大学英语进阶：Family Ties

一、填空题

Directions:Fillintheblankswiththewordsgivenbelow.

Changetheformwherenecessary.

注意：请在答题处填入单词！需要时变换词形！

optimistpillargrosssurgery

reconstruction

principleswayfulfillrigid

election

1、Youhavetobeaborntobeabletodothishardjob

andnotdespair.

正确答案：optimist

2、Economicinthecountrymustbeginwiththe

recoveringofagriculturalproduction.

正确答案：reconstruction

3、Herspeechfailedtohercolleaguesintosupporting

theplan.

正确答案：sway

4、Jackneverallowedhimselftobebulliedintodoinganything

thatwentagainsthis.

正确答案：principles

5、IfeltdisgustedandwonderedhowIcouldeverhavebeen

so.

正确答案：gross

6、Thedirectorinsistedthattheconditionsofthecontract

shouldbeexactly.

正确答案：fulfilled

7、Tradeunionrepresentativesarechosenby.Allthe

membershaveavote,

正确答案：election

8、Thedoctorwhoperformed_____gaveAikmanan85%chanceof

fullrecoverybySeptember.

正确答案：surgery

9、Motherwasa(n)ofstrengthtouswhenoursituation

seemedhopeless.

正确答案：pillar

10、Thestuduentscomplainedaboutthe______rulesand

regulationsattheschool.

正确答案：rigid

二、选词填空

Directions:Inthispartthereisapassagewithtenblanks.

Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalist

ofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthe

passagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Each

choiceinthebankisidentifiedbyaletter.Youmaynotuse

anyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.

注意：请在答题处填入相应的字母编号！字母一定要大写！

CindyrealizedshewouldhavetofindanotherwaytogetKyla

out.Shetookadeepbreathandletherself1tothe

bottomofthepool.WithherarmunderKyla'sbodyandher

fingertipsgrippingthe2ofthepool,Cindyusedher

headtopushthechildupward.Shemanagedto3Kylaout

ofthewater,butcouldn,tgether4______theedgeontothe

concrete.Whenshetried,thelittlegirlfellbackwardinto

thepool.

Desperately,Cindykepttrying.Finally,by5herhead

straighter,shewasableto6Kylaupandoutofthewater.

Then,7______herselfuponherelbowsattheedgeofthepool,

CindyreachedoutandturnedKylatowardher.Herdaughterstill

wasn,tbreathing.Withfear8herheart,Cindypinched

thechild'snoseshutandbegan9shortbreathsinto

hermouth.

Atfirst,therewasnoresponse.AgainandagainCindypuffed

breathsintoKyla,smouth.Finally,Kyla.'sbody10,and

shebegantocoughandspitupwater.Thenthelittlegirl

startedtocry."Itwasthegreatestthingintheworldtohear

thatscream,,,Cindysaid.

A.puffing

B.lift

C.propping

D.lurched

E.sink

F.roll

G.over

H.across

I.edge

J.hold

K.move

L.change

M.keeping

N.panic

0.griping

1.

正确答案：E

2、

正确答案：I

3、

正确答案：B

4、______________

正确答案：G

5、______________

正确答案：M

6、______________

正确答案：F

7、______________

正确答案：C

8、______________

正确答案：0

9、______________

正确答案：A

10、_____________

正确答案：D

三、单选题

^Congratulations,Mr.Jones,it'sagirl.〃

Fatherhoodisgoingtohaveadifferentmeaningand

bringforthadifferentresponsefromeverymanwhohearsthese

words.Somefeelpridewhentheyreceivethenews,whileothers

worry,wonderingwhethertheywillbegoodfather.Although

therearesomemenwholikechildrenandmayhavehad

considerableexperiencewiththem,othersdonotparticularly

careforchildrenandspendlittletimewiththem.Manyfathers

andmothershavebeenplanningandlookingforwardtochildren

forsometime.Forothercouples,pregnancy（怀孕）wasan

accidentthatbothhusbandandwifehaveacceptedwillinglyor

unwillingly.

Whateverthereactiontothebirthofachild,itis

obviousthattheshiftfromtheroleofhusbandtothatoffather

isadifficulttask.Yet,unfortunately,fewattemptshavebeen

madetoeducatefathersinthisresocializationprocess.

AlthoughnumerousbookshavebeenwrittenaboutAmerican

mothers,onlyrecentlyhasliteraturefocusedontheroleof

afather.

Itisarguedbysomewritersthatthetransitiontothe

father，srole,althoughdifficult,isnotnearlyasgreatas

thetransitionthewifemustmaketothemother，srole.The

mother，sroleseemstorequireacompletetransformationin

dailyroutine（生活规律）andhighlyinnovative（创新的）

adaptation,ontheotherhand,thefather，sroleisless

demandingandimmediate.However,eventhoughwementionedthe

factthatgrowingnumbersofwomenareworkingoutsidethehome,

thefatherisstillthoughtbymanyasthebreadwinnerinthe

household.

1、Accordingtotheauthor,beingafather.

A.bringsafeelingofexcitementtosomemen

B.hasadifferentmeaningforthosewhohavedaughters

C.makessomemenfeelproudandothersuneasy

D.meansnothingbutmoreresponsibilities

正确答案：C

2、Itisstatedinthepassagethat.

A.someparentsarenotpreparedtohaveachild

B.youngcouplesdonotlikechildrenatall

C.workingcouplesdonothavemuchtimetotakecareoftheir

children

D.manyparentslookforwardtohavingaboyastheirfirstchild

正确答案：A

3、Inthethirdparagraph,theauthor.

A.criticizesfathersfornottakingenoughresponsibilitiesin

bringinguptheirchildren

B.excusestheAmericanwritersforignoringthedifficulties

ofbeingafather

C.supportstheideathatthechiefroleofafatheristoearn

moneyfort