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Would you mind looking after your sick mum and brother at home every day? Somebody may say yes. But to me, it is hard but full of pleasure. My name is Charlie and I’m 15 years old. At school, I _______   like most other people of my age. At home, things are a bit _______  .

My mum is badly ill. She can’t go out. I was nine   _______  my mum got ill. I just thought she was different to everyone else’s mum. She didn’t ever go out or take   _______ to the park. I didn’t talk to her or anyone else about it.

I take care of my mum every day after _______  . I go into town and pay her bills. It’ s hard to deal with the pressure（压力）sometimes. I try to go for a   _______ when I’m stressed（紧张的）or write poems.

Also, I’m _______ a second mummy. My brother is 11 years old and he has a special illness, too. So I have to look after him besides my mum.

The hardest thing is that I don’t really spend   _______  with anyone outside of school. I’m more grown up than other people of my _______ . I stay at home and look after my mum and my brother.

I’m _______ on going to college after school to study childcare, and I really want to be a photographer. Although it’s hard, I do get pleasure from knowing how much I’m helping my mum and my brother.

1.A. work      B. study       C. play        D. look

2.A. easy       B. good       C. different   D. difficult

3.A. when      B. where       C. if         D. how

4.A. her       B. him        C. you        D. me

5.A. work      B. meals      C. school     D. games

6.A. rest      B. walk        C. play       D. visit

7.A. in         B. with       C. about      D. like

8.A. time       B. money       C. life       D. food

9.A. home       B. family     C. age         D. day

10.A. working   B. studying  C. trying     D. planning

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文是作者对自己的境况作的介绍。母亲重病，不能外出，她必须照顾她；十一岁的弟弟也得了一种特殊的病，她也得照顾他。作者比同龄人成熟，毕业后计划去学习儿童护理，但她真正想做的是当画家。

1.B 考查动词及语境理解。句意：在学校，我和其他大多数同龄人一样学习。A. work工作；B. study学习；C. play玩耍；D. look看。在学校学习。故选B。

2.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：在家，情况有点不同。A. easy 容易的；B. good好的；C. different不同的；D. difficult困难的。在学校和其它同学一样学习，在家就不一样。故选C。

3.A考查疑问词及语境理解。句意：妈妈生病时，我九岁。 A. when当……时，表示时间；B. where在哪儿，表示地点；C. if如果，表示条件；是否，表示疑问；D. how怎样，表示方式或状态。本句表示妈妈生病的时间是我九岁时。故选A。

4.D考查代词及语境理解。句意：她从未出去或带我去公园。A. her她；B. him他；C. you你；D. me我。由后句：我不和她或其它任何人说起。可以推测出是“带我去公园”。故选D。

5.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：每天放学后，我照顾我的妈妈。A. work工作；B. meals 餐饭；C. school学校；D. games游戏。根据短文可知，作者是学生，放学后照顾母亲，放学：after school。故选C。

6.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：当我紧张时，我尽力去散步或是写诗。A. rest休息；B. walk散步；C. play 玩耍；D. visit拜访。Go for a walk去散步。故选B。

7.D考查介词及语境理解。句意：而且，我像第二个妈妈一样。A. in在……里；B. with和……在一起；C. about大约，关于；D. like像。由下文，自己要照顾十一岁的弟弟，像妈妈一样。故选D。

8.A考查名词及语境理解。句意：最困难的事情是我真的没有花时间和校外的人在一起过。A. time时间；B. money钱；C. life 生活；D. food食物。由下文可知，自己一直在家照顾母亲和弟弟，没有时间与别人一起玩耍。故选A。

9.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：我比其他同龄人更成熟。A. home家；B. family家人；C. age 年龄；D. day日，天。比同龄人成熟，故选C。

10.planning计划。对将来的打算，计划做某事：plan on doing sth。故选D。

考点：考查人物传记类短文。