【正文】 Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into a even higher pay league. According to a study, she earns ￡457 a week—at nearly ￡24,000 a year, the same as teachers, engineers, and chemists.Researchers put a price on each chore, then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found housewives spend an average hours a week on housework—with looking after the children ( hours) and cooking and cleaning ( hours each) the most time－consuming(費時)．A wife with a part－time job still works an average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full－time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours drop sharply as children get older. While the average mother with a child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours from one to four and to 66 hours from five to ten.Mother－of－four Karen Williams from London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of time and most husbands don’t understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen—that’s the real test.”67．Who earns most according to the text?A. A social worker. B. A fireman.C. A gardener. D. A teacher.68．We lean from the text that looking after children ______.A. takes more time than doing any other houseworkB. means more duties than being a teacherC. requires the mother to be well－educatedD. prevents the mother from working outside69．According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work ______.A. 66 hours a week B. 71 hours a weekC. 80 hours a week D. 90 hours a week70．By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that ______.A. housework is no easy jobB. her husband has no time to clean the kitchenC. a housewife needs to be paid for cleaningD. the kitchen is hard to clean[答案]家庭主婦的工作似乎很平常，可是，如果將她們的勞動按照市場報酬計算，那將是一筆非?？捎^的收入。盡管如此，有些男子卻不理解她們的辛苦，難怪有的女士怨聲載道。67．D?？疾榧毠?jié)理解。前兩段中提到的收入逐漸增加，最后才提到教師、工程師和藥劑師，由此可知這三類人的收入最高，所以選擇D項。68．A?？疾榧毠?jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段研究人員所提供的數(shù)據(jù)可知照看孩子比其他任何家務活動占據(jù)的時間都多。B、C兩項在文章中沒有信息支持；下文提到有的母親可以兼職，甚至全職，由此可排除D項。69．D?？疾榧毠?jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句的“...with a child under one puts in 90 hours weekly...”可判斷D項正確。70．A?？疾橥评砼袛?。她是在訴說家務的繁重和丈夫的不理解，由此可推斷A項正確。B、D兩項在文章中沒有信息支持；C項與最后一段她所說的開頭部分不符。Ⅴ.完成句子(共10小題；，滿分15分)閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子。71．I ______(拒絕了他) when he invited me to dinner.(turn)72．______(事實上), he began to realize that he was wrong.(matter)73．As a student, you ______(應該遵守規(guī)章制度)．(obey)74．______(說實話)this is a bad plan.(tell)75．______(為了區(qū)分這些蜜蜂), Fish painted small circles on the bees.(tell)76．______(我和他) was invited to the party.(well)77．The exam is ing。 you should ______(利用每分鐘)．(make)78．He dreams of ______(成為一名職業(yè)足球手)．79．We, ______(包括瑪麗) all went to the park.80．The bookshop promised ______(給我們5000本書)．(offer)[答案]71．turned him down72．As a matter of fact.73．should obey the rules74．To tell you the truth75．In order to tell the bees apart76．I as well as he77．make use of every minute78．being a professional football player.79．including Mary80．to offer 5,000 books for us./to offer us 5,000 booksⅥ.短文寫作(共1題；滿分25分)(2008遼寧)假設你是李華，準備參加學校舉辦的主題為“健康成長”的英語作文比賽。請按要求寫一篇短文，主要內(nèi)容包括：1．樂觀的人生態(tài)度；2．努力學習；3．參加體育鍛煉。生詞：態(tài)度 attitude注意：；2．可以適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[參考答案]We all want to grow up happily and healthily, and for this goal we must do several things.Firstly, we should develop a good attitude to life. Life consists of not only sunshine but also hard times. We should be brave in front of difficulties. Secondly, we must study hard because knowledge is power. If we have the power, we can help to build our country and enjoy life better. In order to study well, we need to do sports so that we can keep fit. We can go running, play ball games or simply take a walk after a day’s study. If we do those things well, we will be able to grow up happily and healthily