One evening I went out and left my 17-year-old son in charge of his 8-year-old brother and 4-year-old sister．On this occasion, the work was made less troublesome by the presence of his girlfriend．I left with complete confidence that the older children would do a wonderful job of babysitting the younger children and the younger children would do a wonderful job of accompanying the older ones．Later, I discovered that complete confidence was the last thing I should have left home with.
I had decided to return home earlier than planned so that my son and his girlfriend could go out．I called home with this happy news．But instead of hearing his cheerful, grateful voice on the other end of the line, all I heard was the sound of a telephone ringing.
It was, I should point out, after 10 p.m., when the two younger children should have been in bed, and when the two older children should have been answering the phone．“I’ll give him a lesson,” I said．I decided they must be outside．Why they might be outside at 10:30 on a wintry night I had no idea, but it was the only explanation I could come up with.
Finally, in desperation, I called his girlfriend’s house．After what seemed like countless rings, his girlfriend answered．“Yes,” she said brightly, “He’s right here.”
He came on the phone．I was not my usual calm, rational self．After all, one of the rules of survival for modern parents is that you can’t trust modern teenagers．“Where are the children?” I said．He said they were with him．They had done nothing wrong．My son had taken the younger children over to his girlfriend’s house just for ice cream and cake．This was too good to be believed．Well, it turns out that I shouldn’t have believed it．It was only part of the truth.
The following Saturday evening we were at my parents’ home, celebrating my birthday．My oldest son gave me the children’s gifts．Mounted and framed were a series of lovely color photographs of my children, dressed in their best clothes, and wearing their most wonderful expressions. They are pictures to treasure a lifetime, all taken by the father of my son’s girlfriend.
1.The author went out and left her eldest son in charge of the younger children because _____ _.
A．she knew that his girlfriend was a good baby-sitter
B．she believed he could take good care of the younger ones with the help of his girlfriend
C．the older children have always loved the younger ones
D．she could not find a baby-sitter on that winter night
2.Shortly after the author left home one evening, she discovered that ______.
A．her son had brought his girlfriend home
B．her son had left home with his girlfriend
C．she shouldn’t have completely trusted her son
D．she should have taken the children along with her
3.The sentence “It was only part of the truth.” （Para．5） implies that the children not only enjoyed ice-cream but also ______.
A．had a birthday party B．framed some photographs
C．had their pictures taken D．showed off their best clothes
4.Which of the following possible titles best expresses the main idea of this passage?
A．An Evening Out B．Modern Teenagers
C．Mother and Children D．A Precious Birthday Gift
科目：高中英语 来源：浙江省模拟题 题型：完形填空
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| It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person with a cell phone to his ear. Even in places 1 cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theatres there is the 2 offender, or at least a few people using the text messaging feature 3 their phones. Cell phone usage has 4 over the past decade and continues to rise. Nearly 200 5 people in the United States have cell phones and there are 6 over one billion users worldwide. That means there are a lot of phones 7 their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time. Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage 8 harm a person's health. Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since call phones were 9 , leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the 10 . Some people say the biggest danger 11 cell phones isn't from the either real or perceived potential to develop cancer, but from 12 while using the cell phone. How many of us have seen vehicles driving 13 erratically (不稳定地) down the road. And we often see when we get near the vehicle the driver on a cell phone is 14 on a cell phone. It is a proven fact that a driver on a cell phone is 15 attentive and more likely to get in an accident. And, hands-free sets aren't the 16 that some people may believe. Yes, they 17 both hands for driving and prevent a person from getting a sore (酸疼的) arm, 18 the driver's mind is still 19 the conversation and therefore less attentive to what is 20 around him or her on the road. | |||
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