Question

【題目】Working from Home

My family recently had the bright idea that I should spend a day working from home.When I mapped out such a day, I had______working hard in my study, then taking a mid-morning cookie break with the kids, next returning to work, and finally going for a family walk.

cookie jar

However, during the first hour of my workday at home, I________touched any work. The children kept running into my study and asking me to play with them.Around 10:30 a.m., I decided to take that mid-morning cookie________and then found that there was nothing left in the cookie jar. The kids had eaten them all! I returned to my desk and began writing an e-mail until my wife walked in.

“I need to run to the store. Could you please fix the car battery (電池) for me?”, she said. I mumbled (嘟囔) to myself all the way to the car, did the job, and went back to my desk. Then, my kids started asking for lunch. After telling them over and over again to wait until their mom gets home, I finally put a sign to my door that ________ : Go Ask Someone Else!

And that worked really well. I finally________ to finish writing that e-mail. The house was quiet up to the________that the neighbor called and told me that my children went to ask him for lunch! I told him to send my kids back. Frustrated (懊惱的), I made sandwiches for the kids and myself. Just as I was cleaning up, my wife walked in.

I was so glad that she was back and couldn’t wait to escape. I________for the door to go back to my work. As I sat down at the desk, I realised things were not like what I had imagined. And I also understood how________ it is to take good care of a family.

【1】A.suggestedB.forgottenC.imaginedD.finished

【2】A.evenB.justC.stillD.hardly

【3】A.breakB.partyC.lessonD.walk

【4】A.readB.heardC.pronouncedD.translated

【5】A.offeredB.refusedC.preferredD.managed

【6】A.turnB.pointC.timeD.number

【7】A.paidB.headedC.waitedD.searched

【8】A.happyB.relaxingC.excitingD.hard

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【7】B

【8】D

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。主要講述作者在家工作中遇到的種種問題，一切都與計(jì)劃中的不一樣，這種經(jīng)歷使作者感受到照顧好一個(gè)家庭很辛苦。

【1】

句意：當(dāng)我計(jì)劃這樣的一天時(shí)，我已經(jīng)想象到我先在書房里努力工作，然后在上午10點(diǎn)左右和孩子們一起吃餅干休息一下，然后回去工作，最后一家人出去散步。

suggested建議；forgotten忘記；imagined想象；finished完成。根據(jù)四個(gè)選項(xiàng)并結(jié)合句意可知，這是我在計(jì)劃這樣的一天時(shí)想象的安排，還未真實(shí)發(fā)生，故選C。

【2】

句意：然而，在家工作的第一個(gè)小時(shí)，我?guī)缀跏裁垂ぷ鞫紱]干。

even甚至；just僅僅；still仍然；hardly幾乎不。根據(jù)“However”可知，后文與上文中想象的工作安排不一樣，一早上，什么工作都沒做，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，只有D符合句意，故選D。

【3】

句意：早上10點(diǎn)半左右。我決定在上午10點(diǎn)左右吃餅干休息一下，然后發(fā)現(xiàn)餅干罐里什么也沒有了。

break休息；party聚會(huì)；lesson功課；walk散步。根據(jù)上文中文中“then taking a mid-morning cookie break with the kids,”可知，這里是講上文中重復(fù)的內(nèi)容，前后照應(yīng)，故選A。

【4】

句意：我一遍又一遍地告訴他們要等到他們媽媽回來，最后我在門口掛了個(gè)牌子：“去問別人！”。

read讀；heard聽見；pronounced發(fā)音；translated翻譯。根據(jù)句意，這里指的是牌子上顯示的內(nèi)容，結(jié)合四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有A最符合句意，故選A。

【5】

句意：我終于成功地寫完了那封電子郵件。

offered提供；refused拒絕；preferred更喜歡；managed設(shè)法。manage to do sth.設(shè)法做某事且成功了，根據(jù)句意，作者最終成功的寫完了郵件，故選D。

【6】

句意：房子里一直很安靜，直到鄰居打電話告訴我,我的孩子去問他要午飯吃！

turn轉(zhuǎn)彎；point（特定的）時(shí)刻和瞬間；time時(shí)間；number數(shù)字。這里指的是“直到鄰居打電話的時(shí)候”這個(gè)特定時(shí)刻，故B。

【7】

句意：我回到書房去工作。

paid花費(fèi)；headed前進(jìn)；waited等待；searched搜索。head for朝……方向前進(jìn)，固定短語，這里指作者朝門走去，回去工作。故選B。

【8】

句意：我也理解了照顧好一個(gè)家庭是多么辛苦。

happy高興的；relaxing令人放松的；exciting令人興奮的；hard辛苦地。根據(jù)how修飾副詞，且作者在家工作的經(jīng)歷讓作者感受到照顧好一個(gè)家的辛苦，故選D。