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　　In the past, most American mothers were at home to take care of their children during the day. 1 now, many mothers are working. More than half of the American women 2 young children have 3 outside the house.

　　American families settle the child 4 problem in different ways. Some parents let 5 children stay at home alone after school. But they 6 be sure the children are not younger than 10 years old. Other parents say they would 7 let their children be at home alone. They usually pay someone to take care of the 8 . Some parents in the U. S. find their own way to spend less on child care. They join child care groups. It often costs 9 or no money. But many American parents are still trying to 10 good child care at a right price.

1．

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A．So

B．And

C．Or

D．But

2．

[　　]

A．like

B．of

C．with

D．for

3．

[　　]

A．babies

B．work

C．friends

D．money

4．

[　　]

A．health

B．study

C．care

D．play

5．

[　　]

A．older

B．younger

C．taller

D．happier

6．

[　　]

A．can

B．must

C．may

D．need

7．

[　　]

A．rather

B．certainly

C．a(chǎn)lways

D．never

8．

[　　]

A．house

B．home

C．family

D．children

9．

[　　]

A．much

B．little

C．enough

D．lots of

10．

[　　]

A．take

B．find

C．lose

D．give

Answer 1

答案：D;C;B;C;A;B;D;D;B;B
解析：

1．上下文中的兩處短語互為反義，一個是at home，另一個為are working，我們選擇D表達它們之間的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。 　　2．此處是考查介詞的基本含義，意思是“一半以上的有小孩子的美國媽媽們”，所以選擇with，表示“帶有，擁有”的含義。 　　3．該題是與上文But now，many mothers are working．遙相呼應(yīng)的，因此順理成章地選擇have work。 　　4．在最后一個自然段中提及該短語child care，即孩子的照看問題。 　　5．下一句緊接著提到留在家中的孩子的年齡問題，所以我們可以按照常理推測，一般的家庭會將歲數(shù)較大的孩子留在家中，下文也確實證實了這種猜測。 　　6．需要一個情態(tài)動詞“必須”，也就是說，父母必須保證他們的孩子年齡不小于10歲，才可以獨自呆在家中。 　　7．這里需要考慮“副詞”，在完成題目時常會出現(xiàn)猶豫的時候，切勿急躁，要保持良好的心情，繼續(xù)閱讀下旬，答案會輕松得到。下文提到的短語給了我們一次提示They usually pay someone to take care of…，顯然父母為了不讓孩子獨自在家，花錢請人在家照看，也就是說這些父母永遠不會讓孩子一個人獨自在家。 　　8．由第7題能夠獲得答案。 　　9．動詞cost和并列連詞or后的名詞money都提示了該不定代詞的不可數(shù)性質(zhì)，并且否定意思比較強烈，因此選little非常合適。 　　10．需要動詞“找，尋找”。在完成這類動詞題目時，可以將四個動詞依次放入空格中進行對比，這樣能夠比較準(zhǔn)確地獲得答案。