Question

　I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a book shop 　36　me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very 　37　to earn my own pocket money and my parents 　38　interfered with how I spent it, even when I was spending it 　39　. They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the 　40　, I would become more mature and 　41　 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

　　Like many 　42　parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they 　43　a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 　44　. My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great 　45　for me. In the end, my father won the 　46　on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins 　47　through the country who could 　48　shelter and help if I needed them.

　　Three years later, my younger brother decided to 　49　a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 　50　to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n) 　51　year working his way on trains and ships to 　52　passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

　　These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly 　53　. Most parents start 　54　their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have 　55　the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

　　36. A. taught　　　　 B. allowed　　　　C. treated　　　　 D. hired

　　37. A. anxious　　　　B. content　　　　C. proud　　　　　 D. hopeful

　　38. A. never　　　　　B. ever　　　　　 C. always　　　　　D. even

　　39. A. quickly　　　　B. foolishly　　　C. seriously　　　 D. honestly

　　40. A. work　　　　　 B. mistakes　　　 C. others　　　　　D. books

　　41. A. strict　　　　 B. reasonable　　 C. polite　　　　　D. responsible

　　42. A. American　　　 B. Japanese　　　 C. Chinese　　　　 D. British

　　43. A. helped　　　　 B. supported　　　C. shared　　　　　D. worried

　　44. A. Asia 　　　　　B. Africa　　　　 C. Europe　　　　　D. Oceania

　　45. A. journey　　　　B. experience　　 C. chance　　　　　D. possibility

　　46. A. argument 　　　B. game　　　　　 C. discussion　　　D. plan

　　47. A. send out 　　　B. give out　　　 C. carry out　　　 D. spread out

　　48. A. promise　　　　B. afford　　　　 C. provide　　　　 D. serve

　　49. A. leave　　　　　B. make　　　　　 C. take　　　　　　D. prepare

　　50. A. angry　　　　　B. eager　　　　　C. sorry 　　　　　D. sad

　　51. A. unusual　　　　B. hard　　　　　 C. strange　　　　 D. busy

　　52. A. accept　　　　 B. earn　　　　　 C. find　　　　　　D. search

　　53. A. welcome　　　　B. fit　　　　　　C. necessary　　　 D. common

　　54. A. bringing　　　 B. forcing　　　　C. pushing　　　　 D. protecting

　　55. A. selected　　　 B. admired　　　　C. afforded　　　　D. left

Answer 1

36.A.37.A.38.A.39.B.40.B.41.D.42.A.43.D.44.C.45.A.46.A.47.A.48.C.49.C.50.B.51.A.

52.B.53.D.54.C.55.A.

解析:

36. A. taught 教；B. allowed允許；C. treated對待；D. hired雇傭。從下文help her in the

　　　　shop可知選D。

　　37. A. anxious焦急的；B. content滿意的；C. proud自豪的； D. hopeful有希望的。因為自己掙錢

　　　　自己花，當然是值得驕傲與自豪的了。

　　38. 從下文看她的父母很開通，支持孩子獨立自主，給孩子鍛煉機會，所以判斷它們不會干涉孩子如何

　　　　花零花錢的。故選A. never。

　　39. 根據(jù)上下文，可知作者的父母給孩子充分的鍛煉機會，哪怕是犯錯誤。這里只即使他不理智的花

　　　　錢，父母也不會干涉；好讓他在錯誤中吸取教訓，學會合理地消費。故選B. foolishly

　　40. 選B. mistakes。同上。

　　41. 選D. responsible。作者的父母希望孩子經(jīng)歷過錯誤后，變得更成熟，在與人交往和處理事情時更

　　　　有責任心。

　　42. 選A. American。從最后一段第一句話but in the US they are fairly…可知。

　　43. 選D. worried。從第三段第二行Again my mother was very worried可知。

　　44. 選C. Europe。從下文I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home可知。

　　45. A. journey旅行，旅程；B. experience經(jīng)歷；C. chance機會；D. possibility可能性。從文中以

　　　　及最后一段These kinds of experiences可知作者希望通過獨自旅行鍛煉自己，對自己的成長來說

　　　　應該是一次難得的經(jīng)歷。

　　46. 父母對兒子獨自旅行的態(tài)度不一樣，所以應選A. argument爭論；B. game游戲，比賽；C.

　　　　discussion討論；D. plan計劃。

　　47. A. send out發(fā)送; 放出; 派遣；B. give out分發(fā), 發(fā)出(氣味、熱等)；C. carry out完成; 實

　　　　現(xiàn)；選D. spread out這里指母親的親屬分散在法國各地，都可以為他提供幫助。

　　48. 選C. provide同上。 A. promise保證，允諾；B. afford負擔得起；D. serve服務。

　　49. take a year off請一年假。

　　50. 從Again my mother was very worried 可知母親像當年擔心我一樣擔心弟弟，不愿意他離開學

　　　　校，故選B. eager熱切的，渴望的，熱心的。

　　51. 因為弟弟是主動選擇邊打工邊旅行，因而他一定覺得這樣的經(jīng)歷unusual不同尋常，而非hard艱

　　　　苦，strange奇怪或busy繁忙。

　　52. 這里passage指(乘船或飛機的）航程, 旅行, 旅費；earn passage to different ports and

　　　　cities自己掙錢到各處旅行。

　　53. 從These kinds of experiences are probably rare for children in many countries but in

　　　　the US they are fairly …句中but可知前后表達對比的意思,因此選rare的反義詞common常見的.

　　54. A. bringing帶來；B. forcing迫使；C. pushing促使；D. protecting保護。這里指父母推動孩子

　　　　做自己想做的事，而不是強迫，故選D。

　　55. 指孩子們自己選好了大學，故選A. selected。B. admired羨慕，欽佩；C. afforded負擔得起；

　　　　D. left離開。