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In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank．He got into a life boat, but his supplies were 21 ．His chances of surviving were small． 22 when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much 23 than he was when he started, but alive．
His 24 of how he survived is fascinating．His cleverness —how he 25 to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸发） sea water to 26 fresh water—is very interesting．
But the thing that 27 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no 28 in continuing the struggle．He was starved and 29 worn-out．Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice．
When people 30 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going．Many people in 31 desperate circumstances 32 in or go mad．Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on 33 difficulties．
"I tell myself I can 34 it," wrote Callahan in his book．-Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate．I tell myself these things over and over, 35 up courage．．．"
I wrote that down after 1 read it．It 36 me as something important．And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 37 off or when my problems seemed too terrible．And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my 38 ．
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad 39 to something better．But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you're fortunate．Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you 40 through the rough situations with a little more courage．
1.A．full B．rich C．few D．enough
2.A．And B．Yet C．Still D．Thus
3.A．thinner B．stronger C．worse D．healthier
4.A．attitude B．assumption C．instruction D．account
5.A．assisted B．tended C．managed D．intended
6.A．make B．absorb C．select D．replace
7.A．attacked B．caught C．froze D．cheated
8.A．operation B．taste C．message D．point
9.A．firmly B．completely C．hardly D．generally
10.A．deal B．defend C．survive D．observe
11.A．similarly B．differently C．gradually D．commonly
12.A．pull B．take C．break D．give
13.A．for the lack of B．in the face of C．in exchange for D．as a result of
14.A．handle B．carry C．follow D．inspect
15.A．rolling B．using C．building D．making
16.A．defeated B．recommended C．introduced D．struck
17.A．far B．long C．ever D．even
18.A．feelings B．senses C．ideas D．influences
19.A．related B．measured C．contributed D．compared
20.A．see B．cut C．get D．think
Being a mother is apparently not like it was in the good old days.
Today’s parents yearn for the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found. Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to handle work and family life than the previous generation. As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children.
The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did – just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day. And 64 per cent said this was because they felt they ‘had’ to go out to work, while nearly a third (29 per cent) said they were under constant pressure to be the ‘perfect mother’, the report found.
Other findings showed social networking and parenting websites, as well as technology such as Skype, were important in providing help and support among female communities. Kate Fox, a member of the Social Issues Research Centre, which conducted the survey for Procter & Gamble, said: ‘With increasing pressure on mothers to work a “double shift” — to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner — support networks are more important than ever.
It comes as a separate report examining childcare in the leading industrialised nations found that working mothers in Britain spend just 81 minutes a day caring for their children as a ‘primary activity’. Mothers who stay at home, on the other hand, manage twice as much time – more than two and a half hours – looking after their offspring, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Critics say the pressure on women to work long hours, and leave their offspring in the hands of nurseries or childminders, is putting the well-being of their children at risk.
The study also reveals that, despite the fact that more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare still falls on them - even if their husband is not in work. A father who is not in work tends to spend just 63 minutes a day looking after his child - 18 minutes less than a mother who goes out to work. Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children.
1.What does the underlined phrase “yearn for” probably means ___________.
A. hate B. forget C. miss D. control
2.Which of the following problems is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Today’s mothers have less time left for their children and themselves.
B. The working mothers can hardly strike the balance between work and family.
C. Most of the mothers can not control their husbands nowadays.
D. Modern fathers do not spend enough time with their children.
3.From Para. 4, we can infer that ___________.
A. Skype is a very famous expert in studying social issues
B. working mothers can seek help on line
C. working mothers’ double shift is to be a wife and a mother
D. Kate Fox has opened a website offering help to working mothers
4. What critics say means that _____________.
A. it is wise for working mothers to put their kids in nurseries or childminders
B. children do not like nurseries or childminders at all
C. nurseries or childminders are dangerous places for children
D. too much time in nurseries or childminders is bad for kids’ mental and physical health
In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank．He got into a life boat, but his supplies were 21 ．His chances of surviving were small． 22 when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much 23 than he was when he started, but alive．
His 24 of how he survived is fascinating．His cleverness —how he 25 to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸发） sea water to 26 fresh water—is very interesting．
But the thing that 27 my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no 28 in continuing the struggle．He was starved and 29 worn-out．Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice．
When people 30 these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going．Many people in 31 desperate circumstances 32 in or go mad．Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on 33 difficulties．
"I tell myself I can 34 it, “wrote Callahan in his book. -Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, 35 up courage...
I wrote that down after I read it. It 36 me as something important. And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed 37 off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my 38 .
The truth is,our circumstances are only bad 39 to something better. But others have been through the much worse; that is, in comparison with what others have been through,you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you 40 through the rough
situations with a little more courage.
1.A．full B．rich C．few D．enough
2.A．And B．Yet C．Still D．Thus
3.A．thinner B．stronger C．worse D．healthier
4.A．attitude B．assumption C．instruction D．account
5.A．assisted B．tended C．managed D．intended
6.A．make B．absorb C．select D．replace
7.A．attacked B．caught C．froze D．cheated
8.A．operation B．taste C．message D．point
9.A．firmly B．completely C．hardly D．generally
10.A．deal B．defend C．survive D．observe
11.A．similarly B．differently C．gradually D．commonly
12.A．pull B．take C．break D．give
13.A．for the lack of B．in the face of C．in exchange for D．as a result of
14.A．handle B．carry C．follow D．inspect
15.A．rolling B．using C．building D．making
16.A．defeated B．recommended C．introduced D．struck
17.A．far B．long C．ever D．even
18.A．feelings B．senses C．ideas D．influences
19.A．related B．measured C．contributed D．compared
20.A．see B．cut C．get D．think
Today's parents miss the golden age that their own mothers enjoyed in the 1970s and 1980s, researchers found.
Mothers have less time to themselves and feel under greater pressure to juggle work and family life than the previous generation. As a result, 88 per cent said they felt guilty about the lack of time they spent with their children.
The survey of 1,000 mothers also found that more than a third said they had less time to themselves than their mothers did — just three hours a week or 26 minutes a day.
And 64 percent said this was because they felt they 'had' to go out to work, while nearly a third (29 per cent) said they were under constant pressure to be the 'perfect mother', the report found.
Other findings showed social network and parenting website were important in proving help and support among female communities
Kate Fox, of the Social Issues Research Centre, which conducted the survey for Procter & Gamble, said: "With increasing pressure on mothers to work a 'double shift' — to be the perfect mother as well as a wage-earner — support networks are more important than ever."
It comes as a separate report examining childcare in the leading industrialized nations found that working mothers in Britain spend just 81 minutes a day caring for their children as a "primary activity".
Critics say the pressure on women to work long hours, and leave their children in the hands of nurseries or child minders, is putting the well-being of their children at risk.
The study also reveals that, despite the fact that more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare still falls on them — even if their husband is not in work.
A father who is not in work tends to spend just 63 minutes a day looking after his child — 18 minutes less than a mother who goes out to work.
Working fathers spare less than three quarters of an hour with their children.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. More and more modern mothers go out to work to support the families.
B. Today's parents would rather leave their children in the hands of nurseries.
C. Today's parents have less time to take care of their children.
D. To keep the balance of work and family is not an easy thing.
2.What does the underlined word "juggle" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. keep objects in the air
B. do many things at once
C. change things
D. organize spending
3.According to Kate Fox, .
A. people should learn to relax by using the network
B. network plays an important role in society
C. mothers should make use of the network to gain support
D. it is impossible for woman to become the "double shift"
4.Today's mothers lack the time to company their children mainly because .
A. they have no choice but go to work
B. they are under constant pressure
C. they want to be "the perfect mother"
D. they have less time to themselves
5. Which of the following statements is True?
A. Mothers usually spend three hours looking after their children a day.
B. Since more and more modern mothers go out to work, the burden of childcare falls on fathers.
C. Child minders are good to the health of the children.
D. Mothers spend more time with their children than fathers.
Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He became a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf.
Laurent Clerc was born in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785. When he was one year old, he fell into a fire, losing both his hearing and his sense of smell.
At 12, Laurent entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he did well in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher.
Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was studying to be a minister. He was very concerned about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek ideas on how to teach deaf people. While he was there, he met a French educator of the deaf who invited him to go to Paris to spend three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the school where Laurent Clerc was teaching. Gallaudet accepted the offer. The two worked and studied well together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return, he asked Clerc to come with him. Clerc accepted on one condition: that he would stay in America only a short time.
The two men set sail on June 18, 1816. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean took 52 days; however, Clerc and Gallaudet put the time to good use. Clerc studied English, and Gallaudet studied sign language. They discussed the school for the deaf which they planned to open. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and deafness. The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.
At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet; he taught the pupils; and he taught hearing men who came to the school to study deaf education.
In 1819, Clerc married Eliza Crocker Boardman, one of his pupils. They had six children. He retired from teaching in 1858. Although he had intended to return to France, he never did. He died on July 18, 1869 in the United States.
【小题1】Why did Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sail to London?
| A．He needed to finish his studies to become a minister. |
| B．It was the easiest way to get to France. |
| C．He wanted to study their system of deaf education. |
| D．He wanted to marry Alice Cogswell. |
| A．played cards and socialized |
| B．studied and discussed their plans for a deaf school |
| C．founded a school for the deaf |
| D．Gallaudet studied English and Clerc studied Sign Language |
| A．met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married, went to school in Paris. |
| B．met Gallaudet, went to school in Paris, moved to America, got married. |
| C．went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married. |
| D．got married, went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America. |
| A．Clerc managed his time well, and was able to teach a lot of information in a short period of time |
| B．Thomas Gallaudet was grateful to Clerc for all that he taught him |
| C．Clerc preferred teaching deaf students to hearing students |
| D．Clerc, an educated Frenchman, had a great impact on American Deaf Education |
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