\"It was all his own idea,\" says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters. Bob had (36) ______ made a \"motherhood contract (合同)\" —declaring that for 70 days this summer he would (37) ______ the care of their four children and all the housework. (38) ______ he didnhow to make coffee when he signed, he was very confident.
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to (39) ______. \"I was beaten down,\" admits Bob. \"Not only is motherhood a (40) ______ task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.\"
Bob and Pat were married in 1991. After the marriage, Pat (41) ______a secretary to help put him through university. (42) ______ Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids. (43) ______ two years ago Pat went back to work. \"I had been (44) ______ children so much,\" she (45) ______, \"I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.\" She continued to run the household, (46) ______ contract.
Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were (47) ______. For the last three weeks, the family (48) ______ a lot —sometimes having MacDonald
’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
— until Bob signed the
’t even know
(49) ______ housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean (50) ______ the bed is made. \"I found (51) ______ —I shut the doors,\" he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. \"When we went to (52) ______ Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts (53) ______ side out so they would look clean.\"
Now that Bob has publicly (54) ______ he was wrong, he is (55) ______ the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55
A. only A. stick to A. If A. carry on A. strange A. sent A. In time A. Then A. near A. insists A. besides A. terrible A. starved A. Due to A. until
A. an easier way A. receive A. good A. admitted A. operating
B. just B. set about B. As B. give up B. pleasant B. employed B. Before long B. Thus B. after B. sighs B. therefore B. tasty B. traveled B. As for B. before B. a cheaper way B. welcome B. wrong B. suggested B. realizing
C. nearly C. think about C. Since C. break down C. difficult C. learned from C. Since then C. So C. about C. jokes C. however C. expensive C. worked out C. Along with C. if
C. a cleaner way C. greet C. right C. agreed C. sharing
D. ever D. take over D. Although D. find out D. serious D. worked as D. Later on D. Still D. around D. apologizes D. otherwise D. special D. ate out D. Except for D. unless D. a harder way D. fetch D. opposite D. explained D. performing
2005年浙江卷
It was raining. I went into a caf
and asked for a coffee. (21) ______ I was waiting for my drink, I é
realized that there were other people in the place, but I sensed (22) ______. I saw their bodies, but I couldn't feel their souls (23) ______ their souls belonged to the (24) ______.
I stood up and walked between the tables. When I came to the biggest computer, I saw a thin, small man (25) ______ in front of it. \"I'm Steve\his name was. \"I can't talk with you. I'm (26) ______\probably someone he didn't know — and, at the same time, he was playing a computer game game. I was surprised. He was chatting online and, (27) ______, he was playing a computer game war game. I was (28) ______.
Why didn't Steve want to talk with me? I tried (29) ______ to speak to that computer geek ((30) ______ not a word came out of his mouth. I touched his shoulder, but no reaction (______. I put my hand in front of the monitor, and he started to shout, \"(32) ______!\"
I took a few steps back, wondering if all those people in the cafand saw nobody showed any interest.
(34) ______, I realized that the people there were having a nice conversation with their machines, not with people. They were more (35) ______ having a relationship with the (36) ______, particularly Steve. I wouldn't want to (37) ______ the future of human beings if they preferred sharing their lives with machines (38) ______ with people.
I was worried and I sank in my thoughts. I didn't even (39) ______ that the coffee was bad, (40) ______ Steve didn't notice there was a person next to him. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. Before A. pain A. because A. home A. sleeping A. busy A. first of all A. surprised A. once A. but A. excited A. Shut up A. walked about A. From then on A. interested in A. computer A. tell A. other than A. pretend A. as if
B. Since B. loneliness B. when B. world B. laughing B. thirsty B. just then B. delighted B. again B. so B. respected B. Enjoy yourself B. walked out B. At that moment B. tired of B. soul B. plan B. instead of B. understand B. just as
C. Although C. sadness C. until C. Net C. sitting C. tired
C. at the same time C. moved C. first C. if C. afraid
C. Leave me alone C. raised my hand C. In all C. careful about C. shop C. imagine C. except for C. insist C. just after
D. While D. fear D. unless D. Cafe D. learning D. sick D. by that time D. frightened D. even D. or D. unhappy D. Help me out D. raised my head D. Above all D. troubled by D. geek D. design D. as well as D. realize D. even though
were looking at me. I (33) ______, é
怪人),
—
— a war
— a
反应). I was (31)
2006年浙江卷
One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited
(21)
_______ for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became (22) _______. When he saw a photograph booth (照相亭) nearby, he had (23) _______. He wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not (24) _______ in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that (25) _______ even him.
He wrote his wife's name on the back of the photos and handed them to a (26) _______ behind the desk in the booth. \"(27) _______ you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously (28) _______ someone, would you please give her this?\" he said. He then (29) _______ his office in Morrison Building, (30) _______ that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good (31) _______! He sat down with a smile.
His wife (32) _______ those pictures. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married
…
How are you with (33) _______? One person calls it \"wait training.\" It seems that there is always something we are (34) _______. We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.
Patience is an important (35) _______ of a happy and rewarding life. (36) _______, some things are worth waiting for. (37) _______ presents many opportunities for wait training.
We can hate waiting, (38) _______ it or even get good at it! But one thing is (39) _______ cannot avoid it. How is your (40) _______ coming along? 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. proudly A. angry A. a question A. serious A. hurt A. clerk A. Since A. looking for A. called up A. worried A. description A. Tore A. your wife A. hoping for A. lesson A. For example A. Every age A. accept A. certain A. photo taking
B. respectfully B. hungry B. a reason B. difficult B. encouraged B. secretary B. Before B. working for B. returned to B. disappointed B. preparation B. Saved B. your family B. waiting for B. experience B. After all B. Every shop B. control B. interesting B. job hunting
C. patiently C. frightened C. an opinion C. regular C. attracted C. passer-by C. As C. sending for C. visited C. satisfied C. excuse C. Developed C. patience C. ready for C. purpose C. Right now C. Every day C. change C. precious C. decision making
D. curiously D. thirsty D. an idea D. convenient D. shocked D. friend D. If D. paying for D. left D. surprised D. lecture D. destroyed D. determination D. fit for D. quality D. So far D. Every office D. improve D. easy D. wait training
— we
2007年浙江卷
The books in David
’s schoolbag felt like bricks as he ran down the street. What he wanted to do was
to play basketball with Eric, (21) ______ his mother told him he would have to return his sisterthe library first.
He had (22) ______ set foot in a library and he wasn’about t to do so today. He would just (23) ______ the books in the outside return box. But there was a (24) ______; it was locked.
He went into the building, only a few minutes (25) ______ closing time. He put the books into the return box. And after a brief (26) ______ in the toilet, he would be on his way to the playground to (27) ______ Eric.
David stepped out of the toilet and stopped in (28) ______
— the library lights were off. The place
was (29) ______. The doors had been shut. They (30) ______ be opened from the inside, he was trapped (被困) — in a library!
He tried to (31) ______ a telephone call, but was unable to (32) ______. What’s more, the pay phones were on the outside of the building. (33) ______ the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found it.
(34) ______ he could see. David wrote on a piece of paper: \"(35) ______! Iand stuck it to the glass door. (36) ______, someone passing by would see it.
He was surprised to discover that this place was not so unpleasant, (37) ______. Rows and rows of shelves held books, videos and music. He saw a book about Michael Jordan and took it off the shelf. He settled into a chair and started to (38) ______.
He knew he had to (39) ______, but now, that didn21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. but A. ever A. pass A. problem A. during A. rest A. visit A. delight A. lonely A. wouldnA. make A. get on A. If A. On time A. Come A. Surely A. at most A. watch A. wait A. bad
’ｔ
B. because B. nearly B. drop B. mistake B. after B. break B. meet B. anger B. empty B. shouldnB. fix B. get up B. As
B. Now and then B. Help B. Thankfully B. after all B. play B. stand B. cool
’ｔ
C. or C. never C. carry C. case C. over C. walk C. catch C. surprise C. noisy C. couldnC. use C. get through C. Though C. By the way C. Hello C. Truly C. in short C. read C. sleep C. strange
’ｔ
’t seem to be such a (40) ______ thing.
D. since D. often D. take D. question D. before D. stop D. greet D. eagerness D. crowded D. needn’ｔD. pick D. get in D. Until D. At last D. Sorry D. Gradually D. as usual D. write D. work D. nice
’m TRAPPED insi
2008年浙江卷
In the depths of my memory, many things I did with my father still live. These things come to represent, in fact, what I call (21) ______ and love.
I don’t remember my father ever getting into a swimming pool. But he did (22) ______ the water. Any kind of (23) ______ ride seemed to give him pleasure. (24) ______ he loved to fish; sometimes he took me along.
But I never really liked being on the water, the way my father did. I liked being (25) ______ the water, moving through it, (26) ______ it all around me. I was not a strong (27) ______, or one who learned to swim early, for I had my (28) ______. But I loved being in the swimming pool close to my father
’s office and (29) ______ those summer days with my father, who (30) ______ come by on a break.
I needed him to see what I could do. My father would stand there in his suit, the (31) ______ person not in swimsuit.
After swimming, I would go (32) ______ his office and sit on the wooden chair in front of his big desk, where he let me (33) ______ anything I found in his top desk drawer. Sometimes, if I was left alone at his desk (34) ______ he worked in the lab, an assistant or a student might come in and tell me perhaps I shouldn’t be playing with his (35) ______. But my father always (36) ______ and said easily, \"Oh, no, it(37) ______.\" Sometimes he handed me coins and told me to get (38) ______ an ice cream
A poet once said, \"We look at life once, in childhood; the rest is (39) ______.\" And I think it is not only what we \"look at once, in childhood\" that determines our memories, but (40) ______, in that childhood, look at us. 21 A. desire B. joy C. anger D. worry 22 A. avoid B. refuse C. praise D. love 23 A. boat B. bus C. train D. bike 24 A. But B. Then C. And D. Still 25 A. on B. off C. by D. in 26 A. having B. leaving C. making D. getting 27 A. swimmer B. rider C. walker D. runner 28 A. hopes B. faiths C. rights D. fears 29 A. spending B. saving C. wasting D. ruining 30 A. should B. would C. had to D. ought to 31 A. next B. only C. other D. last 32 A. away from B. out of C. by D. inside 33 A. put up B. break down C. play with D. work out 34 A. the moment B. the first time C. while D. before 35 A. fishing net B. office things C. wooden chair D. lab equipment 36 A. stood up B. set out C. showed up D. turned out 37 A. fine B. strange C. terrible D. funny 38 A. the student B. the assistant C. myself D. himself 39 A. memory B. wealth C. experience D. practice 40
A. which
B. who
C. what
D. whose
…
2009年浙江卷
The trip to that city was eye–opening for everyone, and near its end, all the young people in our group began to reflect on what it had meant. We (21) ______ the first night we had arrived. We had all gone into the markets of the city (22) ______ the young people could experience its energy. But what we actually saw simply (23) ______ us all – the rundown houses, the children in rags, the people begging for money…Walking home, (24) ______ under a low bridge, we came across (25) ______ families of homeless people seeking a bit of dry ground to sleep on (26) ______ the night. We had to step over bodies as we found our way through the darkness.
The poverty(贫困) was (27) ______ than anything my young companions had ever imagined. Back in the hotel, an air of sadness settled over the group. Many (28) ______ and cried. Spending time in this (29) ______ moves a person to care about humanity.
That evening, our group spent hours talking about what we had (30) ______. Gently, I encouraged everyone to talk about the difficult (31) ______ that day’discoveries s had inspired. Sitting together (32) ______ a circle as everyone had a chance to speak, we all began to realize that (33) ______ of us was alone in our struggle to cope with our reactions.
Based on my (34) ______ in poverty–stricken areas, I suggested that (35) ______ the emotions we had were painful, they could also be important in helping us to move forward. We all (36) ______ that we had seen things that should never be allowed to happen. (37) ______, what could we do about it? Together, we began to brainstorm ways we could help to ease the (38) ______ we had seen. As I encouraged group members to focus on (39) ______ they could do, a sense of determination (40) ______ the previous sadness. Instead of despair, these young people began to feel a call to action. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. put up with A. now that A. puzzled A. marching A. entire A. beyond A. stronger A. gave up A. environment A. inspected A. feelings A. along A. neither A. experiences A. once A. supposed A. Surely A. burden A. how A. replaced
B. got back to B. so that B. annoyed B. running B. normal B. with B. deeper B. broke down B. hotel B. attempted B. decisions B. around B. either B. schedules B. while B. advised B. Rather B. suffering B. where B. changed
C. looked back on C. as if
C. embarrassed C. passing C. average C. till C. worse C. set off C. house C. witnessed C. thoughts C. by C. none C. data C. since C. confirmed C. Now C. anxiety C. what C. covered
D. made up for D. even if D. shocked D. moving D. general D. for D. less D. held on D. background D. challenged D. impressions D. in D. each D. position D. unless D. agreed D. Indeed D. difficulty D. when D. improved
2010年浙江卷
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be (21) ______ Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, \"What would I say when the other kids asked what I
(22) ______?\" Just when I started to (23) ______ that there would ’ｄ
not be a Christmas that year, three women (24) ______ at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of (25) ______ that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn (26) ______. Somebody had thought (27) ______ of me to bring me a gift. ’ｔ
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my
(28) ______ Christmas there special and memorable, I
(29) ______ remembered the women
’s visit. I
decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of (30) ______ for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I (31) ______ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about
125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, (32) ______ with a child
’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were
(33) ______. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I (34) ______ them that they couldn’t open their presents (35) ______ every child had come forward. Finally the (36) ______ they had been waiting for came as I called out, \"One, two, three. Open your presents!\" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles
(37) ______ up the room. The (38) ______ in the
room was obvious, and (39) ______ wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling –the feeling I knew (40) ______ that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’forgotten. t Somebody thought of me. I matter. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. sending A. found A. doubt A. broke in A. relief A. blamed A. highly A. present A. hardly A. strength A. kept up with A. none A. fine A. reminded A. afterA. chance A. lit
A. atmosphere A. it A. by
B. receiving B. prepared B. hope B. settled down B. loss B. loved B. little B. first B. instantly B. independence B. caught up with B. few B. special B. guaranteed B. until B. gift B. took B. sympathy B. such B. till
C. making C. got C. suggest C. turned up C. achievement C. forgotten C. poorly C. recent C. regularly C. importance C. came up with C. some C. helpfulC. convinced C. when C. moment C. burned C. calmness C. something C. for
D. exchanging D. expected D. accept D. showed off D. justice D. affected D. enough D. previous D. occasionally D. safety D. put up with D. each D. normal D. promised D. since D. reward D. cheered D. joy D. everybody D. from
2011年浙江卷
Although I love my life, it hasn
’t been a lot of fun as I
’ve been ill for 28 years.
Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my (21) ______ was more manageable, I (22) ______ ten years as a professional singer in restaurants, playing and singing folk songs. (23) ______ that was years ago and times have changed. (24) ______ I live with my mother on a country farm.
Two years ago, I decided that I would need to have some kind of extra work to (25) ______ my disability pension (残疾抚恤金). (26) ______ I needed to sleep in the afternoons, I was limited in my (27) ______. I decided that I would consider (28) ______ to singing in restaurants.
My family are all musicians, so I was (29) ______ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didn
’t have a lot of (30) ______ to get started. And (31) ______ you find only three
to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can (32) ______ use.
When I told the owner of the shop about my (33) ______, he gave me a long thoughtful (34) ______. \"This means a lot to you, doesn
’t it?\" he said. \"Come with me.\"
He led me (35) ______ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand (36) ______ on his treasure and said, \"I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your (37) ______ and I
ord them for you. That should get you started.\" ’ll rec
I (38) ______. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose (39) ______ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.
His (40) ______ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, when I have the chance. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. loneliness A. set A. Gladly A. Now A. add up to A. If
A. movement A. reaching out A. recognized A. money A. thus A. actually A. job A. face A. over A. unhappily A. pick A. had to cry A. more A. courage
B. sadness B. enjoyed B. Eventually B. Then B. make up for B. As B. condition B. living up B. interviewed B. time B. once B. hardly B. family B. view B. along B. lovingly B. turn B. ought to cry B. the ones B. devotion
C. tiredness C. kept
C. Unfortunately C. Sometime C. get rid ofC. Though C. choices C. getting on C. found C. energy C. seldom C. nearly C. idea C. look C. towards C. pitifully C. role
C. should have cried C. few C. kindness
D. sickness D. shared D. Surprisingly D. Meanwhile D. take advantage of D. Before D. positions D. going back D. invited D. knowledge D. often D. formerly D. offer D. sight D. through D. gratefully D. step
D. could have cried D. the rest D. trust
2012年浙江卷
\" Just sign here, sir,\" the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package.
The package consisted of a long , narrow box ___21____ wrapped in brown paper. __22___ the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside—— a very old one with a beautifully carved handle. ____23___He had not seen it in more than 20 years , he recognized it ____24____.
Oscar was 16 when he first saw the ___25____ umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving , he noticed an umbrella on an empty seat. Impressed by its ____26____, Oscar felt a strong desire to find its ___27____.
Oscar ___28____ the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name matched the seat ____29___ Oscar had found the umbrella . The name was Mrs. Katie O'brien.
Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs O'brien's ___30____ on their way home. He rang the bell , the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. \"May I __31___ you ? \"she asked.
\"I'd like to return it if its yours,\" Oscar said , ____32____ the umbrella as if presenting a ___33___ that had long been wished for.
\"Why , yes! it's mine, \"replied Mrs. Brien with a ___34____ smile and shining eyes. \" It was given to by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your ____35____ ? \"
\" No, ma'am , \" he said \" my grandmother says a good deed is its own reward.\" \" Well, that 's ____36_____ my father used to say. What is your name , Young man ?\"
Years later, Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remember Mrs. O' Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how__37__ it was. Why had it arrived here today? As if ___38____, a note fell from the paper. It read: Mrs O'brien wanted you to ___39___ this umbrella as a present for a kind, __40___gesture long ago. 21. A. strictly 22, A, opening 23, A, After 24, A, clearly 25, A, average 26, A, beauty 27, A, designer 28, A, convinced 29, A, until 30, A, family 31, A, invite 32, A, putting up 33, A, chance 34, A, wide 35, A, patience 36, A, obviously 37, A. old 38, A, in contrast 39, A, possess 40, A, attractive
B. carefully B, seizing B, When B, fully B, unusual B, shape B, seller B, forced B, before B, theater B, help B, turning out B, fact B, confident B, kindness B, naturally B, rare B, in return B, accept B, significant
C. roughly C, observing C, Since C, immediately C, plain C, origin C, user C, encouraged C, which C, house C, bother C, picking up C, gift C, proud C, courage C, exactly C, precious C, in exchange C, carry C, unselfish
D. casually D, searching D, Although D, suddenly D, typical D, history D, owner D, advised D, where D, neighborhood D, know D, holding out D, result D, shy
D, determination D, probably D, nice D, in answer D. value D. sympathetic
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