A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was filled with anger. “Do you know what you and I are?” she demanded. Before I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. Asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation, Emily hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “Do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a mother.” “We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
I forgot all about her story until one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman. “And what is your occupation?” she asked. What made me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.” The clerk paused, her ball-point pen frozen in mid air, and looked up as though she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly, emphasizing the most significant words.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your field?”
Coolly, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have four credits (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most jobs and the rewards are in satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up and personally showed me out. As I drove into our driveway, I was greeted by my lab assistants—ages 13, 7, and 3. And upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program. I felt successful!
Motherhood...what a glorious career, especially when there is a title on the door.
1.The purpose of Emily’s story is to_______________.
A.prove that being a housewife is shameful
B.show how angry Emily was with the author
C.tell readers that Emily had no work in reality
D.introduce the topic of “motherhood” as a job
2.On hearing the title of the author’s occupation, the clerk felt ______.
A.bored and disappointed B.surprised and curious
C.satisfied and respectful D.interested and thrilled
3.What do you know about the author’s family?
A.Her daughters are all involved in a child-development program.
B.Her family is supported by her work as a Research Associate.
C.She has four daughters and the youngest is six months old.
D.There are at most five members in her family.
4.The manner of speaking in which the author writes the text is ______.
A.indifferent B.cautious
C.objective D.humorous
Upcoming Events of New York Chinese Cultural Center
Ancient Chinese Arts Today: Fan Dance
Sunday, October17, 2:00pm—3:00 pm, $15 per child
New-York Historical Society Museum & Library
Learn Chinese fan dancing with an instructor from NYCCC! This program is a part of Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion, an exhibition which examines the history of trade and immigration between China and the United States.
Dragon Boat Festival
Monday, October 18, 2:00pm —2:30pm
Fresh Meadows Park
Come and celebrate with us in the thousand-year-old tradition of Dragon Boat racing! Be part of the audience and the excitement of this celebration. FREE ADMISSION! Click here for more information. Dragon Boat Festival will be held in Fresh Meadows Park.
Dance to China
Sunday, October 24, 2 pm
Spruce Street School Auditorium, 12 Spruce St, New York, NY 10038
Join us in celebrating 43 years of preserving and continuing Chinese traditional dance. Students from NYCCC School of the Arts will be performing traditional Chinese dance, martial arts, and Beijing opera acrobatics. Cost is $15 for adults, $12 for teenagers and senior citizens, $10 for children under 12.
NYCCC School of the Arts Open House
Saturday, October 30, from 1:00pm —3:00 pm, $12 per child
PS 124, Yung Wing School, 40 Division Street, New York, NY 10002
Join us and see Chinese dance, kung fu, and acrobatic performances performed by our current students. Come and see our students’ beautiful artwork on display and make some artwork yourselves during our hour of arts and crafts and face painting from 1-2 pm. The show will be from 2-3pm.
1.Where can you learn about China-US trade and immigration history?
A.In Fresh Meadows Park.
B.In PS 124, Yung Wing School.
C.In Spruce Street School Auditorium.
D.In New-York Historical Society Museum & Library.
2.How much should a family of 4 (aged 75, 38, 36, 5) pay to participate in Dance to China?
A.$48. B.$ 52.
C.$55 D.$ 57.
3.What does NYCCC aim at?
A.Training dancing instructors.
B.Producing beautiful artwork.
C.Promoting Chinese folk arts.
D.Examining trade and immigration.
李华感到英语非常难，于是在某网站发了如何学好英语的帖子。假如你是编辑史密斯，请给李华一个满意的答复。答复内容必须包含以下要点：
1．首先，英语是世界上重要的语言之一，你有必要学好它。然后，你应该多花一点时间学习英语，经常用英语同他人交流是一个好办法；其次，你不但可以观看英文电影和阅读英语书籍，而且还可以唱英语歌曲。最后，请英语老师帮忙。
2.如果你对英语感兴趣，你会发现它对你非常有益。
注意：书写要规范、工整；不少于100词。
Dear Li Hua,
I heard you have some difficulty in learning English. Here are some of my tips.
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I hope you will make great progress in the future.
Yours,
Mr. Smith
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Tracy is a foreign student in our school. There is a pity that she is going to leave, which make us all very sad. She is a kind-hearted girl, but always offers to help us our English. I remembered when I am preparing for a speaking contest two month ago, Tracy spent her spare time teach me for almost three days. I won the first prize in the contest. When I said thanks to her, and she gave me a big smile. I hope that he can come to China again. I wish her a colorfully and interesting life.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式每空最多填3个单词。
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred 1.(language) in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four 2. five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 3.these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. 4.you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more. All these words 5. you learn are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6.(big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books 7.(write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet 8.new word, look it 9.in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most 10.(use) book .
Bill White's father is a lawyer. In his _______ time, he likes to get out in the country and take some _______ of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his _______. But his father didn't take Bill along with him _______ he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which _______ to his uncle in the afternoon. They _______ the night there, so that they could _______ out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm _______ the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn't remember _______ he was. He turned over ________ and looked at the clock. It was 5 o'clock. Then he ________ that he was at the ________ and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got ________ quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the ________. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It ________ good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn't talk ________, because they didn't want to ________ up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle ________ hot coffee and took some sandwiches ________ Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera ________ and started out.
1.A.busy B.spare C.enough D.limited
2.A.foods B.drawings C.paintings D.pictures
3.A.trips B.buses C.animals D.mountains
4.A.after B.when C.until D.unless
5.A.led B.stick C.got D.belonged
6.A.cost B.spent C.slept D.took
7.A.start B.begin C.walk D.step
8.A.telephone B.machine C.computer D.clock
9.A.where B.how C.who D.what
10.A.quickly B.sleepily C.quietly D.suddenly
11.A.imagined B.pronounced C.forgot D.remembered
12.A.mountain B.town C.farm D.station
13.A.dressed B.ordered C.eaten D.prepared
14.A.bathroom B.kitchen C.study D.bedroom
15.A.seemed B.felt C.tasted D.smelled
16.A.many B.soundly C.much D.highly
17.A.wake B.go C.put D.come
18.A.of B.with C.in D.by
19.A.that B.what C.after D.before
20.A.cover B.supply C.operator D.equipment
