Question

The summer before I went off to college, Mom stood in her usual spot behind the ironing board(烫衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”

Mom clearly explained her______for this lesson. I was going to be______and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good______

“Learn to iron a shirt,” Mom said, “and you can iron anything.” But ironing shirts was not______work. It didn’t make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn’t a______operation like ice-skating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet, Moreover, an iron produced steam and it carried an element of______. If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you______, you might bum down the house.

As for technique, Mom______me to begin with the flat spaces outward, always pushing the iron forward into wrinkled(有褶皱的) parts. Collars had to be done right. Mom said they were close to your face, where everyone would______them.

Over the years, I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of pride. Whatever failures I suffer in my life, an ironed shirt tells me I am good at something.______, through ironing I’ve learned the method for solving even the most troublesome problems. “Deal with wrinkles one at a time,” as Mom might have said, “and before long everything will get ironed out.”

1.A. reasons    B. rules    C. emotions

2.A. helpful    B. confident    C. independent

3.A. conclusion    B. suggestion    C. impression

4.A. useful    B. easy    C. special

5.A. direct    B. single    C. smooth

6.A. doubt    B. pressure    C. danger

7.A. went away    B. fell down    C. jumped off

8.A. taught    B. chose    C. forced

9.A. touch    B. design    C. see

10.A. Instead    B. Besides    C. Otherwise

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】本文讲述了作者的母亲教她学会熨衣服，通过熨衣服，作者不仅增强了自豪感，而且学会了解决难题的方法。

1.A

考查名词及语境的理解。A. reasons 原因；B. rules 规则； C. emotions情绪；句意：妈妈清楚地为这节课解释她的原因。根据the reasons for sth某事的原因，故选A。

2.C

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. helpful 有帮助的； B. confident 自信的；C. independent独立的；句意：我将独立，需要学习这个重要的技术。根据后文的Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good___3___可知我要遇见新人，学会正确的熨衣服方法，这是表示我要独立了，故选C。

3.C

考查名词及语境的理解。A. conclusion 结论；B. suggestion 建议； C. impression印象；句意：正确的熨烫衣服将给我留下了好印象。make a good impression留下一个好印象，故选C。

4.B

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. useful 有用的；B. easy 容易的； C. special特殊的；句意：但是熨衬衫不是容易的工作。根据后文的If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you___7___, you might bum down the house.可知熨衬衫是不容易的，故选B。

5.C

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. direct 直接的；B. single 单一的； C. smooth光滑的，平稳的；句意：它不用我们扔棒球使用的肌肉，它不是一个像滑冰一样的光滑的操作。根据operation like ice-skating.可知像滑冰一样的操作，应是光滑的，故选C。

6.C

考查名词及语境的理解。A. doubt 疑问；B. pressure 压力； C. danger危险；句意：而且，熨斗产生了蒸汽，它携带了危险的因素。根据后文的If you touched the wrong part of it, you’d get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you___7___, you might bum down the house.可知熨斗会带来危险，故选C。

7.A

考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. went away 离开； B. fell down 倒下； C. jumped off跳下来；句意：如果当你离开时忘记了关上熨斗，你可能会烧毁房子。根据you might bum down the house.可知你会烧掉房子，是因为你离开时忘了关掉熨斗，故选A。

8.A

考查动词及语境的理解。A. taught 教授；B. chose 选择；C. forced被迫；句意：关于技术，妈妈教我从平坦的地方开始向外熨，总是朝着有褶子的地方推熨斗。根据前文的Mom stood in her usual spot behind the ironing board(烫衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I’m going to teach you to iron.”可知妈妈教我熨衣服，teach sb to do sth教某人做某事，故选A。

9.C

考查动词及语境的理解。A. touch触碰； B. design 设计；C. see看见；句意：妈妈说它们总是离你的脸很近，在那里每个人将会看见它们。根据Mom said they were close to your face,可知它们离你的脸很近，因此很容易看见它们，故选C。

10.B

考查副词及语境的理解。A. Instead 反而； B. Besides 此外；C. Otherwise否则；句意：而且，通过熨衣服，我学会了解决最棘手的问题的方法。根据前文的I’ve learned to iron shirts skillfully, which gives me a sense of pride.可知表示通过熨衣服，除了给我自豪感，还学会解决问题，故用副词besides，故选B。