My husband and I both work at home. We have four children, so the times when I am   36  in the house are few. Like many work-at-home moms, when I do get a   37  to be by myself, I fill that time with more   38  , whether it’s related to my career or taking care of the housework. Most of the time, I don’t mind.   39  , I wanted this job as wife and mother, and I knew from the start that it often   40  putting others’ needs before my own. But, other times, I can’t help but feel a little  41  because I seldom had any plans for myself, and everyone knew it. My life   42  on my family, but they seldom appreciated this, which often   43  me a lot.
One day, when the kids were at school, I   44  for the movie theater-alone, I’d   45  been to the movies alone before, so I was a little nervous. Would I look pitiful going to the theater by myself? Was I being ridiculous(荒唐可笑) by seeing a movie   46  so much work waited for me at home? I  47  myself to swallow these   48  and bought myself a ticket. And then I walked into the theater with my   49  held high and enjoyed every minute of the movie. I laughed and felt my good spirits   50  for a couple of hours, I was   51  wife or mother. I was just myself.
From that point on, I   52  that Fridays would be mine,   53  for a couple of hours. Some Fridays, I head to(前往) the beach with a good book. Other Fridays, I go shopping,   54  up a little fast food or some clothes just for myself. I really  55   my Fridays after a long week of caring of my family.
小題1:
A．busy B．a(chǎn)loneC．tenseD．brave
小題2:
A．chanceB．wayC．purposeD．fortune
小題3:
A．funB．fearC．workD．love
小題4:
A．So farB．From then on C．As a resultD．After all
小題5:
A．practicedB．a(chǎn)dvisedC．meantD．considered
小題6:
A．happyB．excitedC．a(chǎn)ngryD．nervous
小題7:
A．centredB．insistedC．dependedD．knocked
小題8:
A．movedB．botheredC．a(chǎn)musedD．scared
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)ppliedB．waitedC．longedD．headed
小題10:
A．everB．a(chǎn)lsoC．neverD．instead
小題11:
A．ifB．whenC．unlessD．until
小題12:
A．forcedB．a(chǎn)llowedC．orderedD．taught
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)nswersB．effortsC．thoughtsD．results
小題14:
A．handsB．headC．legsD．ticket
小題15:
A．leaveB．happenC．returnD．weaken
小題16:
A．everybody’s B．somebody’sC．a(chǎn)nybody’s D．nobody’s
小題17:
A．expressedB．declaredC．a(chǎn)greedD．decided
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)t leastB．a(chǎn)t lastC．in allD．in time
小題19:
A．making B．picking C．taking D．bringing
小題20:
A．come up with B．break away from
C．look forward toD．pay attention to

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:C
小題11:B
小題12:A
小題13:C
小題14:B
小題15:C
小題16:D
小題17:D
小題18:A
小題19:B
小題20:C
文章講述的是作者在家里工作，工作的重心就是這個(gè)家庭，后來她決定給自己一定的調(diào)整，把每周五留給了自己，找到了屬于自己的時(shí)間。
小題1:上下文，作者夫妻雙方都在家里，而且家里還有四個(gè)孩子。因此單獨(dú)一個(gè)人的時(shí)候非常少。
小題2:句意理解，我也有單獨(dú)一個(gè)人的機(jī)會(huì)，但是我把那時(shí)間用來做更多的工作，無論是與職業(yè)有關(guān)還是與照顧家人有關(guān)。
小題3:同上，根據(jù)后面的whether it’s related to my career or taking care of the housework可知
小題4:詞組，so far到目前為止 From then on從那時(shí)起 As a result結(jié)果 After all畢竟，句意為，畢竟我愿意這份妻子兼任媽媽的工作，并且我從一開始就知道，這意為著別人的需求要高于我自己的
小題5:同上
小題6:上下文，根據(jù)后面的 because I seldom had any plans for myself可知，我沒有自己的安排，所以有時(shí)候會(huì)有點(diǎn)生氣，根據(jù)下文的but they seldom appreciated this也可以看出
小題7:上下文，根據(jù)上文的內(nèi)容可知，作者的生活就圍繞著家庭這個(gè)中心。
小題8:句意理解，他們卻對(duì)此并不感激，這讓我很惱怒。
小題9:上下文，根據(jù)句意可知，作者要去電影院，她從來沒有一個(gè)人去過，所以有點(diǎn)緊張
小題10:同上
小題11:句意理解，當(dāng)有很多工作等我去做的時(shí)候，我一個(gè)人去看電影，這是不是有點(diǎn)荒謬？
小題12:根據(jù)后面的bought myself a ticket可知，作者還是決定去看電影了，所以此處意為我強(qiáng)迫我自己把這些想法都拋開（吞掉)
小題13:同上指的是對(duì)自己做法的懷疑的一些想法
小題14:句意理解，她說服了自己，因此是頭高昂著進(jìn)去了
小題15:上下文，上文講到的是自己很生氣，現(xiàn)在自己好的情緒又回來了
小題16:上下文，根據(jù)后面的I was just myself可知，她此處意為我不是誰的妻子，也不是誰的母親，我就是我自己（我要我自己的生活）
小題17:從按天起，我決定每周五就是屬于我自己的，至少也是幾個(gè)小時(shí)。declare用于官方的
小題18:同上，at least意為至少at last 最后 in all總計(jì) in time最后，及時(shí)
小題19:詞組，此處pick up意為快速吃點(diǎn)東西
小題20:根據(jù)后面的after a long week of caring of my family可知，在一整個(gè)星期的繁忙工作后，我非常期待這個(gè)星期五的到來。
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

A few years ago, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, where I was employed. purchased Norand Corporation. Pioneer's sales representatives in the field used Norand hand-held terminals to upload daily sales information and download new price and sales incentive information. Pioneer bought so many of these hand-held-terminals, the economies made the purchase of Norand look interesting. Owning Norand also allowed Pioneer to explore high-technology markets outside agriculture.
But after a few years, the emerging laptop PC technology made the hand-held units obsolete (已廢棄的). Pioneer sold Norand at a loss. Pioneer always took a given percent of the annual profits to divide equally among all employees, so our profit-sharing checks were lower than if Pioneer had not purchased Norand. Additionally, my Pioneer stock was lower than it had been before the purchase of Norand. I was not pleased.
The CEO of Pioneer, Tom Urban, made annual formal visits to each of the Pioneer divisions to talk about the state of the business and to listen to employees' concerns. When he walked into the meeting room for his first visit after the sale of Norand, he acknowledged the group, remove his jacket, and neatly folded it across the back of the chair. He loosened his tie, undid his collar and rolled up his sleeves.The next thing he said was the last thing I ever expected to hear a CEO say.
He said, "I made a mistake buying Norand and I am sorry. I am sorry your profit-sharing was lower because of the purchase, and I am sorry your stock was hurt by the purchase. I will continue to take risks, but I am a bit smarter now, and I will work harder for you."
A great man and leader stood before us that day. As I sat listening to him, I knew I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him and to Pioneer. I also knew I could take risks in my own job.
In the brief moment of silence before the questions started, I recall thinking that follow him into any battle.
小題1:All of the following are the results brought by Pioneer's purchase of Norand except     .
A．Pioneer can explore high-technology markets outside agriculture
B．Pioneer's sales representatives can upload information using Norand hand-held terminals
C．some of Norand's employees joined the Pioneer
D．it later led to the lower of profit-sharing checks of Pioneer's original employees
小題2:The underlined sentence in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to       .
A．the next thing he said was what I expected least to hear a CEO say
B．the next thing he said was the last thing I heard from a CEO
C．the next thing he said was what I expected most to hear a CEO say
D．the next thing he said was what I heard from the last CEO
小題3:Why did Tom Urban remove his jacket, loosen his tie, undo his collar and roll up his sleeves before he spoke?
A．He felt hot in the room.
B．He wanted to look cool by doing this.
C．He was too excited.
D．He wanted to be close and frank with his employees.
小題4:What did the employees feel after Tom Urban apologized to them?
A．They felt he was a stupid CEO.
B．They felt he did not deserve their loyalty
C．They felt he was more trustworthy.
D．They didn't want to take risks with him.

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