【正文】 orm intimate relationships C． The caring and tender machine D． Humans and puters C If there’s one thing the British are good at, it’s watching telly. You may think the Americans would beat us at that, but we’ve taken and turned it into an art form. Like most people, our favourite TV subject is ourselves, which has led to a number of shows aiming to be as British as possible. So if you want to learn how to be British, sit down to a few episodes of these distinctly British shows。 A After watching my mother deal with our family of five , I can’t understand why her answer to the question , ― What do you do ? ‖ is always , ―Oh, I’m just a housewife.‖ JUST a housewife? Anyone who spends most of her time in meal preparation and cleanup, keeping the house clean, attending PTA meetings , leading a scout troop , playing taxi driver to us kids when it’s time for school, musical lessons or the dentist , doing volunteer work for her munity is not just a housewife. She’s the real Wonder Woman. Why is it that so many mothers like mine regard themselves as secondclass citizens or something similar? Where has this stereotype e from? Has our society made ―going to work‖ outside the house more important than what a housewife must face each day? I would be curious to see what would happen if a housewife went on strike. Dishes would pile up and food in the house would run out. There would be no clean towels when needed. Walking and bus riding would increase. I doubt if the man of the house would be able to take over. Oh, he would probably start out with the attitude that he can do just as good a job, but how long would that last? Not long, once he had to e home each night after work to more housework . There would be no ing home to a prepared meal。考試時間 l20 分鐘。 淮南 一中 高 三 2018 年 9 月月考 英語試題 本試卷分第一卷 (選擇題 )和第二卷 (非選擇題 )兩部分。共 150 分。 第 I 卷 (共三部分，滿分 115 分 ) 第二部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分 ) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的 A、 B、 C、 D 四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該選項的標(biāo)號涂黑。 The kids would all be screaming for something to eat , clean clothes and more bus fare money . Once he quieted the kids, he’d have to clean the house, go shopping, make sure that kids got a bath, after cleaning out all the dog hairs from the bathtub . Once the kids were down for the night, he might be able to crawl into an unmade bed and try to read the morning newspaper. 21. What does the writer’s mother NOT do according to the first paragraph ? A. Cooking . B. Tidying the house . C. Driving a taxi . D. Some unpaid work . 22. The underlined word ― stereotype ‖ in the second paragraph can be replaced by __________ . A. mother B. citizen C. similarity D. thought 23. In the second paragraph , the writer suggests that __________ . A. mothers are actually great women B. our society looks down upon housewives C. housewives should go on a strike[來源 :Zx x k .Co m] D. doing housework is not important at all 24. The possible main idea of the third paragraph is __________ . A. men should share housework with their wives B. attitude is not the only thing needed to do a job well C. kids are the most challenging part of the housework D. men are unlikely to handle the work of a housewife B The ideal panion machine—the puter—would not only look， feel， and sound friendly but would also behave in a pleasant manner． Its informal conversational style makes interaction fortable， and yet the machine would remain slightly unpredictable and therefore very interesting． In its first encounter it might be somewhat hesitant， but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more relaxed and intimate style． The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions， information， and opinions； it would sometimes take the initiative in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality of its own． Friendships are not made in a day, and the puter would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another． At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy． The whole process would be acplished in a subtle way to avoid giving an impression of overfamiliarity that would be likely to produce irritation． After experiencing a wealth of powerful， welltimed friendship indicators， the user would be very likely to accept the puter as far more than a machine and might well e to regard it as a friend． An artificial relationship of this type would provide many of the benefits that people obtain from interpersonal relationships． The puter would participate in interesting conversation that could continue