For many 36 in the US, earning some money gives them a sense of 37 . By making their own money they can buy whatever they want . It also develops a sense of responsibility and independence .
Most teens I know have a small sum of money . Their 38 give them an allowance (零用钱). For some ,an allowance is given every week ; for 39 , every month or so . Usually they can get 10 to 30 dollars a month from their parents . An allowance is typically based on the 40 of chores (家务), such as washing the dishes , cleaning up one’s room, taking out the trash , and 41 the floor . 42 to younger siblings (兄弟姐妹) is also regarded as worthy of extra cash , 43 some cases .
Many teens also work to get 44 .Since most of my peers (同伴) are not 45 for a formal job , many choose part-time positions . These require relatively 46 time and basically no training . They can have these jobs like babysitting ; 47 younger students , offered by most schools 48 a small fee ; 49 bagging groceries at local supermarkets .
50 spending habits , most teens spend their money in a relatively carefree style . Often , a month’s allowance can be spent in just a few hours . I’m not saying that teens in US are 51 saving money . Indeed , in many situations , teens can be quite level-headed (头脑冷静) in 52 money towards college or other 53 plans . The way teens manage their money should not be seen as a 54 . It may just be a defining characteristic of their carefree 55 .
A．adults B．teens C．babies D．elders
A．freedom B．pride C．happiness D．excitement
A．parents B．teachers C．friends D．schools
A．the others B．another C．the other D．others
A．completion B．performance C．end D．success
A．watering B．washing C．sweeping D．removing
A．Cruelty B．Coldness C．Usefulness D．Kindness
A．in B．on C．by D．for
A．dollars B．money C．cash D．fees
A．satisfied B．ready C．qualified D．allowed
A．little B．much C．more D．no
A．helping B．training C．tutoring D．informing
A．in need of B．in return for C．with the purpose of D．as a result of
A．and B．but C．so D．yet
A．As for B．Because of C．in spite of D．But for
A．used to B．expert at C．looking forward to D．incapable of
A．spending B．earning C．saving D．collecting
A．future B．present C．past D．last
A．characteristic B．weakness C．merit D．symbol
A．lifestyle B．attitude C．habit D．thinking
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 !.
A．surprise B．anxiety C．anger D．excitement
A．who B．what C．how D．why
A．When B．As C．Before D．Since
A．at B．after C．by D．around
A．nervous B．sure C．anxious D．uncertain
A．mother B．worker C．teacher D．doctor
A．think B．list C．expect D．give
A．since B．unless C．until D．when
A．got B．caused C．permit D．made
A．researcher B．manager C．expert D．scholar
A．dropped B．floated C．frozen D．broke
A．so that B．even though C．as though D．because of
A．family B．subject C．study D．field
A．words B．reply C．shout D．whisper
A．two B．three C．four D．five
A．rewards B．awards C．profits D．benefits
A．interest B．respect C．doubt D．fear
A．explained B．passed C．completed D．filled
A．accepted B．greeted C．recognized D．refused
A．person B．award C．career D．business
You Did More Than Carry My Books
Mark was waking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with a baseball bat and several other things. Mark down and helped the boy pick up these articles. ____ they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of them for him. As they walked Mark _____ the boy’s name was Bill, that he __ __computer games, baseball and history, that he was having a lot of __ with his other subjects and that he had just broken with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was_ in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed __ with a few laughs and some shared small talk, and then Mark went home. They ___ to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, and then both ended up from the same high school. Just three weeks before , Bill asked Mark if they talk.
Bill __ him of the day years ago when they had first met. “Do you __wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day ?” asked Bill. “You see, I ___ out my locker because I didn’t want to leave a mess __ anyone else. I had panned to run away and I was going home to my things. But after we spent some time together __ and laughing, I realized that ____I had done that, I would have a new friend and missed all the fun we would have together.
So you see, Mark, when you picked up my books that day you did a lot more. You _ _my life.”
A．fell B．sat C．lay D．knelt
A．Although B．Since C．After D．until
A．discovered B．realized C．said D．decided
A．played B．loved C．tried D．made
A．questions B．ideas C．trouble D．doubt
A．up B．out C．off D．away
A．called B．helped C．invited D．allowed
A．peacefully B．willingly C．freely D．pleasantly
A．continued B．agreed C．forced D．offered
A．graduation B．movement C．separation D．vacation
A．would B．should C．could D．must
A．demanded B．reminded C．removed D．asked
A．ever B．usually C．even D．never
A．checked B．took C．cleared D．put
A．over B．into C．with D．for
A．find B．pick C．pack D．hold
A．talking B．playing C．reading D．watching
A．before B．if C．while D．as
A．forgotten B．passed C．left D．lost
A．helped B．recovered C．improved D．changed
Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to .
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph we realized we were . luckily, we saw a rest area ahead, I had a brand-new $20 bill. I was so because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I I had not actually handed my money to the cashier. I had just out, and nobody had noticed．I felt terrible. My conscience(良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and for my stolen pizza．—-I was so upset that I to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change the pizza instead of that nice , new $20 bill? I was so of my cash now.
For the next two years, whenever I was of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it.”
I have learned two things from this . maybe I was a fool for in to my conscience , and being too stupid to appreciate a pizza．But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will up with you.
This reflects(反映) the saying, “A coward(懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that accident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “ ” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.
A．say B．spare C．share D．explain
A．as B．while C．then D．when
A．lost B．tired C．hungry D．anxious
A．excited B．eager C．satisfied D．encouraged
A．rest B．food C．travel D．drink
A．Luckily B．Finally C．Actually D．immediately
A．thought B．Recognized C．noticed D．realized
A．walked B．left C．worked D．found
A．look B．get C．turn D．think
A．ask B．pay C．apologize D．send
A．refused B．wanted C．hoped D．meant
A．hope B．surprise C．anger D．fear
A．into B．with C．for D．from
A．sure B．upset C．proud D．pleased
A．warned B．reminded C．thought D．told
A．story B．experiment C．Experience D．mistake
A．turning B．taking C．handing D．giving
A．free B．cheap C．plain D．delicious
A．make B．Wake C．catch D．put
A．coward B．fool C．loser D．Hero
Childhood curiosity can last a lifetime and I learned this from my son, Bill. When he was very young, I often took him to the . He loved to read and often needed to the books he’d read in order to borrow more books.Oneunintended of his nonstop reading habits was that he even at the dinner table. His mother, Mary, and I did our best to him that, on certain social , reading while dining with others was not a good thing.
Every summer the teachers at his school give the students a reading list, and there was a contest to see who could read the most books. He was so , and he always wanted to win. And he often . But the main reason why he read so obsessively (着迷地) was that he was so . He didn’t just want to learn about things. He wanted to learn about everything.
We helped his curiosity in every way. an unfamiliar word came up in conversation, we’d turn to the , looking up the word, and reading the definition aloud. Thus my son came to realize that if you have a question, the exists somewhere. All you have to do is it.
Bill remains as much of a today as when he was a child, and he seems to everything he reads. He’s often to share what he’s learned with the next person he meets. He reads at the dinner table, though — which is a good thing because the books he’s attracted to now are increasingly unappetizing (引不起食欲的): The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Mosquitoes, Malaria & Man, and Rats, Lice, and History.
A．school B．office C．library D．museum
A．return B．store C．talk D．pick
A．advantage B．discovery C．explanation D．consequence
A．play B．read C．study D．laugh
A．convince B．promise C．inform D．advise
A．issues B．services C．occasions D．duties
A．could B．would C．should D．might
A．sincere B．crazy C．positive D．competitive
A．went B．failed C．did D．proved
A．curious B．confident C．diligent D．excellent
A．simple B．past C．any D．some
A．protect B．develop C．examine D．follow
A．Until B．If C．Though D．Because
A．teacher B．newspaper C．partner D．dictionary
A．person B．book C．answer D．matter
A．find B．use C．tell D．ask
A．speaker B．reader C．maker D．user
A．imagine B．believe C．create D．remember
A．eager B．afraid C．careful D．sure
A．now and again B．at all time C．no longer D．just now
A man accused (指控)of failing to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries was allowed to get out of prison yesterday after a book publisher agreed to pay his bail(保释金)of $1,000. The publisher said, “ There’s a story here. This is a man who books. He just can’t them. He hasn’t stolen a(n) book. So what’s the crime ? We think that Mr Barush has a story to tell. We plan to his story.”
When asked why he didn’t return the books, Mr Barush said, “ Well, how could I? They became to me. I was afraid to return them because I knew that kids or dogs would get hold of these books and chew them up, them around, tear the , spill soda on them, and drown them in the toilet.”
He continued, “ Books are people, too! They talk to you, they take care of you, and they enrich you with and humor and love. A book is a member of my family. How could I kick it ? I repaired torn pages. I the dust on them with a cloth, I turned pages so they could and get some fresh air.”
“ Every week I them on their shelves so they could meet new friends. My books were HAPPY books. You could tell just by looking at them. Now they’re all back in the library, on the floors, at the of all those runny-nosed kids. I can hear them calling me! I need to them. Excuse me. I have to go now.”
A．loves B．hates C．sells D．repairs
A．take care of B．get along of C．let go of D．look up to
A．interesting B．expensive C．single D．thick
A．retell B．include C．discuss D．publish
A．home B．teacher C．family D．enemy
A．throw B．turn C．show D．invite
A．words B．pages C．headlines D．shapes
A．chance B．respect C．wisdom D．direction
A．out B．up C．above D．below
A．ignored B．covered C．replaced D．cleaned
A．soft B．colorful C．dirty D．strong
A．dance B．swim C．breathe D．sing
A．discovered B．reorganized C．remembered D．introduced
A．mercy B．charge C．center D．request
A．borrow B．rescue C．answer D．recognize
My husband and I insisted that our children were old enough to clean their rooms and make their beds. But they thought . My complaints, even self-justified（自有道理） , were always landing on ears. Very often a whole hour’s scolding would end with their into tears. I felt very annoyed. I realized I needed to my method of “mothering”.
One day when they were at school, I spent some time tidying their rooms. On their desks, in simple , I left the cards: “Dear Bill(the other card was to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I’m sure you like it clean. Love, the Room Fairy(小精灵).” arriving back, the children were excited to receive the little note from the Room Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from the Room Fairy for them, thanking them for their nice “gift” of a clean room and asking them to play a certain violin . Each day, thank-you notes would be written differently to keep the ideas ．
Sometimes the Room Fairy would offer a little : “If you can finish your homework and go over your lessons before dinner, I’d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight.” Sometimes some colored markers or other little items would be left
in of well-done jobs the day .
I can’t remember how long “the Room Fairy” continued leaving her love notes. When they were age appropriate, we used various versions of Post-Its （贴条）. The bathroom mirror became the centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans could be .
We all benefited from and the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I believe the true advantage of the Room Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication．
A．differently B．positive C．negative D．same
A．shouting B．crying C．persuading D．beating
A．side B．neither C．deaf D．either
A．crying B．bringing C．dropping D．bursting
A．addict B．adopt C．access D．adjust
A．sentence B．words C．speech D．sight
A．sent B．written C．delivered D．read
A．As B．On C．In D．At
A．more than B．rather than C．less than D．other than
A．asking B．praying C．waiting D．expecting
A．gently B．friendly C．politely D．toughly
A．music B．piece C．song D．tone
A．respectable B．uninteresting C．unbelievable D．fresh
A．problem B．question C．challenge D．advice
A．response B．answer C．praise D．honor
A．ahead B．before C．over D．ago
A．though B．Even so C．Even if D．Actually
A．memory B．main C．life D．reminder
A．sent B．posted C．struck D．hanged
A．appreciated B．learned C．shared D．thanked
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Yesterday I was shopping with my 5-year old daughter a group of punk rockers walked by with orange spiked hair and tattoos much of their bodies . At the sight of them , my daughter immediately asked me , “ Daddy , why are they like that ? ” Years ago I would have felt very with such young people . I would have given a judgmental explanation and passed along to her my . However , that day I said to my daughter , “ I’m not really sure , but it’s interesting how we all are , isn’t it ? ” She said , “ Yeah , I like my own hair . ”
Actually , I was pretending to be an anthropologist . Anthropology（人类学）is a science which deals with man and his social habits . I think of anthropology here as “ being interested , without , in the way other people choose to live and . ” – When you are curious about the way someone behaves or the way they feel about something , it’s that you will be annoyed .
When someone acts in a way that seems to you , rather than react in your usual way , such as “ I can’t believe they would do that , ” say something to yourself like “ I see , that must be the way they things in their world . Very interesting . ” In order for this to help you , you have to be genuine as I tried that day . I my perspective from the bottom of my heart . And that made me .
When you are interested in other perspectives , it doesn’t mean you’re them . I certainly wouldn’t choose a punk rock lifestyle or it to anyone else . At the same time , however , it’s really not my to judge it either . One of the most important rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and you away from where you want to be .
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It was Mother’s Day and I was shopping at the local supermarket with my five-year-old son, Tenyson. As we were , we realized that only minutes earlier an woman had fallen over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. was with her, but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock. a lot of people stopped to help out.
we were walking towards the scene, Tenyson became very about what had happened to the elderly couple. He to me, “Mom, it’s not much fun falling over in front of .” Seeing that there was a flower stall（摊位）at the front of the supermarket, he added, “Why shouldn’t we the lady a flower? It will make her feel better.” I was that he’d come up with this idea. So we went over and told the flower seller we wanted. “Just take it,” she replied. “I take your money for such a wonderful .”
By now medical staff（工作人员） had arrived, and were the injured woman. We gave the flower to the woman’s husband and I told him it was my son. At that, the old man started crying and said, “Thank you very much.” He then turned to me, “You have a son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
The man bent down and gave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. being badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with in her eyes and gave him a little .
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I have been writing for more than 50 years.I still consider myself to it, because I have written only one book. , I have written thousands of letters, more than a hundred e-books and millions of words on the Internet for hundreds of websites.
Though I don’t like foreign languages, I have also been and have learned seven of them. I was to study French, German and Latin for six years at school and Russian for four years at university, yet none of these was as as writing a book of excellent . And I am only talking about here, not plot, although that is obviously too.
Rules change in languages. The strict rules of the 19th century were largely over the following 100 years. However, some rules and that is how it should be too. Rules in writing are very important. And writing is a thing and it involves languages, plots, reader’s preferences, etc. So, who should writing and book competitions? And what rules should they ? Readers buy more books than writers and language experts put together. And writers write for readers, some of might be other writers or teachers. Similarly there has to be a storyline or plot that is of , but who should be the judge of that?
There is an author, John Locke, who sold a million books in five months, yet he was for his style and content by experts, surely he must have been doing something . Currently, most writing competitions are judged by writers and this seems to me. I suggest that if there are five judges, three should be readers, one should be a writer and one should be an English teacher.
A．clear B．familiar C．successful D．new
A．Thus B．Otherwise C．However D．Therefore
A．learned B．left C．met D．formed
A．directed B．guided C．taught D．given
A．forced B．reminded C．invited D．begged
A．quick B．helpful C．simple D．hard
A．quality B．price C．service D．meaning
A．duty B．language C．writers D．reasons
A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．meaningless
A．put away B．found out C．carried out D．broken down
A．work B．remain C．return D．appear
A．challenging B．useless C．hopeful D．boring
A．choose B．operate C．judge D．organize
A．cover B．follow C．notice D．support
A．that B．them C．whom D．these
A．interest B．thought C．benefit D．problem
A．forgotten B．thanked C．criticized D．praised
A．if B．but C．so D．although
A．perfect B．wrong C．impolite D．right
A．confusing B．normal C．useful D．early
As a child, I used to hang about with my friends in the woods. “The woods” was our part-time _____, destination, purpose and excuse. If I went to a friend’s house and found him not at home, his mother might say, “Oh, he’s out in the woods,” with a tone of airy _____. It’s _____ to the tone people sometimes use nowadays to tell me that someone I’m looking for is on the golf course or at the gym, or ____ “away from his desk”. For us ten-year-olds, “being out in the woods” was just a(n) ____ to do whatever we feel like for a while.
We sometimes told ourselves that what we were doing in the woods was exploring. Exploring was a more _____ idea back then than it is today. History seemed to be _____ about explorers. Our explorations, ____, seemed to have less system than the historic ki: something usually came up along the way. Say we stayed in the woods, throwing rocks, shooting frogs, _____ blackberries, digging in what we were briefly _____ was an Italian burial mound(古坟).
Often we got “lost” and had to climb a tree to find out _____ we were. If you read a story in which someone does that successfully, be _____: the topmost branches are usually too skinny to _____ weight, and we could never climb high enough to see anything _____ other trees. There were four or five trees that we visited _____ --- tall beeches, easy to climb and comfortable to sit in.
It was in a tree, too, ____ our days of fooling around in the woods came to a（n） ____. By then some of us has reached seventh grade and had begun the _____ ride of adolescence. In March, the month when we usually took to the woods again after winter, two friends and I set out to go exploring. We climbed a tree, and all of a sudden it _____ to all three of us at the same time that we were really rather_____ to be up in a tree. Soon there would be the spring dances on Friday evenings in the high school cafeteria.
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Friends are very important in our everyday life．When in trouble, we need friends to us encouragement and help．As a human being, one can hardly do anything without a friend, life without friends will be a lonely voyage in the vast dark sea ．Everyone friends．We all like to feel close to someone． is nice to have a friend to talk to, laugh, and do things ． , sometimes we need to be alone．We don’t always want people ．But we would feel lonely if we had a friend．
A person should make as many friends as he can．The more friends he has, the meaningful his life will be．No two people are ．Friends don’t get on well．That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other．Most of the time they will make up （言归于好） and become again．
Sometimes friends move away．Then we feel very ．We miss them very much, but we can them and write to them．And we can new friends．It is encouraging to find out how we like new people when we get to know them．
There’s more good news for people who have friends．They live than people who don’t．Why? Friends can make us feel happy． happy helps you stay well．Or it could be just done that someone cares．If someone cares about you, you take care of ．
A．bring B．take C．offer D．buy
A．for B．so C．but D．yet
A．loves B．hates C．needs D．becomes
A．It B．He C．There D．Someone
A．at B．in C．on D．with
A．Hardly B．Nearly C．Suddenly D．Certainly
A．alone B．away C．all over D．around
A．ever B．never C．just D．really
A．more B．much C．little D．less
A．friendly B．kind C．just the same D．quite different
A．always B．sometimes C．often D．usually
A．friendly B．good C．pleased D．friends
A．angry B．sad C．happy D．alone
A．call B．ask C．tell D．talk with
A．look for B．find C．make D．know
A．long B．much C．far D．many
A．longer B．shorter C．slower D．faster
A．Smelling B．Being C．Sounding D．Making
A．less B．better C．little D．no
A．you B．your C．yours D．Yourself
For parents, sitting down together for dinner with children may help to reduce(减少) the number of problems that develop in parent-child communication, according to a new study by US researchers. The was done on about 5,000 middle school students in Chicago public schools.
The students were studied at the beginning and the end of sixth grade and again at the end of the seventh and eighth grade. They were asked they ate dinner with their parents. They were asked how often their parents had a conversation with them that lasted more than ten , praised them when they did well, asked them where they were going and asked how they were doing in school. The study that children who often ate dinner with their parents had problems of communication than children who ________ ate dinner with their parents.
“ Family meals are a good to keep in touch with children, ” said Jayne Fulkerson, a member of the study team. “ You can get to know what’s going on in their lives better. ”
However, Fulkerson also that parents should choose suitable(合适的) topics. Topics grades and homework are not good choices.
A．experience B．study C．plan D．communication
A．how long B．how many C．how often D．how much
A．also B．even C．ever D．either
A．seconds B．minutes C．hours D．days
A．asks B．thinks C．hopes D．shows
A．fewer B．more C．many D．much
A．often B．always C．hardly D．usually
A．party B．example C．dinner D．chance
A．disagreed B．believed C．suggested D．called
A．for B．like C．with D．from[
When traveling in the Canadian Rockies by car, I often notice a road sign that says, “A fed bear is a dead bear.” , I did not get it. Why is a fed bear a dead one? According to a friend, many travelers used to throw their food from their cars for the bears. , the bears turned to the roadside for food and slowly lost their ability to take care of themselves. When winter came, fewer travelers took to the mountains, which less food for the bears, some of whom starved or frozen to death. So the Canadian government warning signs along the road, essentially advising people not to feed the bears.
This reminded me of a scientific experiment. Some white mice were __ into two groups. One group spent their days only eating and sleeping, the other, fed only with half the amount of food , had to search for food. Half a year later, scientists found that the mice that had to search for their own food were , while the fully fed ones were either ill or dead. It was that the underfed white mice, in the of searching for their food, had kept healthy by exercising in finding food, being adaptable, and their immunity(免疫功能).
Many over-concerned parents are feeding their children like or white mice. At present, children are only good at reading and studying, and are not encouraged to think independently and act for themselves. placed in strange environments, they are lost, confused, and helpless. Parents do not understand what it takes to ensure their children’s long-term success. They __ the most important thing --- and that is how to cultivate their children into _ adults, so that they can bravely undertake(承担) challenges and succeed in the future.
A．First of all B．In the beginning C．After all D．In the end
A．Normally B．Gradually C．Generally D．Actually
A．proved B．explained C．meant D．gave
A．make up B．take up C．keep up D．put up
A．separated B．divided C．arranged D．determined
A．since B．when C．while D．if
A．available B．regular C．delicious D．necessary
A．alive B．popular C．healthy D．lazy
A．Clear B．sure C．funny D．curious
A．Stage B．process C．aim D．period
A．practicing B．affecting C．reducing D．improving
A．chickens B．tigers C．pigs D．bears
A．Until B．Unless C．Once D．As
A．follow B．forget C．demand D．predict
A．independent B．skillful C．helpful D．successful
It was the first time in Cindy’s 12 years that she had tried to make a cake, but it wasn’t exactly a success. The cake was well lumpy (结成块的). And it tasted ____, as if she ____ the sugar. Besides, the ____ was in a mess with all the fixings for cake out of place.
But Cindy wasn’t thinking about the mess. She was anxious for her parents to ____ home, so she could ____ her gift to them. She turned off the lights and waited ____ in the darkness. When at last she saw the ____ of the car’s headlights, she ____ herself in the kitchen doorway. When she heard the ____ sliding into the front door, she was close to exploding.
Her parents entered quietly, but Cindy would have ____ of that. She turned on the lights dramatically and gestured towards the kitchen ____, where a slightly off-balance cake awaited ____ praise. But her mother saw nothing but the ____. She shouted, “How many times have I talked to you about cleaning up after yourself?”
“But, Mom. I was only…”
“Clean this up immediately.”
____, Cindy’s mother isn’t the only parent who ____ the occasional inability to see the wood for the trees. Sometimes we allow ourselves to be ____ to things of long-term significance by the thing that seems ____ now — but isn’t. ____ kitchen sanitation (卫生设备) is important, is it ____ the sacrifice (祭品) of tender feelings and relationships? As patents, there are times when we ____ need to see the mess in the kitchen, and times when we only need to see the cake.
A．delicious B．sweet C．fresh D．bad
A．had run out B．had been given out C．had been worn out D．had used up
A．kitchen B．bedroom C．garden D．lab
A．leave B．visit C．return D．miss
A．send B．present C．share D．prepare
A．patiently B．excitedly C．nervously D．politely
A．shadow B．flame C．flash D．body
A．positioned B．managed C．adapted D．dropped
A．window B．car C．chair D．key
A．much B．part C．none D．something
A．floor B．table C．knife D．wall
A．their B．her C．his D．Cindy’s
A．chance B．result C．cake D．mess
A．Hopefully B．Luckily C．Happily D．Unfortunately
A．gives up B．suffers from C．shows off D．takes in
A．blinded B．addicted C．opposed D．devoted
A．necessary B．important C．ordinary D．clean
A．As B．If C．Although D．Since
A．across B．like C．towards D．worth
A．sadly B．only C．really D．hardly
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