1 . Which is more important for parents, making more money to give the kids a better life or spending more time with them? It is a problem for parents and it is not easy to decide. A new study shows that today’s parents are spending more time with their children than parents in the past. According to the study, today’s college-educated mothers spend about 21.2 hours a week taking care of their children. But women with less education spend about 15.9 hours. Before 1995, it was only 12 hours.

Dads are spending more time on ball games. Before 1995, fathers with college educations only spent about 4.5 hours a week playing with their children. Today, it increases to 9.6 hours a week. For fathers with high school education, the time goes up from 3.7 hours to 6.8.

These days, parents don’t care more about the cleaning or the cooking. They are trying their best to spend time with their families. As for the kids, they don’t mind how much time their parents spend with them. They just want to enjoy the time their parents do be with them.

So, take part in the kids’ activities when you are with them, such as helping with homework or playing soccer with them.

1. How long do college-educated mothers spend taking care of their kids a week?

A．About 9.6 hours.	B．About 12 hours.
C．About 15.9 hours.	D．About 21.2 hours.

2. What can we know from the new study?

A．Women with less education spend about12 hours staying with their kids,

B．Mothers in the past spent less time staying with kids than mothers these days.

C．Mothers with college education are lazier than those with less education.

D．Dads spend more time staying with their kids than mothers do.

3. How long did fathers with college education spend with kids a month before 1995?

A．About 4.5 hours.	B．Less than 9 hours.
C．About 13.5 hours.	D．About 18 hours.

4. What do kids care about according to the text?

A．They care about how much money their parents can make.

B．They care about how much time their parents spend with them.

C．They care if their parents are really with them.

D．They care if their parents can give them a better life.

2 . 根据汉语提示完成语段。

    1     (当我得知我儿子和他的同学发生冲突时，我勃然大怒). So aggrieved and stunned was he that he stood rooted to the spot,    2     (泪水模糊了他的双眼). After knowing that my son was not to blame，I paced around the room guiltily.     3     (我渴望得到儿子的原谅). I headed for my son’s bedroom, knocked at the door and strode into the room，    4     (宣布我不会再像这样对待他了).

3 . 根据汉语提示补全短文

    1     (和妈妈大吵之后), I stormed out of the house, slamming the door heavily.     2     (既失望又沮丧), I     3     (感觉好像漂浮在无限悲伤的海洋里). Later, I stood beside a stand and     4     (由于缺钱叹了口气). The seller noticed my dilemma, greeted me with a kind smile and     5     (示意我坐下). I was moved to tears. The seller smiled, “Girl, it is your mother     6     (为你提供生活所需) from when you were born!” I wiped my tears, leapt to my feet and ran for home like a wind.

4 . 根据汉语提示或括号内单词的正确形式完成短文。

There exists a problem between my parents and me,     1     (使我很难继续学习).

Actually,     2     (我对太空探索如此热衷) that I     3     (regular) go to the library     4     (希望获得有关宇宙的足够知识). However, my parents think my hobby will     5     (导致) my poor academic performance. Moreover,       6     (使我失望的是他们总是和我争论我的爱好). Even worse, they warn me to give it up.     7     (否则),       8     (他们决定不提供我生活所需). Since you have handled such a situation     9     (independent),       10       (我渴望得到你及时的帮助).

5 . 根据汉语提示补全短文

My sister and I     1     (向我叔叔的水果农场走去),     2     (试图“摘”些苹果). At that time, a gruff, low voice came. We     3     (没有从农场逃跑的机会). He didn’t blame us and instead     4     (给我们挑选了几个苹果). Several months later,       5     (不好的事情发生了). Unfortunately, my uncle’s falling from the apple tree     6     (失去了生命). On hearing the bad news, we     7     (不能控制我们的情绪), tears of sadness running down our faces like a broken string of pearls.

6 . Ice formed in the small pool. Then I would go to the hockey rink (冰球场). I picked up my hockey stick, holding it in the way I formed a big “T”, stepped onto the ice, and moved closely toward the middle. Should I go through, the stick would hopefully keep me from going completely under.

The next day it rained. Rain can do one of two things to a backyard hockey rink. It can either make it the smoothest surface, or it can turn it into those terrible rumble strips (减速带) on the highways. More often it is the latter. On Saturday morning my brother discovered that was what had happened to our ice. “Let’s go and see Dad.”

Taking an old iron box from the backyard, my father taught us to fill it with wood. He then tied a line to a hole at one end of it — the homemade Zamboni (磨冰机) machine, “Once the fire really gets going, the box will get really hot,” he said. “Then we just move it around and it will smooth down the bumpy (不平的) surface.” Finally, Dad began to move it across the pool. After about twenty yards, still moving forward, he said to us over his shoulder, “Well?” “Nothing,” I answered.

For many people this might have been the sign to end the project. But not our father. As we skated off the ice and returned to the kitchen for hot chocolate, he kept going, patiently walking line after line. He stayed out there, until afternoon turned into early evening. The pool would have to wait for warmer weather.

There’s a lesson in the Zamboni about fatherhood, I think: that it is not about being perfect in your actions but perfect in your intention. Love is not smooth as glass, but bumpy as ice with rumble strips, and holes, and places to fall down. Sometimes no one will be watching you walk line after line, but they’ll remember that you were out there.

Perhaps the Zamboni really did work.

1. Why did the author form a “T” with the hockey stick?

A．To ensure safety.	B．To keep calm.
C．To measure the ice.	D．To play the sport better.

2. What was Father’s solution to the problem?

A．Making holes in the ice.	B．Filling the gaps with wood.
C．Smoothing the lines with heat.	D．Applying pressure to the bumpy surface.

3. Which word best describes Father’s attempt?

A．Fruitless.

B．Dangerous.

C．Practical.

D．Successful.

4. How did the author feel about Father’s Zamboni?

A．It’s a family tradition.	B．It’s a symbol of love.
C．It’s a special invention.	D．It’s a challenge to fatherhood.

7 . 完成语段。
    1     (得知儿子汤姆沉溺于电脑游戏，妈妈的心一沉，接着伤心地哭了起来). Then, she exploded with anger and barked questions at Tom, “You are always such a good-­tempered, genuine, enthusiastic and loyal boy that others envy you.”     2     (汤姆痛苦地抽泣道), “I don’t know how to resolve the complete failure in the last exam.” Hearing this, the mother hurried to Tom, gathered him into her arms and patted him on the back, murmuring, “    3     (只要你致力于学习，你会取得更大进步的).”

8 . 使用恰当的过渡衔接词连句成篇
1．我的妈妈是我眼中的英雄。她在一家超市做收银员。
2．我原以为她的工作很容易，但我逐渐意识到，这些年来妈妈一直怀着极大的热情做着一份出色的工作，值得尊重。
3．母亲以她的工作为荣。她笑迎顾客，即使累了也坚持努力工作。
4．虽然她每天工作时间很长，但她仍抽空做家务并花时间陪我。
5．在她的鼓舞下，我学会了在遇到困难时不轻易承认失败。

The Hero in My Eye

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9 . 根据提示，运用本单元的词汇、短语及句式或使用词汇的正确形式完成下面的语篇。

My mother is my greatest inspiration. She works as a cashier at a neighbourhood supermarket.

I used to think her job was pretty easy, but now I am older, I     1     (gradual) realize     2     (我的母亲工作出色，应该得到认可) all these years. (Though she works long hours every day)     3     (用分词作状语升级加黑体部分), she still finds the time to help with household chores and spend time with me.

    4     (显然我妈妈热爱她的工作).     5     (因此), she faces customers with a gentle smile and     6     (全心全意工作) even when she is tired. Inspired by her, I have learnt to stay positive even when I felt     7     (defeat).

10 . My 13-year-old daughter sent a postcard to us while we were still away on our most recent trip to California. It ______ our house about a week later. The touching ______ nearly brought me to tears.

“Even though we ______ have two days of adventures ahead of us, I am just so ______ for everything we have experienced together on this trip,” she writes.

Our youngest daughter is just about to ______ 11 years old. In those years, we have never taken a true ______ as a family of four to a place we’ve never been. Like most ______, I have no idea where the time has gone. But I also think these are some of the best ages to ______ with kids.

This vacation to California was our very first ______, long-distance trip together. The kids helped ______ the trip with input on things they might like to see and do. They reached for our hands in crowds. I can’t remember the last time they held our hands ______.

One of our family bonding moments came when we took a family surfing lesson. It was the first time any of us had tried surfing, although it was something the girls had been ______. The smiles on the girls’ faces were everything. They were so ______ when they stood up on the board and rode the waves one by one.

Those are memories I’m going to ______. And yes, I will remind them of these times the next time I reach for their ______.

1.

A．left

B．mentioned

C．passed

D．reached

2.

A．note

B．diary

C．journal

D．report

3.

A．never

B．already

C．ever

D．still

4.

A．inspired

B．sorry

C．grateful

D．nervous

5.

A．dislike

B．match

C．turn

D．remain

6.

A．vacation

B．picture

C．walk

D．look

7.

A．visitors

B．parents

C．writers

D．educators

8.

A．discuss

B．work

C．travel

D．celebrate

9.

A．extended

B．unexpected

C．busy

D．temporary

10.

A．plan

B．recall

C．imagine

D．judge

11.

A．hopefully

B．willingly

C．peacefully

D．curiously

12.

A．tired of

B．interested in

C．involved in

D．good at

13.

A．terrified

B．sad

C．proud

D．careful

14.

A．take up

B．hold onto

C．carry out

D．know about

15.

A．faces

B．souls

C．hands

D．letters