Question

A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of ____.

“Do you know ____ you and I are?” she asked. ____ I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman ____ desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, ____ how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) ____.” “We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.

I forgot all about her story ____ one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.

“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What ____ me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) ______ in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen _____ in mid-air. She looked up ____ she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.

“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your _____?” Coolly, I heard myself _____, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have ____ credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the ____ are in satisfaction rather than just money.”

There was an increasing note of ____ in the clerk’s voice as she ____ in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was ____ by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.

I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great ____.

1.A. surprise     B. anxiety     C. angerD. excitement

2.A. whoB. what        C. how            D. why

3.A. WhenB. AsC. BeforeD. Since

4.A. at     B. afterC. by     D. around

5.A. nervous     B. sureC. anxious     D. uncertain

6.A. mother     B. workerC. teacher     D. doctor

7.A. thinkB. listC. expectD. give

8.A. sinceB. unlessC. until D. when

9.A. got   B. caused        C. permit      D. made

10.A. researcherB. managerC. expertD. scholar

11.A. droppedB. floatedC. frozenD. broke

12.A. so that     B. even though    C. as thoughD. because of

13.A. family     B. subjectC. studyD. field

14.A. wordsB. replyC. shoutD. whisper

15.A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five

16.A. rewardsB. awardsC. profitsD. benefits

17.A. interest     B. respectC. doubtD. fear

18.A. explainedB. passedC. completedD. filled

19.A. acceptedB. greeted     C. recognizedD. refused

20.A. person     B. awardC. careerD. business

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.C

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】试题分析：如何归属家庭主妇的职业？故事中，作者诙谐地将自己家庭妇女的工作比作是儿童发展及人事关系研究助理员的工作，引出了一个有趣的故事。

1.形容词辨析。A. surprise惊讶；B. anxiety焦虑；C. anger愤怒；D. excitement激动。这里指Emily急匆匆地向我跑来，充满了愤怒。故选C

2.短语名词性从句。这里用what引导名词性从句，从句中缺少表语。这里指你知道你和我是什么？故选B

3.考查连词辨析。A. When当……时候；B. As正如；C. Before还没来得急……；D. Since自从。我还没来得急回答，她给出了她问题的原因。故选C

4.考查介词辨析。这里考查短语的固定搭配at desk表示“前台”之意。前台的女士问她她的职业是什么？故选A

5.考查形容词辨析。A. nervous紧张的；B. sure确定的；C. anxious焦急的；D. uncertain不确信的。这里指她不确信怎么来回答这个问题。故选D

6.上下文连串。根据下文中的“We don’t ____ ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.可知。我是一位母亲。故选A

7.考查动词辨析。A. think认为；B. list列；C. expect期望；D. give给予。这里指我们没有把母亲列为职业。故选B

8.连词搭配。A. since自从；B. unless除非；C. until直到……才……；D. when当……时候。我忘了所有关于她的故事，直到有一天我遇到了同样的情况。故选C

9.9】考查动词辨析。此题ABC三个选择项都不可以接sb. do sth结构。故只能用make sb. do sth.。这里指让我说什么呢？故选D

10.0】上下文连串。根据下文中I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field.可知作者说她是儿童发展及人事关系研究助理员。故选A

11.1】考查动词辨析。A. dropped掉下；B. floated漂浮；C. frozen僵住；D. broke打破。那位职员停下来，圆珠笔停在半空。故选C

12.2】考查短语辨析。A. so that以致；B. even though尽管；C. as though好像；D. because of因为。她抬起头，好像她没有听清似的。故选C

13.3】考查上下文连串。根据下文提示I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field.可知。在你的这个领域中，你做什么？故选D

14.4】考查动词辨析。A. words话；B. reply答复；C. shout大叫；D. whisper小声说。这里指作者沉着地回答到。故选B

15.5】考查上下文连串。根据下文中my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3她的三个女儿，再加她老公，一共四个人。故选C

16.6】考查名词辨析。A. rewards报酬；B. awards奖品；C. profits利润；D. benefits津贴。这份工作比大多数工作更具有挑战性，报酬是用满意而不是用钱判断。并且故选A

17.7】考查名词辨析。A. interest兴趣；B. respect尊敬；C. doubt怀疑；D fear害怕。根据后句职员开始动笔写可知职员的声音带有敬意。故选B

18.8】考查动词辨析。根据上下文含义可知，这里是填写表格，故用fill in the form。因为她在填写表格。故选D

19.9】考查动词辨析。A. accepted接受；B. greeted问候；C. recognized认出；D. refused拒绝。三个助手（作者的三个女儿）向我问候。故选B

20.名词辨析。A. person人；B. award奖品；C. career职业；D. business生意。我感觉很成功。母亲，一个伟大的职业。故选C

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