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【題目】The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood in her usual spot behind the ironing board(燙衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”

Mom clearly explained her______for this lesson. I was going to be______and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good______

“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.” But ironing shirts was not______work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a______operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of______. If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you______, you might bum down the house.

As for technique, Mom______me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled(有褶皺的) parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would______them.

Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of pride. Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.______, through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “Deal with wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”

【1】A. reasons B. rules C. emotions

【2】A. helpful B. confident C. independent

【3】A. conclusion B. suggestion C. impression

【4】A. useful B. easy C. special

【5】A. direct B. single C. smooth

【6】A. doubt B. pressure C. danger

【7】A. went away B. fell down C. jumped off

【8】A. taught B. chose C. forced

【9】A. touch B. design C. see

【10】A. Instead B. Besides C. Otherwise

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】B

【解析】本文講述了作者的母親教她學(xué)會熨衣服，通過熨衣服，作者不僅增強了自豪感，而且學(xué)會了解決難題的方法。

【1】A

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. reasons 原因；B. rules 規(guī)則； C. emotions情緒；句意：媽媽清楚地為這節(jié)課解釋她的原因。根據(jù)the reasons for sth某事的原因，故選A。

【2】C

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. helpful 有幫助的； B. confident 自信的；C. independent獨立的；句意：我將獨立，需要學(xué)習(xí)這個重要的技術(shù)。根據(jù)后文的Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good___3___可知我要遇見新人，學(xué)會正確的熨衣服方法，這是表示我要獨立了，故選C。

【3】C

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. conclusion 結(jié)論；B. suggestion 建議； C. impression印象；句意：正確的熨燙衣服將給我留下了好印象。make a good impression留下一個好印象，故選C。

【4】B

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. useful 有用的；B. easy 容易的； C. special特殊的；句意：但是熨襯衫不是容易的工作。根據(jù)后文的If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you___7___, you might bum down the house.可知熨襯衫是不容易的，故選B。

【5】C

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. direct 直接的；B. single 單一的； C. smooth光滑的，平穩(wěn)的；句意：它不用我們?nèi)影羟蚴褂玫募∪�，它不是一個像滑冰一樣的光滑的操作。根據(jù)operation like ice-skating.可知像滑冰一樣的操作，應(yīng)是光滑的，故選C。

【6】C

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. doubt 疑問；B. pressure 壓力； C. danger危險；句意：而且，熨斗產(chǎn)生了蒸汽，它攜帶了危險的因素。根據(jù)后文的If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you___7___, you might bum down the house.可知熨斗會帶來危險，故選C。

【7】A

考查動詞短語及語境的理解。A. went away 離開； B. fell down 倒下； C. jumped off跳下來；句意：如果當(dāng)你離開時忘記了關(guān)上熨斗，你可能會燒毀房子。根據(jù)you might bum down the house.可知你會燒掉房子，是因為你離開時忘了關(guān)掉熨斗，故選A。

【8】A

考查動詞及語境的理解。A. taught 教授；B. chose 選擇；C. forced被迫；句意：關(guān)于技術(shù)，媽媽教我從平坦的地方開始向外熨，總是朝著有褶子的地方推熨斗。根據(jù)前文的Mom stood in her usual spot behind the ironing board(燙衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”可知媽媽教我熨衣服，teach sb to do sth教某人做某事，故選A。

【9】C

考查動詞及語境的理解。A. touch觸碰； B. design 設(shè)計；C. see看見；句意：媽媽說它們總是離你的臉很近，在那里每個人將會看見它們。根據(jù)Mom said they were close to your face,可知它們離你的臉很近，因此很容易看見它們，故選C。

【10】B

考查副詞及語境的理解。A. Instead 反而； B. Besides 此外；C. Otherwise否則；句意：而且，通過熨衣服，我學(xué)會了解決最棘手的問題的方法。根據(jù)前文的I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of pride.可知表示通過熨衣服，除了給我自豪感，還學(xué)會解決問題，故用副詞besides，故選B。