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2024-2025学年八年级英语下册重难点提优训练(人教版)
Unit2 完形填空专练
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Lifeguards (救生员) in Alabama carried a woman to her beach chair when she was on vacation. Kimberly Waterbury and her 95-year-old mother, Dottie Schneider, 1 in Alabama’s beautiful Orange Beach this October for a week-long vacation.
Dottie used a wheelchair because she couldn’t 2 in the sand. Her family tried to get her to their beach chairs. At that time, Shane Martin, a lifeguard, 3 that the family needed help.
“I got a feeling of satisfaction after I helped her. I saw the smile on her 4 ,” he said. Shane helped Dottie get into the car and drove her close to her 5 . He carried her the rest of the way and carefully placed her onto the chair, making sure she sat 6 .
“We are thankful to the people in Orange Beach. They give us a special 7 ,” Waterbury told a reporter. “They made my mother feel 8 . She didn’t feel like she was a burden (负担) on anybody anymore.”
Although she wanted to give some money to the lifeguards, they 9 refused it and said, “Sorry, we can’t take it.” “We just want to 10 Dottie. What we need is watching her smile,” they said.
1.A.traveled B.volunteered C.danced D.sang
2.A.shake B.rest C.walk D.hit
3.A.agreed B.hoped C.expected D.noticed
4.A.mouth B.face C.hand D.leg
5.A.owner B.student C.family D.teacher
6.A.comfortably B.beautifully C.quickly D.quietly
7.A.sign B.matter C.risk D.trip
8.A.lonely B.sick C.relaxed D.strong
9.A.loudly B.always C.differently D.probably
10.A.cheer up B.put off C.take after D.try out
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The Spring Festival is coming. My friends and I wanted to bring people 1 and make them happy, so we decided to make gifts by ourselves for the old people of a nursing home (养老院). There some old men are 2 and can’t hear any sound. After the discussion, we sent our 3 on the Facebook. After a few minutes, I got a lot of messages from the Facebook. They agreed with our ideas and they hoped to do some useful things for the old people. My friends and I were very 4 and we said “sure” to them.
When we made the presents, we met a lot of difficulties and wanted to 5 . But with the help of many people, we finished the gifts 6 . The last step was to pack them. We 7 a lot of beautiful wrappers (包装纸) on the Internet. It made the gifts really pretty. We looked at them with 8 .
On December 22, we came to the nursing home. The old people were very 9 because few people came to this place. We sang and danced in front of them and they all smiled. Then we 10 them our gifts. It was a wonderful experience.
1.A.joy B.peace C.interest D.paper
2.A.cold B.deaf C.excited D.blind
3.A.words B.plans C.doors D.questions
4.A.sad B.bored C.happy D.free
5.A.give away B.give out C.give back D.give up
6.A.clearly B.quietly C.luckily D.successfully
7.A.borrowed B.sold C.bought D.carried
8.A.satisfaction B.spirit C.control D.difficulty
9.A.kind B.careful C.surprised D.helpful
10.A.taught B.asked C.told D.gave
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At the age of six, our kids began to help us with the housework. They helped to 1 their pets and clean the house. Now my daughter Cindy can do many 2 of housework. Last week, she even helped me cook dinner. We were happy because it was very 3 . I think doing housework is a good way for them to learn a lot of life skills.
I like getting kids to start doing housework early for a few 4 . Firstly, it is fun for kids to help. Kids like to work together with their parents. They don’t want their parents to 5 everything for them. Sometimes they like to do things by themselves. It’s a good idea to 6 them help you when you are busy.
Secondly, it’s never too 7 for them to learn something new. However, having kids do chores doesn’t 8 taking away their time for playing. It’s to let them feel the joy of working 9 with family. 10 , it works well. Now our children always help us with the housework and they feel happy about it.
1.A.look after B.look at C.look for D.look up
2.A.differences B.kinds C.ways D.boxes
3.A.serious B.clean C.terrible D.delicious
4.A.words B.reasons C.lessons D.ideas
5.A.prepare B.ask C.sweep D.repair
6.A.borrow B.let C.drive D.serve
7.A.early B.popular C.important D.easy
8.A.raise B.teach C.mean D.think
9.A.quickly B.together C.alone D.only
10.A.Finally B.Especially C.Probably D.Seriously
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Is it clean enough to live in a hotel? If you are worried about bacteria (细菌) on the bed, you 1 use CleanseBot, a bacteria killing robot.
Tom Yang came up 2 the idea for CleanseBot when he was on vacation with his wife (妻子). They found that the room of the hotel was not so clean. 3 of them liked this situation because it seemed like someone lay in bed minutes ago and they had to clean it up again.
Tom Yang and his wife, along with a team of engineers, made a cleaning robot for travel, and they named it CleanseBot. The robot 4 clean the hotel room and kill bacteria. CleanseBot is only 320g. It can be 5 your bag easily. The robot will run for three hours when fully charged (充电). How useful it is!
1.A.should B.could C.might D.must
2.A.for B.from C.into D.with
3.A.None B.All C.Neither D.Both
4.A.should B.can’t C.can D.shouldn’t
5.A.put up B.put into C.put on D.put off
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No one can do everything, and sometimes you need help. Asking politely can help you get 1 easily.
To be polite is important
Begin with “please” and end with “thank you”, so others will 2 you really need help. And you can get it easily. Don’t say the words 3 “I know you probably can’t, but could you please…?” It seems that you don’t believe the 4 can help you, and you just 5 a “no” to that.
You need right words
“Let the person know what you need in a simple way and 6 why you need help now, and provide a way for that person to answer you either actively or negatively,” says Jodi Glickman, the founder of Great on the Job. Your request might 7 like, “Jenny, I need your help, please. I will understand if it’s not convenient, but I’d be 8 if you could.”
The personal touch
Whenever possible, ask face toface or over the 9 and ask in advance so the person doesn’t feel 10 about the time and would like to help you. A text doesn’t provide a personal touch and is more like an order.
1.A.money B.time C.food D.help
2.A.hope B.think C.find D.hear
3.A.as B.from C.like D.with
4.A.person B.people C.visitor D.friend
5.A.want B.get C.give D.say
6.A.think B.talk C.understand D.ask
7.A.sound B.feel C.look D.smell
8.A.angry B.thankful C.lucky D.sad
9.A.computer B.radio C.letter D.phone
10.A.nice B.tired C.worried D.relaxed
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A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was 1 happy. She always stayed by herself and didn’t talk to 2 .
One day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked 3 than before. She decided to go to school with the beautiful hair clip.
On her way to 4 she found that most of her schoolmates said hello to her, but they never did this before. She thought that it was because of the beautiful hair clip. She was so 5 about all of the wonderful things.
6 all her classmates wanted to know what happened to her, she didn’t want to tell them about her hair clip.
When she went back home, her mother asked her, “Did you know you 7 your hair clip at home? I 8 it by the door this morning.”
She was surprised (惊讶的) to hear that. She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school.
It’s not important what we wear or how we 9 . The most important thing is 10 we think of ourselves. If we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident (自信的). If we think we can, we can.
1.A.often B.usually C.hardly D.always
2.A.anyone B.someone C.no one D.everything
3.A.beautiful B.less beautiful C.more beautiful D.most beautiful
4.A.work B.school C.class D.house
5.A.happy B.sad C.interested D.relaxed
6.A.So B.Because C.As D.Though
7.A.left B.took C.put D.missed
8.A.tried B.found C.moved D.heard
9.A.look B.feel C.think D.act
10.A.what B.how C.why D.who
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In western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money. 1 usually start to do chores at the age of 10.
School students have to do homework and study 2 tests on weekdays. So they often do chores on 3 .
Young kids only do 4 chores. So they don’t get much money. But that’s all right. Many of them only want to 5 candies. And candies are cheap! They help wash the dishes after dinner, and 6 the family cat or dog.
When kids get 7 , they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candies. Then they have to work harder! They often 8 the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog or cook dinner.
Doing chores is a good 9 for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawn mower (割草机) or 10 to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
1.A.They B.We C.He D.You
2.A.at B.for C.into D.from
3.A.weekends B.birthdays C.weekdays D.Christmas Day
4.A.easy B.hard C.scary D.heavy
5.A.find B.bring C.buy D.make
6.A.sell B.feed C.borrow D.catch
7.A.older B.busier C.younger D.happier
8.A.drive B.use C.take D.wash
9.A.subject B.way C.problem D.lesson
10.A.what B.why C.how D.when
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It was Saturday. After dinner, Mary would like to see a film with her 1 . But her mother said, “Could you please do the dishes, Mary? I have to go to 2 your brother.”
Mary’s brother Mike was ill in 3 . Her father worked in another town and he was very 4 and couldn’t come back. Mary had to help her mother do some chores. But her mother usually did everything and Mary didn’t know 5 to do it.
Mary decided to 6 her friend a call first. On the phone, she told her friend to wait for her at home. Then Mary’s mother 7 her how to do the dishes. Before 8 , Mary’s mother said, “Be 9 , Mary. Don’t drop them.”
“Don’t 10 , Mommy,” said Mary. “They’re light. I don’t think they’ll hurt my feet.”
1.A.brother B.father C.friend D.mother
2.A.look after B.look for C.look at D.look up
3.A.shop B.hospital C.village D.school
4.A.busy B.full C.free D.happy
5.A.when B.where C.what D.how
6.A.take B.give C.bring D.wait
7.A.asked B.said C.made D.showed
8.A.moving B.finishing C.leaving D.working
9.A.careful B.fast C.sure D.good
10.A.care B.worry C.remember D.tell
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Most students in America do housework after school. Parents often ask their children to do something 1 or interesting at home. Also, they 2 their children to do something hard or boring. Parents would like to give their children some pocket money 3 that. And the children can 4 money by doing the housework.
Barack Obama, former President of the United States, ever 5 that he gave his daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week, 6 they often set the table, washed the dishes and cleaned up their 7 on weekends. One dollar was little for the housework, but the two 8 were very happy to make their pocket money. They bought their favorite books or food with 9 . Obama hoped his daughters could 10 some money-management skills.
1.A.difficult B.easy C.busy D.bad
2.A.want B.make C.hope D.take
3.A.at B.in C.on D.for
4.A.look B.make C.find D.buy
5.A.said B.thought C.hoped D.heard
6.A.and B.then C.because D.but
7.A.offices B.classrooms C.bedrooms D.libraries
8.A.parents B.friends C.children D.students
9.A.it B.him C.her D.them
10.A.teach B.ask C.find D.learn
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At the age of four, our kids began to help us with the housework. They helped 1 their pets and clean the house. Now Kate can make her bed, 2 her clothes and set the table. Last week, she even helped me 3 . We were happy because it was delicious.
I like getting kids to start early for a few 4 . First, it is fun for kids to help. Kids like to work 5 the same things as their parents do. They want to stay with their parents but to do things by themselves. It's a good time to 6 them to help you when you are busy. Second, it's never too 7 for them to learn some things. 8 , having kids do chores is not robbing(剥夺) them of their playtime. 9 makes them know the joy of working. 10 , it does help. I feel that Kate likes doing chores and she helps me a lot.
1.A.take care of B.look at C.get back D.worry about
2.A.buy B.fold C.sell D.make
3.A.do chores B.do the dishes C.do the cleaning D.make dinner
4.A.words B.reasons C.ways D.means
5.A.for B.from C.on D.as
6.A.borrow B.make C.drive D.invite
7.A.early B.popular C.important D.old
8.A.If B.Although C.However D.Because
9.A.It B.Its C.She D.He
10.A.Slowly B.Hardly C.Quickly D.Finally
参考答案
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【导语】本文讲述了阿拉巴马州的救生员把一名度假的女子扶到沙滩椅上的故事。
1.句意:今年10月,Kimberly Waterbury里和她95岁的母亲Dottie Schneider前往阿拉巴马州美丽的奥兰治海滩度过了为期一周的假期。
traveled旅行;volunteered志愿做……;danced跳舞;sang唱歌。根据“for a week-long vacation”可知,本空指Kimberly Waterbury要带他的母亲去做一次长达一周的旅行。故选A。
2.句意:多蒂使用轮椅,因为她不能在沙滩上行走。
shake摇动;rest休息;walk走路;hit撞击。根据“Dottie used a wheelchair”可知,Dottie用轮椅是因为她不能在海滩上走路。故选C。
3.句意:当时,救生员Shane Martin注意到这家人需要帮助。
agreed同意;hoped希望;expected期望;noticed注意到。根据“a lifeguard...that the family needed help”可知,这位救生员注意到了Kimberly所处的状况。故选D。
4.句意:帮助了她之后,我有一种满足感。我看到她脸上的笑容。
mouth嘴;face脸;hand手;leg腿。根据“I saw the smile on her...”可知,Dottie获助后脸上露出了微笑。故选B。
5.句意:Shane帮助Dottie上了车,把她开到离家人很近的地方。
owner主人;student学生;family家人;teacher老师。根据“Shane helped Dottie get into the car and drove her close to her...”结合此次旅行Dottie是和家人一起出游,并结合救生员的职责可知,Shane在帮助Dottie离家人近一些。故选C。
6.句意:他抱着她走完剩下的路,小心翼翼地把她放在沙滩椅上,确保她舒服地坐着。
comfortably舒服地;beautifully漂亮地;quickly快速地;quietly安静地。根据“carefully placed her onto the chair”可知,Shane小心地把Dottie放在椅子上,是为了让她舒服些。故选A。
7.句意:他们给了我们一次特别的旅行。
sign标志;matter事情;risk危险;trip旅行。根据本文第一段可知,Kimberly带Dottie一起旅行。故选D。
8.句意:它们使我妈妈感到轻松。
lonely孤独的;sick生病的;relaxed放松的;strong强壮的。根据“She didn’t feel like she was a burden”可知,因为Shane的帮助,Dottie不再觉得自己是个累赘,可推断出她会觉得轻松些。故选C。
9.句意:虽然她想给一些钱给救生员,但他们总是拒绝,说:“对不起,我们不能拿。”
loudly大声地;always总是;differently不同地;probably可能地。根据“they...refused it and said, ‘Sorry, we can’t take it.’”可知,救生员拒绝了Dottie所给的钱。故选B。
10.句意:我们只是想让多蒂高兴起来。
cheer up使……振作;put off推迟;take after长得像(长辈);try out试用。根据“What we need is watching her smile”可知,救生员们想要看到Dottie脸上的笑,想让她振作起来。故选A。
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【导语】本文主要讲的是作者和伙伴一起为养老院的老人们送礼物的经历。
1.句意:我和我的朋友们想给人们带来欢乐,让他们快乐,所以我们决定自己为养老院的老人制作礼物。
joy开心;peace和平;interest兴趣;paper纸。根据“and make them happy”可知,是指让老人开心,故选A。
2.句意:有一些老人是聋子,听不到任何声音。
cold冷的;deaf失聪的;excited激动的;blind失明的。根据“can’t hear any sound”可知,有些老人听不见任何声音,故选B。
3.句意:讨论后,我们在Facebook上发布了我们的计划。
words话语;plans计划;doors门;questions问题。根据上文“so we decided to make gifts by ourselves for the old people of a nursing home (养老院).”可知,作者他们为养老院的老人制作礼物,这是他们的计划,故选B。
4.句意:我和我的朋友们都很高兴,我们对他们说“当然”。
sad伤心的;bored无聊的;happy开心的;free免费的。根据“They agreed with our ideas and they hoped to do some useful things for the old people.”和“sure”可知,作者他们很开心,故选C。
5.句意:当我们做礼物的时候,我们遇到了很多困难,想要放弃。
give away赠送;give out分发;give back归还;give up放弃。根据“we met a lot of difficulties”可知,遇到很多困难后,有想要放弃的想法,故选D。
6.句意:但是在许多人的帮助下,我们成功地完成了礼物。
clearly清楚地;quietly安静地;luckily幸运地;successfully成功地。根据“But with the help of many people”可知,在他人的帮助下,成功地完成了礼物,故选D。
7.句意:我们在网上买了很多漂亮的包装纸。
borrowed借入;sold卖;bought买;carried携带。根据“a lot of beautiful wrappers (包装纸) on the Internet”可知,在网上买包装纸,故选C。
8.句意:我们满意地看着它们。
satisfaction满意;spirit精神;control控制;difficulty困难。根据“It made the gifts really pretty.”可知,礼物很漂亮,作者他们很满意,故选A。
9.句意:老人们很惊讶,因为很少有人来这个地方。
kind善良的;careful认真的;surprised惊讶的;helpful有帮助的。根据“because few people came to this place.”可知,因为很少有人来养老院,所以对于作者他们的到来,老人都很惊讶,故选C 。
10.句意:然后我们给了他们我们的礼物。
taught教;asked问;told告诉;gave给。根据“them our gifts”可知,是把礼物给老人们,故选D。
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【导语】本文讲述了作者认为让孩子们和家长一起做各种家务,能使孩子们感到快乐,能让孩子学到各种生存技能。
1.句意:他们帮助照顾他们的宠物并打扫房子。
look after照顾;look at看;look for寻找;look up查阅。根据“At the age of six, our kids began to help us with the housework.”可知,孩子们做家务,照顾宠物,故选A。
2.句意:现在我的女儿Cindy会做许多种家务活。
differences不同;kinds种类;ways方式;boxes盒子。many kinds of表示“各种各样的”。故选B。
3.句意:我们很高兴,因为它非常美味。
serious严肃的;clean干净的;terrible糟糕的;delicious美味的。根据“Last week, she even helped me cook dinner. We were happy because it was very”可知,“我们”很高兴,因为饭菜很美味。故选D。
4.句意:我喜欢让孩子们早做家务有几个原因。
words单词;reasons原因;lessons功课;ideas主意。根据“Firstly, it is fun for kids to help. ... Secondly, it’s never too ... for them to learn something new.”可知,首先对孩子们来说,帮助做家务很有乐趣,第二他们可以学些新东西。可见这是在说让孩子早做家务的原因。故选B。
5.句意:他们不希望父母为他们准备一切。
prepare准备;ask询问;sweep打扫;repair修理。根据“Sometimes they like to do things by themselves.”可知,有时他们喜欢自己做一些事情,因此是不希望父母为他们准备一切。故选A。
6.句意:当你忙的时候让他们帮助你是个好主意。
borrow借;let让;drive驾驶;serve服务。let sb. do sth.表示“让某人做某事”,故选B。
7.句意:第二,对他们来说学点新东西永远不会太早。
early早的;popular受欢迎的;important重要的;easy容易的。too...to表示“太……而不能”,根据“I like getting kids to start doing housework early”可知,喜欢让孩子们早点开始做家务。故选A。
8.句意:然而,让孩子们做家务并不意味着占用他们玩的时间。
raise提高;teach教;mean意味着;think认为。根据“having kids do chores doesn’t ... taking away their time for playing”可知,让孩子们做家务并不意味着占用他们玩的时间,mean doing sth.表示“意味着做某事”。故选C。
9.句意:让他们感觉和父母在一起劳动的快乐。
quickly迅速地;together一起;alone单独;only仅仅。根据“Kids like to work together with their parents.”及“feel the joy of working ... with family.”可知,是和家人一起劳动的快乐。故选B。
10.句意:最后,它也非常起作用。
Finally最后;Especially尤其;Probably可能;Seriously严肃地。根据前文“First, it is fun for kids to help ... Second, it’s never ...”可知,此处指叙述的最后一条,需用Finally“最后”。故选A。
(4)
【导语】本文主要介绍了CleanseBot,一种可以杀死细菌的清洁机器人,以及它的创造背景。
1.句意:如果你担心床上的细菌,你可以使用CleanseBot,一种杀菌机器人。
should应该;could可以;might可能;must必须。根据“use CleanseBot,”可知可以使用这个机器人。故选B。
2.句意:Tom Yang在和妻子度假时想出了CleanseBot的点子。
for为了;from来自;into进入;with和。come up with“想出”。故选D。
3.句意:他们发现酒店的房间不是很干净。
None一个都不;All所有人;Neither两者都不;Both两者都。根据“of them liked this situation because it seemed like someone lay in bed minutes ago and they had to clean it up again”可知是他和他妻子都不喜欢这种情况,用neither。故选C。
4.句意:CleanseBot是一款旅行用的清洁机器人,它可以清洁酒店房间并杀死细菌。
should应该;can’t不能;can可以;shouldn’t不应该。根据“clean the hotel room and kill bacteria”可知这个机器人可以打扫宾馆房间,杀死细菌。故选C。
5.句意:CleanseBot只有320克。它可以轻松地放进你的包里。
put up搭建;put into放入;put on穿上;put off推迟。根据“your bag easily”可知是把这个机器人放进你的包里。故选B。
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【导语】本文主要介绍了礼貌地寻求帮助的方法。
1.句意:礼貌地询问可以帮助你更容易地得到帮助。
money钱;time时间;food食物;help帮助。根据“Asking politely can help you get”可知是得到别人的帮助。故选D。
2.句意:以“请”开始,以“谢谢”结束,这样别人会认为你真的需要帮助。并且你可以很容易地得到它。
hope希望;think认为;find发现;hear听到。根据“you really need help”可知这样说别人会认为你需要帮助。故选B。
3.句意:不要说“我知道你可能做不到,但你能请帮个忙吗?”这样的话。
as作为;from来自;like像;with与。根据“Don’t say the words...”可知是不要说这样的话,此处是举例说明,用like。故选C。
4.句意:这似乎表明你不相信对方能帮助你,你只是想要一个“不”作为回答。
person人;people人们;visitor访客;friend朋友。根据“you don’t believe the...can help you”可知是不相信这个人能帮助你,person符合。故选A。
5.句意:这似乎表明你不相信对方能帮助你,你只是想要一个“不”作为回答。
want想要;get得到;give给予;say说。根据“a ‘no’ to that”可知你不相信对方,只是想要一个“不”。故选A。
6.句意:以简单的方式让对方知道你需要什么,理解为什么现在需要帮助,并为对方提供积极或消极回答的方式。
think思考;talk谈论;understand理解;ask询问。根据“why you need help now”可知是让对方理解你为什么需要帮助。故选C。
7.句意:你的请求可能听起来像是,“Jenny,请帮助我。如果不方便,我会理解,但如果你能帮忙,我会很感激。”
sound听起来;feel感觉;look看起来;smell闻起来。根据“Your request might...like...”可知是听起来像。故选A。
8.句意:如果不方便,我会理解,但如果你能帮忙,我会很感激。
angry生气的;thankful感激的;lucky幸运的;sad悲伤的。根据“if you could”可知如果能帮忙,自己会感激。故选B。
9.句意:尽可能面对面或通过电话请求,并提前请求,这样对方不会因为时间感到担忧,并且愿意帮助你。
computer电脑;radio收音机;letter信;phone电话。根据“ask face toface or over the”可知是通过电话请求。故选D。
10.句意:尽可能面对面或通过电话请求,并提前请求,这样对方不会因为时间感到担忧,并且愿意帮助你。
nice好的;tired累的;worried担心的;relaxed放松的。根据“and ask in advance so the person doesn’t feel...about the time”可知要提前请求,这样对方就不会担心时间。故选C。
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【导语】本文是一篇记叙文,文章讲述一个女孩因觉得自己外貌不如别人漂亮而感到自卑,一天,她忘戴漂亮的发卡,仍然有很多同学对她微笑。通过这件事,她明白,穿什么或看起来如何并不重要,最重要的是我们对自己的看法,要有自信。
1.句意:所以她不高兴。
often经常;usually通常;hardly几乎不;always总是。根据下文“she always stayed at home by herself and didn’t talk to ... ”可知,她总是独自待在家,不跟任何人交谈,可见她心情郁闷,难以高兴起来。故选C。
2.句意:她总是独自待在家,不和任何人说话。
anyone任何人;someone某人;no one没有人;some one某个人。根据上文“So she was ... happy.”和“She always stayed at home by herself”可知,她因为很难高兴起来并总是独自呆在家里,所以不跟 任何人说话。故选A。
3.句意:当她戴上它的时候,她看起来比以前更漂亮了。
beautiful漂亮;less beautiful不那么漂亮;more beautiful更漂亮;most beautiful最漂亮的。根据“She decided to go to school with the beautiful hair clip.”可知,她决定戴着漂亮的发夹去上学,显然她觉得戴上它让她看起来比以前漂亮。故选C。
4.句意:在上学的路上,她发现大多数同学都向她打招呼,但他们以前从来没有这样做过。
work工作;school学校;class班级;house房子。根据上文“She decided to go to school with the beautiful hair clip.”和下文“Most of her schoolmates said hello to her”可知,她是在去上学的路上。on her way to school在上学的路上。故选B。
5.句意:她对所有美妙的事情都很高兴。
happy开心的;sad伤心的;interested感兴趣的;relaxed放松的。根据上文“ she found that most of her schoolmates said hello to her”和下文“all of the wonderful things”可知,她此刻的心情应该是感到很高兴的。故选A。
6.句意:虽然她所有的同学都想知道她发生了什么事,但她不想告诉他们她的发夹。
So因此;Because因为;As由于;Though虽然。根据“all her classmates wanted to know what happened to her”和“she didn’t want to tell them about her hair clip”可知,虽然她所有的同学都想知道她发生了什么事,但她就是不想告诉他们有关她的发夹的事,这两个分句之间显然是让步关系。故选D。
7.句意:你知道你把发夹忘在家里了吗?
left忘带;took拿;put放置;missed丢失。根据下文的“I ... it by the door this morning.”和“She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school.”可知,你把发夹忘在家里了。故选A。
8.句意:我今天早上在门口发现的它。
tried试图;found发现;moved移动;heard听见。根据上文“Did you know you ... your hair clip at home?”可知,她妈妈无意中发现了她忘在家里的发夹。故选B。
9.句意:我们穿什么或看起来怎么样并不重要。
look看起来;feel感觉;think认为;act行动。根据上文的“When she wore it, she looked ... than before. She decided to go to school with the beautiful hair clip.”可知,她戴发夹是为了在别人面前看起来漂亮;现在她觉得穿得怎样或看起来怎样并不重要。故选A。
10.句意:最重要的是我们如何看待自己。
what什么;how怎样;why为什么;who谁。根据上文的“It’s not important what we wear or how we ... . ”和“ If we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident. If we think we can, we can.”可知,我们穿得怎样或看起来怎样并不重要,最重要的是我们如何看待自己,如果我们认为我们可以,我们就可以;“What do/does +主语+think of…?”相当于“How do /does+主语+like… ?”。故选A。
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【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了西方国家的孩子在周末做家务赚零用钱的情况。
1.句意:他们通常在10岁时开始做家务。
They他们;We我们;He他;You你们,你。根据上文“In western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money.”可知,此处应用人称代词they指代“西方国家的很多孩子们”。故选A。
2.句意:学生们必须在工作日做家庭作业和备考。
at在;for给,为;into到……里;from自从。study for tests“备考,为考试学习”,固定短语。故选B。
3.句意:所以他们经常在周末做家务。
weekends周末,周六和周日;birthdays生日;weekdays工作日,周一至周五;Christmas Day圣诞节。根据上文“School students have to do homework and study … tests on weekdays.”可知,此处是指在周末他们可以做些家务。故选A。
4.句意:小孩子只做简单的家务。
easy容易的;hard困难的;scary恐惧的;heavy重的。根据下文“So they don’t get much money.”可知,此处是指小孩子只做一些简单的家务。故选A。
5.句意:他们中的许多人只想买糖果。
find找到;bring带来;buy买;make制造。结合下文“they want to buy more and more things”可知,此处是指许多孩子只想买些糖果。故选C。
6.句意:饭后他们帮助洗碗,喂家里的猫或狗。
sell卖;feed喂养;borrow借;catch赶上,接住,抓住。结合“the family cat or dog”可知,此处是指给家里养的猫和狗喂食。故选B。
7.句意:当孩子长大点后,他们想买越来越多的东西。
older更老的,更大的;busier更忙的;younger更年轻的;happier更幸福的。结合“they want to buy more and more things”可知,此处是指孩子们长大些了。故选A。
8.句意:他们经常洗家里的车、割草、遛狗或做饭。
drive驾驶;use使用;take拿走;wash洗。结合“They often … the family car”可知,孩子们应该是经常洗家里的车。故选D。
9.句意:做家务是孩子们学习新事物的好方法。
subject 学科;way方法;problem问题;lesson功课,教训。根据“for kids to learn new things”可知,做家务是孩子们学习新事物的好方法。故选B。
10.句意:例如,他们可以学习如何使用割草机或如何烹饪。
what什么;why为什么;how怎样,如何;when什么时候。根据“they can learn how to use a lawn mower (割草机) or...to cook”可知,此处是学习如何做饭,应用how。故选C。
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【导语】本文主要讲述了星期六晚饭后,Mary打算和朋友去看电影,但是因为弟弟生病了,Mary需要先帮妈妈做家务,以及妈妈告诉她怎么做家务的事情。
1.句意:晚饭后,Mary想和她的朋友去看电影。
brother兄弟;father父亲;friend朋友;mother母亲。根据后文“Mary decided to ... her friend a call first.”可知,此处是指和她的朋友去看电影。故选C。
2.句意:我不得不照顾你的弟弟。
look after照顾;look for寻找;look at看;look up查阅。根据“Mary’s brother Mike was ill in...”可知,弟弟生病了需要照顾。故选A。
3.句意:Mary的弟弟Mike生病住院了。
shop商店;hospital医院;village村庄;school学校。根据“Mary’s brother Mike was ill”可知,弟弟生病住院了,in hospital“住院”。故选B。
4.句意:她的父亲在另一个镇上工作,他非常忙不能够回来。
busy忙碌的;full满的;free自由的,空闲的;happy高兴的。根据“Her father worked in another town and he was very ... and couldn’t come back.”可知,父亲工作很忙不能回来。故选A。
5.句意:但是她的妈妈通常什么都做,Mary不知道怎么做。
when什么时候;where哪里;what什么;how怎么,如何。根据“her mother usually did everything”可知,妈妈什么都做,因此Mary不知道怎么做家务。故选D。
6.句意:Mary决定首先给她的朋友打电话。
take带走;give给;bring带来;wait等。根据“On the phone”可知,此处是指打电话,give sb a call“给某人打电话”。故选B。
7.句意:然后,Mary的母亲给她演示如何做家务。
asked问;said说;made制作;showed展示,演示。根据前文“Mary didn’t know... to do it.”可知,此处是妈妈给她演示做家务。故选D。
8.句意:在离开之前,Mary的妈妈说,“小心一点,Mary。”
moving移动;finishing完成;leaving离开;working工作。根据前文Mary的弟弟生病住院需要妈妈照顾,因此此处指妈妈离开之前。故选C。
9.句意:小心一点,Mary。
careful小心的;fast快的;sure确信的;good好的。根据“Don’t drop them.”可知,此处是指小心一点,be careful“小心”。故选A。
10.句意:不要担心,妈妈。
care在乎;worry担心;remember记住;tell告诉。根据“They’re light. I don’t think they’ll hurt my feet.”可知,此处是让妈妈不要担心,don’t worry“不要担心”。故选B。
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【解析】本文主要讲述了在美国孩子们经常通过做家务来赚取自己的零花钱。并举了奥巴马一家为例。
1.句意:父母经常让他们的孩子在家做一些简单或有趣的家务。
difficult困难的;easy容易的;busy忙碌的;bad糟糕的。根据“to do something hard or boring”可知,此处与前面形成对比,孩子们在家做简单有趣的家务,家长也想让他们做一些有难度且无聊的家务。故选B。
2.并且,他们也希望他们的孩子做一些难或无聊的事情。
want想要,want sb to do想要某人做某事;make制作,make sb do让某人做某事;hope希望,无hope sb to do形式;take带走,take sb to+地点,带某人去某地。根据“Parents would like to give their children some pocket money”可知,家长想让孩子们通过做家务挣零花钱。故选A。
3.句意:父母想要为此给他们的孩子一些零花钱。
at在……;in在……里;on在……上;for为了,因为。根据“give their children some pocket money”可知,因为孩子们做了家务,父母会给他们钱。for that指由于做了家务。故选D。
4.句意:孩子们能够通过做家务挣钱。
look看;make制作;find发现;buy买。根据“money by doing the housework.”可知,孩子们通过做家务挣钱。make money挣钱。故选B。
5.句意:美国的前总统巴拉克·奥巴马曾经说过,他只给他的女儿萨沙和玛利亚每周一美元。
said说;thought认为;hoped希望;heard听到。根据“he gave his daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week”可知,此处是间接引语,是奥巴马说的事情。故选A。
6.句意:因为她们在周末经常摆桌子、洗盘子并且打扫她们的卧室。
and并且;then然后;because因为;but但是。根据“he gave his daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week”可知,给钱的原因是她们做家务了。此处应该填连词,表示原因。故选C。
7.句意:但是她们在周末经常摆桌子、洗盘子并且打扫她们的卧室。
offices办公室;classrooms教室;bedrooms卧室;libraries图书馆。根据“set the table, washed the dishes”和第一段“do housework after school”可知,打扫卧室也是家务。故选C。
8.句意:做家务给一美元是少的,但是这两个孩子非常开心能挣自己的零花钱。
parents父母;friends朋友;children孩子;students学生。根据“One dollar was little for the housework”可知,此处指的是奥巴马的两个孩子尽管只得到一美元,却很开心。故选C。
9.句意:她们用零花钱买最喜欢的书和食物。
it它;him他;her她;them她们。根据“ One dollar was little for the housework”和“They bought their favorite books or food with”可知,她们用零花钱买书和食物。此处指代挣到的零花钱,钱是不可数名词,要用it来指代。故选A。
10.句意:奥巴马希望他的女儿们能学会理财技能。
teach教;ask询问;find发现;learn学习。根据“some money-management skills”可知,奥巴马希望他的女儿们学会理财技能,管理自己的零花钱。learn skills学习技能。故选D。
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【解析】本文是一篇记叙文,主要通过讲述自己4岁孩子Kate会整理自己的床,叠衣服等论述孩子帮忙做家务的三点好处。
1.句意:他们帮忙照顾宠物并打扫房子。
take care of照顾;look at看;get back返回;worry about担心。根据空格后的宾语“their pets”可知宠物需要照顾,故选A。
2.句意:现在Kate可以整理床铺,叠衣服和摆桌子。
buy买;fold叠;sell卖;make整理。空格处要填一个动词,且表示做家务,根据空格后文“her clothes”可知应填“fold”,表示“叠衣服”,故选B。
3.句意:上周,她甚至帮我做晚饭。
do chores做家务;do the dishes做饭;do the cleaning打扫卫生;make dinner做晚餐。根据后文“We were happy because it was delicious.”可知Kate是帮忙做饭,且做的很美味。故选D。
4.句意:我喜欢让孩子早点开始因为以下几个原因。
words单词;reasons理由;ways方式;means方法。根据后文“First”及倒数第四行“Second”可知此处是表示让孩子早点开始学做家务的几点理由,故选B。
5.句意:孩子喜欢和父母做一样的事。
for为了;from来自;on关于;as作为。根据后文“the same things as their parents do”表示“和父母做一样的事”可知空格处应表示“做,从事”类似的意思,结合选项可知 work on表示“从事”,符合语境,故选C。
6.句意:当你很忙的时候,这是个好时机来邀请他们帮助你。
borrow借;make制作;drive驱使;invite邀请。根据空格后文“...them to help you”可知空格处的动词后用的是不定式作宾补,结合选项可排除A项和B项。C项“drive驱使”不符合语境,排除。故选D。
7.句意:第二,再早让他们学会一些东西都不为过。
early早;popular流行的;important重要的;old旧的。句式It's never too...for sb. to do sth.表示再……也不为过。结合文中例子4岁孩子学会做家务可知是“再早也不为过”。故选A。
8.句意:然而,让孩子做家务不是剥夺他们玩的时间。
If如果;Although尽管;However然而;Because因为。后文“having kids do chores is not robbing(剥夺) them of their playtime.”与前文“First, it is fun for kids to help.”是从相反的方面论述,故与前文是转折关系,故选C。
9.句意:这让他们知道工作的乐趣。
It它;Its它的;She她;He他。根据后文“makes them know the joy of working”可知是指做家务让孩子知道工作的乐趣。此处用“it”指代“做家务”,故选A。
10.句意:最后,它真的有用。
Slowly慢地;Hardly几乎不;Quickly快速地;Finally最后。根据前文出现的“First”及“Second”可知此处是“Finally”,表示最后一点理由。故选D。
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Unit2 完形填空专练
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Lifeguards (救生员) in Alabama carried a woman to her beach chair when she was on vacation. Kimberly Waterbury and her 95-year-old mother, Dottie Schneider, 1 in Alabama’s beautiful Orange Beach this October for a week-long vacation.
Dottie used a wheelchair because she couldn’t 2 in the sand. Her family tried to get her to their beach chairs. At that time, Shane Martin, a lifeguard, 3 that the family needed help.
“I got a feeling of satisfaction after I helped her. I saw the smile on her 4 ,” he said. Shane helped Dottie get into the car and drove her close to her 5 . He carried her the rest of the way and carefully placed her onto the chair, making sure she sat 6 .
“We are thankful to the people in Orange Beach. They give us a special 7 ,” Waterbury told a reporter. “They made my mother feel 8 . She didn’t feel like she was a burden (负担) on anybody anymore.”
Although she wanted to give some money to the lifeguards, they 9 refused it and said, “Sorry, we can’t take it.” “We just want to 10 Dottie. What we need is watching her smile,” they said.
1.A.traveled B.volunteered C.danced D.sang
2.A.shake B.rest C.walk D.hit
3.A.agreed B.hoped C.expected D.noticed
4.A.mouth B.face C.hand D.leg
5.A.owner B.student C.family D.teacher
6.A.comfortably B.beautifully C.quickly D.quietly
7.A.sign B.matter C.risk D.trip
8.A.lonely B.sick C.relaxed D.strong
9.A.loudly B.always C.differently D.probably
10.A.cheer up B.put off C.take after D.try out
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The Spring Festival is coming. My friends and I wanted to bring people 1 and make them happy, so we decided to make gifts by ourselves for the old people of a nursing home (养老院). There some old men are 2 and can’t hear any sound. After the discussion, we sent our 3 on the Facebook. After a few minutes, I got a lot of messages from the Facebook. They agreed with our ideas and they hoped to do some useful things for the old people. My friends and I were very 4 and we said “sure” to them.
When we made the presents, we met a lot of difficulties and wanted to 5 . But with the help of many people, we finished the gifts 6 . The last step was to pack them. We 7 a lot of beautiful wrappers (包装纸) on the Internet. It made the gifts really pretty. We looked at them with 8 .
On December 22, we came to the nursing home. The old people were very 9 because few people came to this place. We sang and danced in front of them and they all smiled. Then we 10 them our gifts. It was a wonderful experience.
1.A.joy B.peace C.interest D.paper
2.A.cold B.deaf C.excited D.blind
3.A.words B.plans C.doors D.questions
4.A.sad B.bored C.happy D.free
5.A.give away B.give out C.give back D.give up
6.A.clearly B.quietly C.luckily D.successfully
7.A.borrowed B.sold C.bought D.carried
8.A.satisfaction B.spirit C.control D.difficulty
9.A.kind B.careful C.surprised D.helpful
10.A.taught B.asked C.told D.gave
(3)
At the age of six, our kids began to help us with the housework. They helped to 1 their pets and clean the house. Now my daughter Cindy can do many 2 of housework. Last week, she even helped me cook dinner. We were happy because it was very 3 . I think doing housework is a good way for them to learn a lot of life skills.
I like getting kids to start doing housework early for a few 4 . Firstly, it is fun for kids to help. Kids like to work together with their parents. They don’t want their parents to 5 everything for them. Sometimes they like to do things by themselves. It’s a good idea to 6 them help you when you are busy.
Secondly, it’s never too 7 for them to learn something new. However, having kids do chores doesn’t 8 taking away their time for playing. It’s to let them feel the joy of working 9 with family. 10 , it works well. Now our children always help us with the housework and they feel happy about it.
1.A.look after B.look at C.look for D.look up
2.A.differences B.kinds C.ways D.boxes
3.A.serious B.clean C.terrible D.delicious
4.A.words B.reasons C.lessons D.ideas
5.A.prepare B.ask C.sweep D.repair
6.A.borrow B.let C.drive D.serve
7.A.early B.popular C.important D.easy
8.A.raise B.teach C.mean D.think
9.A.quickly B.together C.alone D.only
10.A.Finally B.Especially C.Probably D.Seriously
(4)
Is it clean enough to live in a hotel? If you are worried about bacteria (细菌) on the bed, you 1 use CleanseBot, a bacteria killing robot.
Tom Yang came up 2 the idea for CleanseBot when he was on vacation with his wife (妻子). They found that the room of the hotel was not so clean. 3 of them liked this situation because it seemed like someone lay in bed minutes ago and they had to clean it up again.
Tom Yang and his wife, along with a team of engineers, made a cleaning robot for travel, and they named it CleanseBot. The robot 4 clean the hotel room and kill bacteria. CleanseBot is only 320g. It can be 5 your bag easily. The robot will run for three hours when fully charged (充电). How useful it is!
1.A.should B.could C.might D.must
2.A.for B.from C.into D.with
3.A.None B.All C.Neither D.Both
4.A.should B.can’t C.can D.shouldn’t
5.A.put up B.put into C.put on D.put off
(5)
No one can do everything, and sometimes you need help. Asking politely can help you get 1 easily.
To be polite is important
Begin with “please” and end with “thank you”, so others will 2 you really need help. And you can get it easily. Don’t say the words 3 “I know you probably can’t, but could you please…?” It seems that you don’t believe the 4 can help you, and you just 5 a “no” to that.
You need right words
“Let the person know what you need in a simple way and 6 why you need help now, and provide a way for that person to answer you either actively or negatively,” says Jodi Glickman, the founder of Great on the Job. Your request might 7 like, “Jenny, I need your help, please. I will understand if it’s not convenient, but I’d be 8 if you could.”
The personal touch
Whenever possible, ask face toface or over the 9 and ask in advance so the person doesn’t feel 10 about the time and would like to help you. A text doesn’t provide a personal touch and is more like an order.
1.A.money B.time C.food D.help
2.A.hope B.think C.find D.hear
3.A.as B.from C.like D.with
4.A.person B.people C.visitor D.friend
5.A.want B.get C.give D.say
6.A.think B.talk C.understand D.ask
7.A.sound B.feel C.look D.smell
8.A.angry B.thankful C.lucky D.sad
9.A.computer B.radio C.letter D.phone
10.A.nice B.tired C.worried D.relaxed
(6)
A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was 1 happy. She always stayed by herself and didn’t talk to 2 .
One day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked 3 than before. She decided to go to school with the beautiful hair clip.
On her way to 4 she found that most of her schoolmates said hello to her, but they never did this before. She thought that it was because of the beautiful hair clip. She was so 5 about all of the wonderful things.
6 all her classmates wanted to know what happened to her, she didn’t want to tell them about her hair clip.
When she went back home, her mother asked her, “Did you know you 7 your hair clip at home? I 8 it by the door this morning.”
She was surprised (惊讶的) to hear that. She understood that she didn’t wear the hair clip to school.
It’s not important what we wear or how we 9 . The most important thing is 10 we think of ourselves. If we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident (自信的). If we think we can, we can.
1.A.often B.usually C.hardly D.always
2.A.anyone B.someone C.no one D.everything
3.A.beautiful B.less beautiful C.more beautiful D.most beautiful
4.A.work B.school C.class D.house
5.A.happy B.sad C.interested D.relaxed
6.A.So B.Because C.As D.Though
7.A.left B.took C.put D.missed
8.A.tried B.found C.moved D.heard
9.A.look B.feel C.think D.act
10.A.what B.how C.why D.who
(7)
In western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money. 1 usually start to do chores at the age of 10.
School students have to do homework and study 2 tests on weekdays. So they often do chores on 3 .
Young kids only do 4 chores. So they don’t get much money. But that’s all right. Many of them only want to 5 candies. And candies are cheap! They help wash the dishes after dinner, and 6 the family cat or dog.
When kids get 7 , they want to buy more and more things. They want things that are more expensive than candies. Then they have to work harder! They often 8 the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog or cook dinner.
Doing chores is a good 9 for kids to learn new things. For example, they can learn how to use a lawn mower (割草机) or 10 to cook. Of course, their parents help them at first.
1.A.They B.We C.He D.You
2.A.at B.for C.into D.from
3.A.weekends B.birthdays C.weekdays D.Christmas Day
4.A.easy B.hard C.scary D.heavy
5.A.find B.bring C.buy D.make
6.A.sell B.feed C.borrow D.catch
7.A.older B.busier C.younger D.happier
8.A.drive B.use C.take D.wash
9.A.subject B.way C.problem D.lesson
10.A.what B.why C.how D.when
(8)
It was Saturday. After dinner, Mary would like to see a film with her 1 . But her mother said, “Could you please do the dishes, Mary? I have to go to 2 your brother.”
Mary’s brother Mike was ill in 3 . Her father worked in another town and he was very 4 and couldn’t come back. Mary had to help her mother do some chores. But her mother usually did everything and Mary didn’t know 5 to do it.
Mary decided to 6 her friend a call first. On the phone, she told her friend to wait for her at home. Then Mary’s mother 7 her how to do the dishes. Before 8 , Mary’s mother said, “Be 9 , Mary. Don’t drop them.”
“Don’t 10 , Mommy,” said Mary. “They’re light. I don’t think they’ll hurt my feet.”
1.A.brother B.father C.friend D.mother
2.A.look after B.look for C.look at D.look up
3.A.shop B.hospital C.village D.school
4.A.busy B.full C.free D.happy
5.A.when B.where C.what D.how
6.A.take B.give C.bring D.wait
7.A.asked B.said C.made D.showed
8.A.moving B.finishing C.leaving D.working
9.A.careful B.fast C.sure D.good
10.A.care B.worry C.remember D.tell
(9)
Most students in America do housework after school. Parents often ask their children to do something 1 or interesting at home. Also, they 2 their children to do something hard or boring. Parents would like to give their children some pocket money 3 that. And the children can 4 money by doing the housework.
Barack Obama, former President of the United States, ever 5 that he gave his daughters Sasha and Malia just a dollar every week, 6 they often set the table, washed the dishes and cleaned up their 7 on weekends. One dollar was little for the housework, but the two 8 were very happy to make their pocket money. They bought their favorite books or food with 9 . Obama hoped his daughters could 10 some money-management skills.
1.A.difficult B.easy C.busy D.bad
2.A.want B.make C.hope D.take
3.A.at B.in C.on D.for
4.A.look B.make C.find D.buy
5.A.said B.thought C.hoped D.heard
6.A.and B.then C.because D.but
7.A.offices B.classrooms C.bedrooms D.libraries
8.A.parents B.friends C.children D.students
9.A.it B.him C.her D.them
10.A.teach B.ask C.find D.learn
(10)
At the age of four, our kids began to help us with the housework. They helped 1 their pets and clean the house. Now Kate can make her bed, 2 her clothes and set the table. Last week, she even helped me 3 . We were happy because it was delicious.
I like getting kids to start early for a few 4 . First, it is fun for kids to help. Kids like to work 5 the same things as their parents do. They want to stay with their parents but to do things by themselves. It's a good time to 6 them to help you when you are busy. Second, it's never too 7 for them to learn some things. 8 , having kids do chores is not robbing(剥夺) them of their playtime. 9 makes them know the joy of working. 10 , it does help. I feel that Kate likes doing chores and she helps me a lot.
1.A.take care of B.look at C.get back D.worry about
2.A.buy B.fold C.sell D.make
3.A.do chores B.do the dishes C.do the cleaning D.make dinner
4.A.words B.reasons C.ways D.means
5.A.for B.from C.on D.as
6.A.borrow B.make C.drive D.invite
7.A.early B.popular C.important D.old
8.A.If B.Although C.However D.Because
9.A.It B.Its C.She D.He
10.A.Slowly B.Hardly C.Quickly D.Finally
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