Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In the past，most American mothers were at home to take care of their children during the day. Now, 36 , many mothers are working. More than half of the American women with young children have 37 outside the house.
American families solve the child care 38 in different ways. Some parents allow older children to stay at home alone after school. The parents 39 make sure that their children, usually not younger than 10 years old, understand 40 rules and can deal with emergencies (紧急情况). Other parents say they would 41 allow their children to be at home alone. They usually 42 someone to take care of the children.
Some parents in the U. S. find their own ways to cut the cost of child care. They join child care 43 . Each person in the group 44 for the children of other group members at different times. Some parents ask local churches, schools and social organizations to help 45 activities for the children. These child care choices often cost 46 or no money. Many American parents, however, still struggle with the problem of 47 good child care at a reasonable price.
A．therefore B．otherwise C．thus D．however
A．children B．jobs C．houses D．money
A．problem B．question C．chance D．choice
A．can B．must C．may D．ought
A．dangerous B．safety C．funny D．true
A．rather B．certainly C．always D．never
A．tell B．stop C．pay D．invite
A．schools B．groups C．clubs D．hospitals
A．cares B．sends C．asks D．pays
A．have B．offer C．play D．join
A．much B．little C．enough D．a great deal
A．taking B．finding C．losing D．suffering
Three years ago, I had a job in a retail store (零售店). I 21 to talk to everybody and know what was going on in their 22 . I remember a girl who started 23 there a few months after me. We seldom talked but we always 24 each other and smiled.
She always smiled in a really happy way 25 one day when we got to work in the 26 department. She smiled as if she was the 27 girl in the world. I went up to her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” She answered, “Why?” I said, “I could feel you’re very 28 , but you’re always trying to 29 it.”
Her mouth just dropped as if I had 30 her deepest secret, so we started talking. She told me 31 she was feeling unhappy and why she was trying to 32 that nothing was wrong. Time went by and we became good friends. She’d always tell me I had 33 her life in so many ways.
Today that girl is one of my best 34 . I really don’t know what I would do 35 her. She has been there for me in every 36 way a friend could be.
What I’m trying to say is that you never know 37 you’re helping yourself. I helped this girl never knowing that at the same time I was helping myself by finding a 38 friend.
So the next time you see a 39 and he needs someone who will 40 to him, wait and let him say what he wants to say. You never know, you might just end up helping yourself.
A．managed B．intended C．remembered D．liked
A．lives B．jobs C．studies D．marriages
A．shopping B．talking C．going D．working
A．assisted B．looked at C．realized D．stared at
A．though B．since C．until D．unless
A．similar B．nearby C．same D．different
A．quietest B．happiest C．busiest D．luckiest
A．sad B．angry C．happy D．surprised
A．keep B．stop C．hide D．show
A．caught B．discovered C．controlled D．checked
A．when B．how C．why D．what
A．pretend B．become C．make D．admit
A．protected B．recovered C．supported D．changed
A．customers B．friends C．neighbors D．classmates
A．without B．for C．upon D．with
A．simple B．possible C．strange D．perfect
A．before B．since C．because D．when
A．truthful B．useful C．hopeful D．careful
A．stranger B．worker C．passenger D．visitor
A．belong B．refer C．listen D．turn
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to__36__ water to the runners, I remember being so __37__ to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I __38__ up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an __39 _. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. __40__ , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining(起决定性作用的)__ 41__ .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt __42__ because I was 15 years old, younger than him but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt __43_ for a second.
But then I __44__ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had__45_ abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my _46_ was only to finish.
After a minute, it_47__ me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself at that moment. I turned my embarrassment into __48__ .
I __49__ that I would not give up running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare __50__ and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my __51 __.
In life we all have those moments when we __52__ ourselves with others. It’s only__53 .__ Don’t allow those moments to __54___ you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to __55__ anything you want in life.
A．bring out B．pass out C．take out D．pick out
A．excited B．worried C．concerned D．anxious
A．achievement B．encouragement C．interest D．experience
A．At times B．In time C．In all D．At all
A．victory B．decision C．moment D．conclusion
A．embarrassed B．annoyed C．moved D．thrilled
A．relaxed B．defeated C．puzzled D．inspired
A．realized B．lost C．noticed D．remembered
A．necessary B．evident C．common D．different
A．motto B．plan C．goal D．direction
A．worried B．hit C．reached D．hurt
A．attraction B．devotion C．expectation D．inspiration
A．hoped B．promised C．decided D．suggested
A．slightly B．hardly C．clearly D．properly
A．excitement B．accomplishment C．movement D．judgment
A．introduce B．relate C．present D．compare
A．important B．natural C．strange D．ridiculous
A．weaken B．wound C．amuse D．cheer
A．prevent B．deliver C．achieve D．abandon
完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
At the age of 13, I was angry and rebellious(叛逆的)，with little regard for anything my parents had to say, 1 if it had to do with me. 2 so many teenagers, I struggled to escape from anything that didn’t 3 my picture of the world. A “brilliant without need of guidance” kid, I 4 any open offering of love. In fact, I got 5 at the mention of the word love.
One night, after a particularly 6 day, I stormed into my room, shut the door and got into bed. 7 I lay down in the privacy of my bed, my hands slipped under my pillow. There was a(n) 8 . I pulled it out and on the envelope it 9 “To read when you’re 10 ”.
Since I was alone, no one would know whether I read it or not, so I 11 it. It said: “Mike, I know life is hard right now, I know you are frustrated and I know we don’t do everything right. I also know that I love you completely and 12 you do or say will ever change that. I am here 13 you if you ever need to talk, and if you don’t, that’s 14 . Just know that 15 where you go or what you do in your life, I will always love you and be proud that you are my son. Love, Mom.”
That was the 16 of several “To read when you’re alone” letters. They were 17 mentioned until I was an adult. In the midst of my turbulent(不安分的)teen years, the letters were the calm assurance that I could be 18 in spite of my rebelliousness. Just before I fell asleep I thanked God that my mom knew what I, an angry teenager, 19 . Today when the seas of life get stormy, I know that just under my 20 there is that calm assurance that love — consistent, enduring, unconditional love — changes lives.
A．similarly B．particularly C．eventually D．only
A．With B．Besides C．Like D．Among
A．relate to B．allow for C．pick up D．agree with
A．rejected B．missed C．received D．appreciated
A．curious B．nervous C．excited D．angry
A．difficult B．joyful C．peaceful D．ordinary
A．So B．Since C．As D．Before
A．message B．magazine C．book D．envelope
A．wrote B．said C．warned D．spelled
A．lonely B．awake C．alone D．tired
A．folded B．opened C．examined D．answered
A．everything B．anything C．something D．nothing
A．beyond B．except C．for D．against
A．okay B．possible C．bad D．disappointing
A．as long as B．no matter C．in case D．only if
A．best B．unique C．last D．first
A．never B．seldom C．frequently D．sometimes
A．waited B．trusted C．loved D．praised
A．needed B．expected C．understood D．achieved
A．desk B．pillow C．bed D．feet
完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
One day a few years ago we had a guest of the uninvited variety. In fact, it was a bird, 1 a sparrow.
“What’s that?” I asked when I first heard the gentle thumping(重击声). “It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball,” my wife, Anita, said. She 2 and listened more devotedly. “It’s coming from the 3 .” she said. “Maybe it’s one of the little kids.”
We rushed out the door. Jonathan, our youngest, was 4 to make trouble. “If he’s making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there. No children 5 . But there was that 6 again, coming from right up there.
And that’s when I 7 the sparrow. It was flying 8 just inches below the ceiling. It was 9 trying to get out, but couldn’t see that the way out wasn’t up, but down 10 the open door. So the bird continued 11 its wings and hitting its head against the 12 .
“Poor thing,” Anita said. “It must be 13 .”
“Well, maybe it’s because of us,” I said as I moved toward it. I tried to show the bird how to glide（滑翔） down to get outside, but that only seemed to 14 it more. “Why don’t we just 15 for a few minutes?” Anita suggested. “I’m sure he’ll 16 eventually.” So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing 17 .Then suddenly, it was silent. We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was gone.
“See?” Anita said. “I told you he’d succeed.”
“Yeah,” I said. “But how many knocks on the head did it 18 him?”
I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years. Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don’t know how to 19 . Born to go upward, we don’t even consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping（拍打）around and just glide 20 a little bit.
A．for example B．rather than C．or rather D．as well
A．hurried B．paused C．ignored D．confirmed
A．basement B．kitchen C．garage D．hall
A．easy B．happy C．sorry D．angry
A．in all B．at all C．above all D．after all
A．guest B．voice C．noise D．sound
A．watched B．found C．realized D．caught
A．carefully B．gently C．patiently D．anxiously
A．eventually B．unwillingly C．obviously D．thoroughly
A．through B．over C．below D．beyond
A．shaking B．breaking C．striking D．injuring
A．wall B．floor C．door D．ceiling
A．clumsy B．painful C．amazed D．terrified
A．frighten B．comfort C．confuse D．calm
A．leave B．scream C．relax D．escape
A．put it aside B．leave it alone C．give it up D．figure it out
A．accident B．achievement C．struggle D．trouble
A．cost B．offer C．earn D．owe
A．classify B．handle C．debate D．conclude
A．up B．back C．forth D．down
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
On the day before the bass（鲈鱼）season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
When his pole 1 he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with 2 as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. 3 , he very cautiously lifted the 4 fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, 5 it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills（鱼鳃）playing back and forth in the moonlight. The father 6 a match and looked at his watch. It was 10 P.M.——two hours 7 the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy. “You’ll have to put it back, son,” he said.
“Dad！” 8 the boy.
“There will be other fish,” said his father.
“Not as big as this one,” cried the boy again.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere 9 in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. 10 no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could 11 from his father’s voice that the decision was not changed. He slowly 12 the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the 13 water. The boy suspected that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was 14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he caught that night long ago. But he does see that same fish—— again and again——every time he 15 a question of ethics(道德).
For his father taught him, ethics are simple 16 of right and wrong. It is only the 17 of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking？We would if we were taught to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the 18 . The decision to do right lives fresh and fragrant in our 19 . It is a 20 we will proudly tell our friends and grandchildren.
A．broke down B．bent over C．turned up D．turned out
A．desire B．fear C．admiration D．love
A．In the beginning B．Finally C．Besides D．All in all
A．delighted B．frustrated C．frightened D．exhausted
A．but B．however C．and D．while
A．won B．beat C．struck D．picked
A．after B．until C．when D．before
A．yelled B．shouted C．said D．cried
A．around B．front C．back D．right
A．Ever since B．Even though C．In case D．Now that
A．say B．speak C．talk D．tell
A．worked B．loosed C．looked D．attached
A．shallow B．black C．low D．white
A．content B．wrong C．right D．pleased
A．come up with B．gets on with C．meets with D．catches us with
A．matters B．events C．questions D．things
A．meaning B．understanding C．practice D．point
A．fact B．truth C．faith D．incident
A．mind B．heart C．memory D．brain
A．lesson B．story C．concept D．standard