Question

  My husband and I were cleaning windows together yesterday. We have the doublehung (雙吊鉤) 1       that you can pull forwards and flip (翻轉) ， allowing us to 2        the inside and the outside surfaces.

  My husband was 3        one window―and it popped out of its frame!Well,our 4       is for sale and the last thing we needed was for something to 5       .

  He was so 6        and tried with all his strength to get it 7        together* using a few less than pleasant wordsCI am sorry to say) . After twenty minutes he still could not get it 8       . That's when my 23-year-old 9       told his dad to 10        for a minute and he would try to fix it with me.

  It's amazing how you can see things more clearly and do things more 11        when you are 12       . He and I fixed the window in three minutes!I called my husband in to see!He couldn't 13        it!

  I know this isn't really a gift 14      ,in a way,it was. My son 15        my husband to leave,to cool down,and 16       him from the worry for a mo?ment. And my son fixing it with me was a 17       to me,because I saw him as a man instead of the kid he always seems to be in my 18       .

  Calmness is good. Breathe through 19        times and maybe even take a break from stressful times. Return with a clear mind and things will usually 20        much better！

1. A. doors   B. chairs

  C. tables   D. windows

2. A. destroy   B. smooth   C. clean   D. dry

3. A. washing   B. painting   C. repairing   D. changing

4. A. furniture   B. house   C. home   D. car

5. A. break   B. dirty   C. lose   D. fly

6. A. interested   B. delighted   C. worried   D. excited

7. A. up   B. away   C. out   D. back

8. A. separated   B. delivered   C. fixed   D. added

9. A. son   B. nephew   C. student   D. daughter

10. A. put away   B. walk away   C. give away   D. take away

11. A. fortunately   B. difficulty   C. slowly   D. easily

12. A. calm   B. equal

  C. nervous   D. frightened

13. A. hate   B. doubt   C. believe   D. satisfy

14. A. or   B. so   C. and   D. but

15. A. asked   B. forced

  C. ordered   D. promised

16. A. kept   B. freed

  C. saved   D. protected

17. A. surprise   B. wonder   C. gift   D. hurt

18. A. power   B. hands   C. turn   D. eyes

19. A. easy   B. happy   C. exciting   D. difficult

20. A. break out   B. turn out   C. pull out   D. make out

Answer 1

1. D由文章第一句"My husband and I were cleaning win?dows together yesterday."可知，”我們"有雙吊鉤的"窗戶"，這樣的"窗戶"便于你向前推并翻轉。

2. C昨天"我"和丈夫一起擦窗戶。由此可知是便于"我們" "擦洗"窗戶的里面和外面。

clean意為"把……弄干凈"，符合語境。

3. A由文章第一段可知，夫妻二人正在擦洗窗戶，此處指的應該是"我"丈夫正在"洗"一扇窗戶。

wash意為"沖，洗"，符合語境。

4. B由語境可知應該是"我們"的"房子"要出售。

5. A由前面的"...and it popped out of its frame!"可知，窗戶壞了。故此處應該表示"我們"最不想發生的事情就是東西"壞了"。

break意為"打破，弄壞"，符合語境。

6. C由下文"...using a few less than pleasant words (I am sorry to say) ."可知，丈夫感到不安(worried;) 。

7. D由上文中提到的"…it popped out of its frame!"可知應該是使窗戶恢復原樣。

get ...back意為"恢復"，符合語境。

8. C由下文中的"...and he would try to fix it with me."可知，丈夫盡力把窗戶"安好"。

9. A 由倒數第二段中的"And my son fixing it with me..."

可知答案。

10. B由下文中的"I called my husband in to see!"可知，兒子讓他的父親走開一會兒。

walk away意為"走開"，符合語境。

11. D 由前面的dearly及后面的語境可知應該用easily。

12. A由最后一段中的第一句"Calmness is good."可知當你鎮定的時候，看事情更清晰，做事情更容易。

13. C

14. D由上下文語境可知是轉折關系。

15. A 

16. B兒子幫助父親從焦慮中擺脫出來。

free... from…意為"使……擺脫……"，符合語境。

keep…from...阻止某人... ；protect ...from...保護...免受...；save…from…從...挽救...

17. C 

18. D這里表示"在母親眼中的兒子"，故用in one's eye_S。其他三項均不符合語境。

19. D 根據后半句"…maybe even take a break from stress?ful times."可知此處應選difficult 

20. B帶著清醒的頭腦返回，事情通常會產生更好的結果。turn out意為"結果是"，符合語境。