大学英语进阶：Family Ties

1、一、填空题Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.注意：请在答题处填入单词！需要时变换词形！optimistpillargrosssurgeryreconstructionprincipleswayfulfillrigidelection1、You have to be a born to be able to do this hard joband not despair.正确答案:optimistEconomic in the country must

2、 begin with the recovering of agricultural production.正确答案：reconstructionHer speech failed to her colleagues into supporting the plan.正确答案：sway4、Jack never allowed himself to be bullied into doing anything that went against his 正确答案：principles5、 I felt disgusted and wondered how I could ever have be

3、enSO.正确答案：gross6、 The director insisted that the conditions of the contract should be exactly.正确答案:fulfilled7、Trade union representatives are chosen by. All the members have a vote,正确答案：election8、The doctor who performed gave Aikman an 85% chance of full recovery by September.正确答案：surgery9、Mother wa

4、s a(n) of strength to us when our situation seemed hopeless.正确答案：pillar10、 The studuents complained about the rules andregulations at the school.正确答案:rigid二、选词填空Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given

5、 in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.注意：请在答题处填入相应的字母编号！字母一定要大写！Cindy realized she would have to find another way to get Kyla

6、 out. She took a deep breath and let herself 1 to thebottom of the pool. With her arm under Kyla s body and her fingertips gripping the 2 of the pool, Cindy used herhead to push the child upward. She managed to 3 Kyla outof the water, but couldn t get her 4 the edge onto theconcrete. When she tried,

7、 the little girl fell backward into the pool.Desperately, Cindy kept trying. Finally, by 5 her headstraighter, she was able to 6 Kyla up and out of the water.Then, 7 herself up on her elbows at the edge of the pool,Cindy reached out and turned Kyla toward her. Her daughter still wasn t breathing. Wi

8、th fear 8 her heart, Cindy pinchedthe child s nose shut and began 9 short breaths intoher mouth.At first, there was no response. Again and again Cindy puffed breaths into Kyla? s mouth. Finally, Kyla s body 10, and she began to cough and spit up water. Then the little girl started to cry. It was the

9、 greatest thing in the world to hear that scream, “ Cindy said.puffingliftproppinglurchedsinkrolloveracrossedgeholdmovechangekeepingpanicgriping正确答案：E正确答案：I正确答案：B正确答案：G正确答案：M正确答案：F正确答案：C正确答案：0正确答案：A正确答案：D三、单项选择题Congratulations, Mr. Jones, it，s a girl. Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning

10、and bring forth a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel pride when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether they will be good father. Although there are some men who like children and may have had considerable experience with them, others do not parti

11、cularly care for children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy （怀孕）was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or unwillingly.Whatever the reaction to the birth

12、of a child, it is obvious that the shift from the role of husband to that of father is a difficult task. Yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this resocialization process. Although numerous books have been written about American mothers, only recently has literature

13、focused on the role of a father.It is argued by some writers that the transition to the fathers role, although difficult, is not nearly as great as the transition the wife must make to the mothers role. The mothers role seems to require a complete transformation in daily routine （生活规律）and highly inn

14、ovative （创新的） adaptation, on the other hand, the fathers role is less demanding and immediate. However, even though we mentioned the fact that growing numbers of women are working outside the home, the father is still thought by many as the breadwinner in thehousehold.1 According to the author, bein

15、g a father.A. brings a feeling of excitement to some menB.has a different meaning for those who have daughtersmakes some men feel proud and others uneasymeans nothing but more responsibilities正确答案：c2、 It is stated in the passage that .A. some parents are not prepared to have a childB.young couples d

16、o not like children at allworking couples do not have much time to take care of their childrenmany parents look forward to having a boy as their first child 正确答案：A3、In the third paragraph, the author .A. criticizes fathers for not taking enough responsibilities in bringing up their childrenB.excuses

17、 the American writers for ignoring the difficulties of being a fathersupports the idea that the chief role of a father is to earn money for the familycomplains about the lack of social programs to help husbands adjust themselves to being a father正确答案：D4、The transition to the mothers role requires that the wifechange her life style in a highly innovative waymake a complete change in her everyday life to deal with the new situationC.stay at home to take care of the baby