单选题
Everyone knows how the story of Cinderella ends, but did you ever really think about how she spent her days before she met the prince? Her daily routine was not fascinating. She did everything from sweeping the floor to cooking the meals. If someone had asked Cinderella, "Are there any kinds of household work that you particularly hate?" She probably would have answered, "Why, none, of course. Housework is my dirty!" In the real world, however, most people have definite dislikes for certain sorts of household work. Two of these tasks are ironing clothes and washing dishes.
Ironing clothes is most hated because it is not a task that can be completed quickly or thoughtlessly. Each piece of clothing must be handled individually, so ironing a basket of laundry can take hours! After ironing a piece of clothing with great caution, which requires smoothing out the fabric, and following the seams, you need to place it on a hanger as soon as possible. If you do not follow these directions carefully, it might become wrinkled and you have to start over. Perhaps that is why ironing is not a favorite thing to do. It calls for extreme attention to detail from beginning to end.
Another household job that: many people dislike is washing dishes. Of course, some people claim that this work is no longer a problem because we have dishwashers now! However, no one would argue that dishes, silverware, and especially pots and pans washed in a dishwasher don''t come out as clean as they do when washed by hand. For this reason, many of us continue to wash our dishes by hand, but we are not necessarily happy doing it. Cleaning dishes is a job that not only takes a lot of energy but also requires the patience to wash and dry them. In addition, unlike ironing clothes, washing dishes is a thing that usually must be done every day. I don''t know how Cinderella felt about this particular task, but I believe that most people hate it as much as I do.
单选题
For Cinderella, doing household work is________.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】细节题。从灰姑娘所说的话中“housework is my duty”可知她把做家务当作自己的责任和义务。故选C。
单选题
Most people hate to do clothes-ironing because________.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】细节题。从第二段第一句话“Ironing clothes is most hated because it is not a task that can be completed quickly or thoughtlessly.”可知熨衣服既费时间又费脑筋,与这两层意思有关的只有D。
单选题
To avoid ironing the clothes over again, one should________.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。本题答案可从第二段最后一句话得出答案。由“It calls for extreme attention to detail from beginning to end.”可知熨衣服从头到尾都需要聚精会神。
单选题
Many people still prefer washing dishes by hand to machine washing because________.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】细节题。由文章第三段第三句“…in a dishwasher don''t come out as clean as they do when washed by hand”可知,洗碗机洗的不如手洗的干净;故A项说“手洗的碗要干净一些”是正确的。
单选题
Ironing is different from dishwashing in that________,
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】细节题。由文章最后一段倒数第二句“…unlike ironing clothes, washing is a thing that usually must be done every day”,可知洗碗是每天都要做的而熨衣服不是。故选B。