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 "Mum,you're always on the computer！" Laure com-planu'd.

"No,I'm not. " I 33       .

  "Every day I come home from school you're working on the computer.”

  "Well,at least I'm here 34        you!"

  My daughter was right. Day after day. in my home office,I would stare into space as my 35        typed out the thoughts of a speaker or research completed for an ar?ticle. It seemed that my work as a writer and speaker 36        my fingers to the keyboard and my mind to valua?ble ideas. What Laure did not 37        was that during her day away,I'd also be doing a lot of housework. It was only around three in the afternoon that I'd 38        seat myself at my desk for a few 39        moments of deep thought. Then she'd come in from school.

  I was 40        of myself on being available to my chil?dren. After all,I am a speaker on child behaviour and par?enting. But Laure's observation 41        my heart. In her eyes,I must have been a mom who was 42        but unap?proachable. I wouldn't make such an image (形象) before her. My relationship with my children is more 43        than any other work.

  "Laure," I called, "come here a minute.” She wandered to my doorway. I had decided to have her 44        me when I was too devoted to work. I wanted her to have the 45        to let me know when she thought I was cold.

After I explained my 46        and the fact that I chose home office to be accessible to her and her sister,I offered Laure the following 47       .

  "Whenever you feel I'm ignoring you or you need my 48      ,I want you to 49        me," I said, "just come up and give me a little hug,that'll be our signal that you 50        me.” Years later we still have that 51        sign. I've be- come much more sensitive to my daughters' comings and goings. 52 she always gives me a little hug to remind me of the real reason I work at home.

33. A. thought H. refused C defended   D. agreed 

34.A. for   B. over   C. against   D. after 

35. A. feet   B. hands   C. eyes   D. ears 

36.A. connected   B. turned   C. gave   D. added 

37.A. admit   B. realize

   C. believe   D. recognize 

38.A. luckily   B. gradually   C. instantly   D. finally 

39.A. anxious   B. precious   C. busy   D. rare 

40.A. proud   B. ashamed   C. afraid   D. scared 

41.A. filled   B. broke   C. touched   D. mended 

42.A. suitable   B. available   C. acceptable   D. reasonable 

43.  A. important   B. funny

   C. obvious   D. wonderful 

44. A. warn   B. persuade   C. encourage   D. remind 

45.A. patience   B. time

   C. power   D. honour 

46. A. pattern   B. dream   C. schedule   D. choice 

47.A. promise   B. chance   C. answer   D. truth 

48.A. help   B. attention   C. decision   D. advice 

49.A. hug   B. shake   C. kiss   D. kick 

50.A. miss   B. hate   C. need   D. scold 

51.A. unknown   B. unexpected   C. unfinished   D. unspoken 

52. A. And   B. But   C. Or   D. Yet

Answer 1

[文章大意]本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。文章的作者是一位從事兒童行為與教育方面的演講家。在女兒的眼中，她總是在忙自己的工作，無暇照看孩子。但實際上她總是在做完家務并送走孩子之后才有時間做自己的工作。不過從女兒的話中，作者也意識到了自己需要多關注孩子的感受。于是她跟女兒約定：當自己專注于工作，而女兒又需要她注意時，女兒就可以過來擁抱她，從而對她進行暗示。 

33. C think認為;refuse拒絕;defend辯解;agree同意。女兒抱怨母親忙于自己的工作，做母親的當然要為自己辯解。選C.

34. A這句話的意思是"至少'我'在為你們工作"。選A。 

35. B根據(jù)空格后的typed out ,可知是用手打字。選B.

36. A句中的意思是"看起來'我'的工作將'我'的手指和鍵盤連在了一起，將'我'的大腦和有價值的想法連在了一起"。connect連接。故選A.

37. B admit承認;realize意識到;believe相信;recognize承認。女兒看到的是自己回來后媽媽正在做什么，而她沒有意識到自己不在家時媽媽正在做什么。選B.

38. D luckily幸運地;gradually逐漸地;instantly立刻，馬上; finally最后，最終。文中的意思是自己得先做家務活，最后才有時間坐在電腦前忙自己的工作。選D.

39. B anxious焦急的;precious寶貴的，珍貴的；busy忙碌的; rare罕見的。因為有很多家務要先忙完，所以對作者來說，那些能進行深度思考的時間是非常寶貴的。選B. 

40. A proud豪的;ashamed羞愧的;afraid害怕的;scared恐懼的。作者為自己能有時間陪孩子們而感到非常自豪。選A.

41. C句中的意思是"女兒Laure的話觸動了'我'的心"。tou?ch觸動。選C.

42. B suitable合適的;available可得到的;acceptable可接受的;reasonable合理的。在女兒的眼中，女兒能找到媽媽，但讓人難以接近。選B. 

43. A作者意識到比起其他的任何一項工作，孩子對她來說更加重要。選A.

44. D根據(jù)文章最后一句中的"…remind me of the real reason …"可知，本處是提醒"我"。選D.

45. C句中的意思是"當她覺得'我'冷漠的時候”我'想讓她告訴'我'"。power權力，機會。選C。 

46. C為了不讓女兒誤解，作者對女兒解釋了自己心中的想法以及選擇在家工作的理由schedule"計劃，打算"，符合文意。選" 

47. A根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容，可知這里是"我"向女兒做的承諾。選A。 

48. B根據(jù)上文可知，女兒總感覺母親在忙自己的工作，不關心自己，因此此處母親在說"如果你需要'我'關注你的話……"。選B. 

49. A根據(jù)下一句中give me a little hug可知，這里的意思是"擁抱"，故選A.

50. C這就是孩子需要媽媽的信號。need需要。選 C。 

51. D unspoken心照不宣的，未說出口的。這里的意思是"多年之后”我們'之間仍然保留著那個心照不宣的暗號"。選D.

52. A從文中可知，前后文是并列關系。選A.