Question

【题目】完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

These days, the custom that wives should cook has changed in Japan, especially people in their 20’s and 30’s tend to think so. Among 1 in that age group, both husbands and wives have 2 and they are very busy, so they tend to think that sharing the housework is 3 .

But not everyone 4 because husbands do not have enough chance to know how to 5 . Up to now, they have been used to seeing two 6 : their mothers cook every day and their fathers 7 those dishes.

Recently some cooking schools for 8 have opened. I have read several articles about the schools. Students of the cooking schools are mostly middle-aged men who are 9 of their retirement, because they work from morning to night at their 10 , so they do not know how to cook. 11 , their wives cook 12 ; they have many hobbies, and they know how to enjoy their spare time. After these men retire, they tend to do nothing in their 13 hours. So these men are 14 to cook not only as a hobby, but also because it is necessary to them.

In Japan, the famous cooks are almost all male, 15 the famous cooking teachers are almost all 16 . I think that this tendency also 17 our true beliefs: being a cook is considered a business and being a cooking teacher is considered a(n) 18 of cooking as housework. I believe this tendency will 19 in the future. We will have many chances to cook without 20 whether we are husbands or wives.

【1】A. lines B. teams C. classes D. couples

【2】A. chances B. cars C. jobs D. houses

【3】A. normal B. unfair C. lucky D. strange

【4】A. comes B. agrees C. helps D. cares

【5】A. cook B. pay C. design D. wash

【6】A. suggestions B. roles C. thoughts D. ideas

【7】A. keep B. buy C. eat D. deliver

【8】A. women B. lawyers C. students D. men

【9】A. proud B. certain C. afraid D. convinced

【10】A. office B. table C. college D. corner

【11】A. By the way B. On the other hand C. At first D. As a result

【12】A. peacefully B. selflessly C. alone D. well

【13】A. exact B. difficult C. free D. last

【14】A. learning B. affording C. promising D. hating

【15】A. because B. while C. if D. as

【16】A. female B. young C. professors D. adults

【17】A. reacts with B. helps with C. leads to D. comes from

【18】A. education B. fashion C. skill D. extension

【19】A. begin B. change C. continue D. stop

【20】A. reporting B. proving C. imagining D. considering

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】C

【10】 A

【11】B

【12】D

【13】C

【14】A

【15】B

【16】A

【17】D

【18】D

【19】B

【20】D

【解析】

【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了在现代家庭中丈夫和妻子的分工不像以前那么明确。

【1】考查名词。A. lines线；B. teams队；C. classes班级；D. couples夫妇。根据空后husbands and wives可知此处指夫妇。

【2】考查名词。A. chances机会；B. cars汽车；C. jobs工作；D. houses房子。根据下文可知他们很忙是因为都有工作。

【3】考查形容词。A. normal正常的；B. unfair不公平的；C. lucky幸运的；D. strange奇怪的。根据上文可知夫妇两个都上班，都很忙，所以他们认为分担家务活是很正常的事情。

【4】考查动词。A. comes来；B. agrees赞同；C. helps帮助；D. cares关注，关心。根据后面的叙述可知不是每个人都赞同。

【5】 考查动词。A. cook 做饭；B. pay支付；C. design设计；D. wash洗。根据空后内容可知丈夫们很少有机会知道如何做饭。

【6】 考查名词。A. suggestions建议；B. roles角色；C. thoughts想法；D. ideas 主意。根据后面mothers和fathers可知是他们在家里仅仅见过两种角色：妈妈做饭，爸爸吃饭。

【7】考查动词。A. keep保持；B. buy买；C. eat吃；D. deliver运送。此处指妈妈做饭，爸爸吃饭。

【8】考查名词。A. women女士；B. lawyers律师；C. students 学生；D. men男士。根据下文中的mostly middle-aged men可知，这是给男士开办的烹饪学校。

【9】考查形容词。A. proud骄傲的；B. certain某个；C. afraid害怕的；D. ashamed羞愧的。根据下文的原因状语从句可知，因为他们一直都上班而不知道如何做饭，从而害怕退休后要做的家务活。

【10】 考查名词。A. office办公室；B. table桌子；C. college大学；D. corner角落。根据work可知是指他们的办公室。

【11】考查介词短语。A. By the way顺便说；B. On the other hand另一方面；C. At first起初；D. As a result因此。根据语境可知此处是解释事情的另一个原因。

【12】考查副词。A. peacefully和平地；B. selflessly无私地；C. alone独自；D. well好。根据下文可知他们的妻子擅长做饭。

【13】考查形容词。A. exact确切的；B. difficult困难的；C. free自由的，空闲的；D. last最后的。根据语境可知男士退休后没有什么爱好，他们不知道如何度过空闲时间。

【14】 考查动词。A. learning学习；B. affording支付得起；C. promising承诺；D. hating讨厌。根据上文可知此处是解释男士们学习烹饪的原因。

【15】考查连词。A. because因为；B. while然而；C. if如果；D. as由于。根据前后句内容判断此处是转折关系。

【16】考查形容词。A. female女性；B. young年轻人；C. professors教授；D. adults成年人。根据前后句的对比可知选A。

【17】考查形容词。A. reacts with与……起化学反应；B. helps with 帮助；C. leads to导致；D. comes from来自。根据后面解释内容可知，作者认为这种趋势也来自于人们真正的信念、想法。

【18】考查名词。A. education教育；B. fashion时尚；C. skill技能；D. extension延伸。根据上文可知人们认为做烹饪老师是烹饪作为家务活的一种延伸。

【19】考查动词。A. begin开始；B. change改变；C. continue继续；D. stop停止。根据后句可知，作者认为这种趋势会改变。

【20】考查动词。A. reporting报道；B. proving证明；C. imagining想象；D. considering考虑。根据文章内容可知，做饭时人们不会去考虑自己是丈夫还是妻子，该做饭还是不该做饭。