肥胖), my mother completed a forceful
eighteen-month diet that left her ninety pounds lighter than before. A new woman was born! At age
twenty-eight, I got a new mom! For the first time, I met the woman my mother truly was, the beautiful
little lady under the fatness. It wasn"t so much her new body that was the surprise, but rather her new
spirit.
To celebrate her new size and to devote herself to dancing again, my mother joined a "Mrs. Forty-Plus" competition, where she would have to model, give a speech and provide a dance performance. She told
our family that she did not care if she won - she simply had always wanted to perform on stage.
She told each one of us, "I"m not doing it to win; I"m doing it to dance!"
The competition was exciting! I prayed that my mom would win, but while watching her on stage I was
simply overjoyed just by her effort. To me, she had already won. She posed to perfection, her speech
brought tears to everyone"s eyes, and her performance was wonderful.
That night, at age fifty-three, my mother was crowned (为......加冕) "Mrs. Forty-Plus". She was the
first person in our family to ever win such a title. | | 1. The first two paragraphs mainly show that the author"s mom was ______. | A. experienced
B. painful
C. comfortable
D. fat | | 2. After the author"s mom completed a forceful eighteen-month diet, she was about ______. | A. 85 kilograms
B. 41 kilograms
C. 130 pounds
D. 90 pounds | 3. In order to join in the "Mrs. Forty-Plus" Competition, the author"s mom has to do the
following EXCEPT______. | A. providing a dance performance
B. telling a funny story about herself
C. giving a speech to a large number of people
D. wearing special clothes to show to people | | 4. The underlined part in Paragraph 6 means that ______. | A. the author"s mom succeeded in modeling and speaking
B. the author"s mom"s performance was very wonderful
C. the author"s mom was not successful in modeling
D. the author"s mom succeeded in making a speech | | 完形填空。 | Whenever we hear about "the homeless,", most of us think of the Developing World. But the 1 is
that homelessness is everywhere. For example, how many of us would expect to see people living on the
streets of a 2 country like Germany?
Kurt Muller and his wife Rita have spent eleven years making 3 for the homeless of Berlin, Germany"s
capital. They first 4 one long hot summer when most Germans were 5 on holiday. Kurt and his wife
stayed at home, made sandwiches, 6 a table in the street and gave food to the homeless.
The Mullers soon realized that food and clothing weren"t 7 . "What these people also need is
warmth and 8 ," says Rita. The Mullers didn"t 9 to give their phone number to the street people and
told them to phone anytime. Rita 10 there was somebody at home to answer the phone and their home was always 11 to anyone who couldn"t face another night on the street.
The couple were soon 12 all their time and money, so Kurt visited food and clothing companies
to 13 donations. Today, over thirty companies 14 donate food and other goods to the cause and
volunteers help to 15 them to the homeless. The public also give clothes and money and a shoe producer 16 new shoes.
Kurt and Rita receive no 17 for their hard work. " We feel like parents," says Rita, "and parents
shouldn"t 18 money for helping their children. The love we get on the streets is our salary." Though Rita
admits she often gets 19 . she says she will continue with her work because she likes the feeling of having made a 20 in the world. | ( )1. A. result
( )2. A. traditional
( )3. A. preparations
( )4. A. began
( )5. A. asleep
( )6. A. brought up
( )7. A. enough
( )8. A. fame
( )9. A. hesitate
( )10. A. make sense
( )11. A. open
( )12. A. costing
( )13. A. pay for
( )14. A. completely
( )15. A. advertise
( )16. A. donates
( )17. A. permission
( )18. A. borrow
( )19. A. surprised
( )20. A. profit | B. truth
B. developing
B. houses
B. met
B. alone
B. set up
B. necessary
B. freedom
B. agree
B. found out
B. crowded
B. wasting
B. ask for
B. calmly
B. sell
B. produces
B. payment
B. raise
B. excited
B. difference | C. reason
C. typical
C. meals
C. called
C. across
C. put aside
C. helpful
C. courage
C. pretend
C. make sure
C. noisy
C. taking
C. look into
C. regularly
C. deliver
C. designs
C. direction
C. save
C. tired
C. decision | D. idea
D. wealthy
D. suggestions
D. left
D. away
D. gave away
D. expensive
D. caring
D. intend
D. worked out
D. near
D. spending
D. carry out
D. roughly
D. lend
D. collects
D. support
D. expect
D. amused
D. rule | 阅读表达。
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上。 | [1] Ashley Power"s mother bought a computer for her when she was eight. When she was thirteen,
she was surfing the Internet regularly, but she couldn"t find anywhere for teenagers to meet and talk. And
one day she thought, "If I had my own website, I"d make it a really interesting site for teenagers."
[2]So, when Ashley was sixteen, she launched her own website, called Goosehead. She had no idea
how big a success it would be, but three years later, the site was the most successful teen site in the USA! It was getting 100,000 hits every day, and Ashley had about 30 employees.
[3] After a few years, the website closed down. Then Ashley, who lives in Los Angeles, was asked
to write a book called The Goosehead Guide to Life. The book is about how to design a website and
start a business. It begins with a section called "All About Ashley," where Ashley tells readers what it is
like to be the boss of a company when you are only sixteen. " I was so happy. But it was crazy in a lot
of ways. I got very stressed. I mean, I was only sixteen - I didn"t even have a car! If you were sixteen
and you had your own company, you"d be stressed, too!"
[4] In an interview Ashley gave advice to teenagers who wanted to start their own business, "Just be
strong and have your dreams and work hard at them. And don"t listen when _______, because I
heard "no" a lot. Just keep going until you hear "yes"!"
| 1. For what purpose did Ashley create GooseHead?(no more than 10 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2? (no more than 6 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
3. According to paragraph 3, what did Ashley do after GooseHead closed down?(no more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________
4. How did Ashley feel as a young boss of a company?(no more than 5 words)
________________________________________________________________________
5. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words.
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