Question

Mikio Tanaka is a devoted father----and prove it by taking three months off to care for his baby boy. That makes Tanaka __36__ of a revolutionary in Japan, where men are __37__ known for working long hours and __38__ in the bars with clients than mixing baby milk and changing diapers (尿布).

“It was __39__, but it was also a lot of fun,” Tanaka said, sitting __40__ the living room floor with his 4-month-old son, Daiki, __41__ on his back. “ I saw the first time he __42__. It was a great experience.”

Tanaka, 31, is one of a __43__ number of fathers in Japan who are taking a bigger __44__ inside the home. Men are a __45__ sight with kids at parks and zoos at weekends, though often __46__ yawning. Books and magazines __47__ fathers on how to play with and care for their kids. For Japan’s __48__ housewives, the changing is too late. In Tanaka’s case, his wife, Ayako, 28, was __49__ to take a full year of leave , for she was a school teacher.

__50__ for Tanaka, a department chief at his company had taken the __51__ leave a few years before, so his plan to __52__ three months unpaid leave was not a total shock to his __53__. Ayako took three months off for Daiki, then it was Tanaka’s __54__ when she went back to work. Daiki started day care full-time at __55__ month. Tanaka said at that time he was able to work again.

1.

A．anything

B．something

C．everything

D．nothing

2.

A．well

B．poorly

C．specially

D．badly

3.

A．working

B．dancing

C．drinking

D．cooking

4.

A．easy

B．interesting

C．exciting

D．tough

5.

A．beside

B．against

C．on

D．above

6.

A．hanged

B．hung

C．joked

D．sang

7.

A．fell asleep

B．stood up

C．dressed up

D．jumped up

8.

A．growing

B．falling

C．adding

D．fixing

9.

A．step

B．action

C．hold

D．role

10.

A．interesting

B．different

C．common

D．short

11.

A．seen

B．said

C．observed

D．blamed

12.

A．drive

B．send

C．comfort

D．treat

13.

A．self-confident

B．overworked

C．poorly-dressed

D．well-fed

14.

A．unfair

B．unwilling

C．unfit

D．undecided

15.

A．Hardly

B．Sadly

C．Unluckily

D．Fortunately

16.

A．immediate

B．short

C．sick

D．same

17.

A．teacher

B．boss

C．wife

D．child

18.

A．take

B．give

C．make

D．offer

19.

A．duty

B．fault

C．turn

D．decision

20.

A．third

B．fifth

C．sixth

D．tenth

Answer

1. B        

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.D          

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.B

15.D

16.D

17.B          

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】 略