Question

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work － 36   up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dished. She was  37  jeans and a sweater. Sitting at the table I had just   38  a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s 39    was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had 40   happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of   41  .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had   42   an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just   43   I had become an expert at scraping（刮掉）dirt stuck to their wooden floor.   44   that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was   45   than that, for I felt I had become a part of their    46  .

Freda stayed at home with the kids,   47  I would often see her in the morning 48

them to school. And I’d be there when they   49   home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had   50   them grow up. Now I was fired, but the   51  thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.   

I left Freda’s  52   relationship with my clients（主顾）. Who am I  53  them? As a matter of fact. I’m   54   an employee － the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted  55   of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1.A. moving                B. coming                    C. jumping                   D. stepping

2.A. hanging               B. making                    C. changing                 D. wearing

3.A. washed             B. cleaned                            C. swept                      D. brushed

4.A. duty            B. pay                                    C. work                        D. money

5.A. never                   B. seldom                    C. already          D. yet

6.A. loss                 B. surprise                   C. fear                          D. regret

7.A. started                B. improved                         C. developed              D. broken

8.A. why                 B. what                                  C. that                          D. which

9.A. but                       B. and                                   C. or                    D. for

10.A. less           B. more                                C. least                         D. most

11.A. story                  B. life                                    C. activity           D. experience

12.A. so                       B. as                             C. since                        D. however

13.A. taking                B. bringing                           C. meeting                  D. calling

14.A. left           B. marched                          C. went                        D. returned

15.A. found                B. noticed                   C. watched                  D. realized

16.A. possible            B. great                                 C. proper                    D. strange

17.A. meaning           B. result                               C. nature                     D. importance

18.A. for            B. to                                      C. with                         D. at

19.A. merely              B. certainly                          C. probably                 D. hardly

20.A. member  B. person                             C. relative          D. companion

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述的是一个和雇主建立了深厚的感情的保洁员当要离开雇主家时的不舍和感慨。

1.A 考查区分动词词义和语境理解。破折号后的内容是对前面的解释。根据常识，“我”（每天）会擦地板，洗碗等，可推测“我”在三层楼的房子里上下走动。而stepping (迈步)，coming (来)，jumping (跳)，不符合本句语意，所以A正确

2.D考查区分动词词义和语境理解。根据空后宾语jeans and a sweater.牛仔裤和毛衣，当然是穿着，所以D正确。

3.B 考查区分动词词义和语境理解。. A. washed 洗  B. cleaned使）清洁; 变干净; 除去…的灰尘; 使…干净;       C. swept    擦     D. brushed 刷，根据空后宾语a pile of papers spread around her.散放在她周围的一堆文件，所以得出C正确。

4.B 考查区分动词。根据空后was going to be reduced by thirty percent将被减少百分之三十，A. duty责任B. pay     工资C. work     工作D. money钱，所以B正确。

5.C考查区分副词，根据句意：他们尽力生活得好像已经发生一样。根据前句was going to be reduced by thirty percent，将被减少而实际上还没有减，所以是好像已经发生，所以C正确。

6. A 考查名词和语境理解。我为他们感到遗憾，但也有一种失落感。A.loss失落B. surprise惊讶C. fear   害怕D. regret遗憾，根据上文Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more他告诉我讲不再需要我，即我要离开他家，所以是失落感

7.C考查动词。句意：我在他家做保洁做了六年而且和他们全家人建立了没想到的关系。A. started开始B. improved改善C. developed培养，发展D. broken打破，根据宾语relationship，所以C正确。

8.C考查连词。句意：不仅仅是我做保洁做得好，而且我已经学回来怎样在女孩的床上摆好玩具，A. why为什么B. what什么C. that无词义D. which哪一个，根据句意本句不少词义不少成分，所以C正确。

9.C 考查固定短语。句意：不仅仅是我做保洁做得好，而且我已经学回来怎样在女孩的床上摆好玩具，根据前面not just 不仅确定固定短语not only/just…but (also)…,所以C正确。

10.B考查比较等级和语境理解。根据后句for I felt I had become a part of their      ，判定本句句意：这超出了清洁工和雇主之间的关系，因为我感到我已经成了他们生活中的一部分，more than + 句子，超出。。。，所以B 正确。

11.B 考查名词和语境理解。句意：这超出了清洁工和雇主之间的关系，因为我感到我已经成了他们生活中的一部分，所以B正确。

12.A 考查连词。根据前句Freda stayed at home with the kids，他呆在家里和孩子们在一起，后句I would often see her in the morning我总是在早晨看见她，之间是因果关系，所以A正确。

13.A 考查动词和语境理解。句意：在早晨我总是看见她带孩子们去学校。Take sb to + 地点名词,带某人去某地，bring…to …把。。。带到。。。来，meet 遇到call喊 ，所以A正确。

14.D 考查动词。句意：当她们回来的时候我总是在家等着她们。A. left 离开B. marched前进C. went      去D. returned回，根据宾语和前句送孩子去上学，当然是回到家，所以D正确。

15.C 考查动词。句意：我看着她们长大。A. found发现B. noticed 注意C. watched 看着D. realized 意识到，根据前文I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years，，所以C正确。

16.D考查区分形容词。句意：我被解雇了，但奇怪的是我仍然不想离开她家。A. possible 可能B. great好的C. proper合适的D. strange 奇怪的，根据空前空后之间的关系，所以D正确。

17.C 考查区分名词。句意：我离开了她家，就不再是自然的雇主和雇工之间的关系A. meaning 意义       B. result结果C. nature     自然D. importance重要，所以C正确。

18.B 考查介词。句意：对她们来说，我是谁呢？根据句意，所以B正确。

19.A 考查副词。句意：实际上，我不仅仅是雇工。A. merely不仅B. certainly    当然C. probably可能D. hardly几乎不，根据后句But I’m also a trusted       of the family.，但是我也是。。。，所以A正确。

20.A 考查名词。句意：我也是她们全家信任的一分子。A. member成员     B.person人C. relative亲戚D. companion 伙伴，所以A正确。

考点：考查社会生活类短文。