Question

【題目】 Lisa is serious about the chores in her house. She gives her children things that they _______ do according to their ages. She started by asking John, the _____ of her two sons, to help with the dishes. It is now an easy chore _____ the 15-year-old. His 13-year-old brother, Dave, now _____ John too. They take turns (輪流) washing the _____ each week. The boys also clean their study tables, make their beds and ____ food from the market on Sunday mornings. Besides (除了) these, the boys also know how to cook easy meals ____ their parents are not at home.

The family of ____ live in a big house but they do all the housework themselves. Lisa says, "When I was young, my father wanted us to do things on our own and learn how to ____ ourselves. Now I’m doing it to my kids." John says, "Doing chores is _____. You can learn important life skills and responsibility (責(zé)任)."

【1】A. mustB. canC. mayD. will

【2】A. elderB. tallerC. youngerD. shorter

【3】A. withB. asC. forD. by

【4】A. likesB. findsC. hatesD. helps

【5】A. handsB. dishesC. fruitD. clothes

【6】A. borrowB. cookC. buyD. sell

【7】A. whenB. howC. whatD. why

【8】A. twoB. threeC. fourD. five

【9】A. work onB. live inC. look atD. take care of

【10】A. difficultB. goodC. badD. boring

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

本文介紹了麗莎讓他的兒子學(xué)會做家務(wù)。他的兒子約翰和戴維每周輪流洗餐具，他們還能打掃書桌，整理床鋪，也能做些簡單的飯。麗莎說做家務(wù)能讓孩子學(xué)會生活技巧和責(zé)任。

【1】句意：她根據(jù)她的孩子的年齡，給他們能做的事情。

A. must 必須； B. can 能夠； C. may 可以；D. will 愿意；此處表示能力，故用情態(tài)動詞can。故選B。

【2】句意：她開始讓她的兩個兒子中年長的的約翰幫助洗碗。

A. elder 年長的； B. taller 更高的；C. younger 更年輕的； D. shorter 更矮的；根據(jù)“It is now an easy chore ___3___ the 15-year-old boy. His 13-year-old brother, Dave,”可知約翰15歲，戴維13歲，因此約翰是年長的，故選A。

【3】句意：現(xiàn)在它對于一個15歲的男孩來說這是一件容易的家務(wù)。

A. with 用；B. as 作為；C. for 對于；D. by 通過；It's+形容詞+for sb. to do sth.表示做某事對于某人來說是……； for sb.（對于某人來說），根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【4】句意：他的13歲的弟弟戴維也幫助他。

A. likes 喜歡；B. finds 找到；C. hates 憎恨；D. helps 幫助；根據(jù)“They take turns (輪流) washing the ___5___ each week.”可知他們每周輪流洗餐具，因此弟弟戴維在幫助他，故選D。

【5】句意：他們每周輪流洗碗。

A. hands 手；B. dishes 餐具；C. fruit水果；D. clothes衣服；根據(jù)前文的“She started by asking John, the ___2___ of her two sons, to help with the dishes.”可知他們在洗餐具，故選B。

【6】句意：在星期日的早上，男孩們打掃書桌，整理床鋪，從市場上買食物。

A. borrow 借；B. cook 煮；C. buy買；D. sell賣；根據(jù)后文的“Besides (除了) these, the boys also know how to cook easy meals ___7___ their parents are not at home.”，此處表示做飯，因此是從市場上買食物。故選C。

【7】句意：除此之外，在他們的父母不在家時，男孩們也知道如何做些簡單的飯。

A. when 當(dāng)……時候；B. how如何；C. what什么；D. why為什么；根據(jù)前半句“the boys also know how to cook easy meals”可知此處表示父母不在家，自己做飯，故選A。

【8】句意：雖然四口之家住在一座大房子里，但是他們自己做家務(wù)。

A. two 二；B. three 三；C. four 四；D. five 五；結(jié)合上文可知約翰家有他的父母，他和弟弟戴維，一共四口人，故選C。

【9】句意：麗莎說：“在我小時候，我父親想讓我獨(dú)立地做事，學(xué)會如何照顧自己”。

A. work on 從事；B. live in居�。�C. look at看；D. take care of 照看，照顧；根據(jù)前文的“When I was young, my father wanted us to do things on our own (獨(dú)立地)”可知要獨(dú)立做事，因此表示照顧好自己，故選D。

【10】句意：做家務(wù)是很好的。

A. bad 壞的；B. good 好的；C. difficult 困難的；D. boring無聊的；根據(jù)后文的“You learn important life skills and responsibility (責(zé)任).”可知此處表示做家務(wù)的好處。故選B。

做完形填空，要邊做邊看，前瞻后顧，注意前后文的語境，同時注意區(qū)分選項的詞義和短語辨析。例如10小題，根據(jù)最后一句“You learn important life skills and responsibility (責(zé)任).”可知此處表示做家務(wù)帶來的好處，因此根據(jù)語境選B。