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Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any long-term problems, compared with children whose mothers stayed at home. My personal【C1】______is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish. Whether we like it or not, there are a【C2】______of mothers who just have to work. There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot【C3】______to see it lost. Then there are many who must work out of pure economic【C4】______Many mothers are not【C5】______out to be full-time parents. After a few months at home with a much loved infant, they feel trapped and isolated.
There are a number of options when it【C6】______to choosing childcare. These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady【C7】______the street. In reality, 【C8】______, many parents don't have any choice: they have to accept anything they can get. Be prepared! No matter【C9】______good the childcare may be, some children are going to protest wildly if they are left. This is a【C10】______normal stage of child development. Babies separate well in the first six months, but soon after that they start to get a crush on Mum and close family【C11】______. Make sure that in the first week you allow【C12】______time to help your child settle in.
All children are different. Some are independent, while others are more【C13】______to their mothers. Remember that if you want to【C14】______the best for your children, it's not the quantity of time you spend with them, it's the【C15】______that matters.
单选题 11.【C1】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此处阐明作者的观点,只有view能代表对某方面的“见解”或“观点”,其他选项只是单纯的“想法”或是“决定”,不合题意。
单选题 12.【C2】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】a number of是固定搭配,修饰可数名词,表示数量上“很多”。
单选题 13.【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】can't afford to do sth.为惯用语,表示“负担不起……”。
单选题 14.【C4】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】out of reason意为“无理的,不合理的”,out of duty与out of task意思是“出于责任,任务的”,out of necessity“有必要,出于……的必要”,综合分析只有C较为合适。
单选题 15.【C5】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】固定搭配be cut out for/be cut out to do sth.意为“适合于,天生就是做某事的料”,make out“理解,辨认出;亲热”,bring out“使显出;出版;生产”。
单选题 16.【C6】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】it comes to sth.为惯用说法,在这里意思是“涉及”,整句说的是“当涉及儿童托管时,有许多方式可供选择”,refer to意为“指……而言”。
单选题 17.【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】across the street意为“街对面”,其他选项的词搭配不当,故选C。
单选题 18.【C8】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】前面说父母有很多选择。此处说很多父母根本没有选择的余地,可见空内应为转折词however。
单选题 19.【C9】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】no matter+疑问词,表示“无论……”,此句意为“不管你选的托管方式有多好,一些孩子被留下时,都会激烈抗议”。
单选题 20.【C10】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】perfectly normal为惯用说法,意思是“完全正常的”,其他选项虽说在语法上与逻辑上也不错,但perfectly更好些。
单选题 21.【C11】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】family members“家庭成员”,其他选项均不适合。
单选题 22.【C12】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】首先从逻辑上排除A和B选项,一定是留给孩子足够“多”的时间。C选项lots后面若能加上介词of则构成修饰可数名字的短语,lots of“许多的”,原文中被修饰词time是不可数名词,只有D选项plenty of可以修饰不可数名词,表示“大量的”。
单选题 23.【C13】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】四个选项中除了fond与of搭配,意为“喜欢”之外,其他的选项都可与to搭配,be used to sth./doing“习惯于(做)某事”,be attached to“依附于,依恋于”,be keen to do sth.“急切,渴望”,此处孩子要“依恋于”母亲,因此B选项正确。
单选题 24.【C14】
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此处意为“为你的孩子做到最好”,一般用do one’s best for,而不用make one’s best,若想用give,则是give one’s best to,因此只有D选项符合要求。
单选题 25.【C15】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】上半句的quantity已经对此题的答案做出了暗示,一定是“质量”quality与“数量”quantity相对。