Question

I still remember the moment I looked at my saving book when I had only two clients all month. I started my speech pathology (言语病理学) practice in 1998 and gradually     the business to 13 employees. But last year, people were not able to        speech therapy (言语治疗) because of the economic crisis. I cut my own            because I didn’t want to let any of my staff go.        my husband, Brian, lost his job.

We had 11       in all and our oldest four were already      and away from home. We’ve always been interested in food sources and     the kids where their      came from. We love fresh vegetables, eggs or meat directly from small farms, which are safe and       . So we wondered what if we started farming.

When a local farmer         we get some laying hens because there was a market for fresh      , our plan came together. It was scary and      . What if no one bought anything?        people did buy the eggs. The local farmer took eggs to        to his customers, and today he purchases about 20 dozen a week from us.

The children        out, which is important        we already have 270 laying hens and 200 chickens.

The speech therapy business is still         , but I put in less than ten hours a week. I know that on the             , there is life, there is physically satisfying work, and our family members      more to each other. Our quality of life is so much better. I spend most of the day with my children, which I was grateful       . And at night, I have the good feelings that come from working with my hands and doing something positive.

1.A. developed  B. divided    C. presented      D. passed

2.A. call for   B. care for C. pay for        D. apply for

3.A. fund      B. salary     C. profit         D. cost

4.A. Unlikely   B. Excitedly  C. Unfortunately  D. Specially

5.A. partners  B. employees C. children      D. maids

6.A. anxious    B. independentC. complicated    D. prepared

7.A. checking B. satisfying C. questioning    D. teaching

8.A. food       B. wealth    C. property      D. money

9.A. processed B. polluted   C. healthy        D. expensive

10.A. suggested B. required  C. learned        D. demanded

11.A. water     B. fruit     C. eggs           D. chicken

12.A. stressful B. safe       C. helpless      D. regretful

13.A. But       B. Thus      C. Otherwise     D. So

14.A. donate  B. devote   C. send           D. sell

15.A. give      B. run        C. help          D. need

16.A. because   B. until      C. before        D. though

17.A. alive     B. busy       C. easy           D. painful

18.A. business B. farm       C. campus         D. hand

19.A. contrast  B. care     C. relate        D. compete

20.A. on        B. at       C. in             D. For

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.A

11.C

12.A

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：

1.A 考查动词辨析。develop“发展”；divide“划分”； present“出现，提出”； pass“通过”。这里指的是发展业务。

2.C . 考查动词短语辨析。 call for“需要”； care for“喜欢，照料”； pay for“为…付钱” apply for“申请”。这里指由于经济危机，人们付不起治疗费用。

3.B 考查名称辨析。fund “基金”；salary“薪水”； profit“利润”； cost“费用”。这里指作者宁愿减少自己薪水，也不愿意辞退员工。

4.C 考查副词辨析。Unlikely “未必的，不太可能的”，Excitedly“兴奋地”，Unfortunately“不巧”，Specially“特别地”。

5.C根据后文最大的四个孩子已经独立可知答案。

6.B 考查形容词辨析。anxious “焦急的”； independent“独立的”； complicated“复杂的”；prepared“准备好的”。根据后文away from home离开家，可知答案。

7.D 考查动词辨析。check“检查”；satisfy“使满足”； question“问”； teach“教导”。这里指教导孩子们食物从哪里来。

8.A 从上文food sources”食物来源”可知答案。

9.C 考查形容词辨析。processed“经过特殊加工的”；polluted“污染的”； healthy“健康的”； expensive“贵的”。根据上文的safe，可知这里指食物是安全和健康的。

10.A 考查动词辨析。suggest“提议”； require“要求”； learn“学习”； demand“要求”。这里指当地一个农夫建议我们养生蛋的母鸡，因为市场需要新鲜的鸡蛋。

11.C 解析见50题。

12.A 考查形容词辨析。stressful“有压力的”；safe“安全的”； helpless“无助的”；regretful“后悔的”。根据句中scary以及下一句话,可知作者怀疑万一没有人来买鸡蛋怎么办？所以感到害怕和有压力。

13.A 上文说作者害怕鸡蛋卖不出去，但是紧跟着说到人们来买鸡蛋了，所以用but来做转折。

14.D 考查动词辨析。donate“捐赠”；devote“奉献” ； send“派遣”；sell“卖”。对应上文的buy,这里指当地农民来买我们的鸡蛋然后卖出去。

15.C 考查动词短语辨析。give out“分发”； run out“耗尽”；help out“帮助”。指孩子们对我们帮助很大，因为家里养有270个生蛋的母鸡和200只小鸡。

16.A 分析见55题。

17.A考查形容词辨析。alive“活着的”；busy “忙碌的”；easy“容易的”；painful“痛苦的”。用alive指我的言语治疗业务还在进行。

18.B 根据第二段最后一句So we wondered what if we started farming.可知用farm.

19.C 考查动词辨析。contrast “相反，反对”； care“关心,照顾”； relate“使…有联系”；compete“竞争”。这里指家里人更多的彼此之间互相关心了。relate to有理解，关心，与。。。。。。协调之意。care不需要和to连用。所以选C。

20.故答案选D。