His short （ ） in the living room had been long enough to keep him awake now.

A.dove B.dose C.dole D.doze

After negotiation for some time, all the members of the association promised to（ ）to the strict code of practice.

A.ascribe B.confirm C.adhere D.confide

He received the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ 1983 Crafoord Prize, established to honor fields not（ ）for the Nobel Prize.

A.advisable B.noticeable C.eligible D.favorable

Many writing experts think that intonation is used to（ ） our feelings and attitudes; the same sentence can be said in different ways.

A.convey B.convict C.conform D.conduct

Fifty is the gateway to the most liberating passage in a woman’s life. Children are making test flights out of the nest. Parents are expected to be roaming in their recreational vehicles or sending postcards of themselves riding camels. Free at last! Women can graduate from the precarious balancing act between parenting and pursuit of a career. That has been the message of my books since I wrote New Passages 15 years ago. What I didn’t see coming was the boomerang.With parents living routinely into their 90s, a second round of caregiving has become a predictable crisis for women in midlife. Nearly 50 million Americans are taking care of an adult who used to be independent. Yes, men represent about one third of family caregivers, but their participation is often at a distance and administrative. Women do most of the hands-on care.It starts with the call. It’s a call about a fall. Your mom has had a stroke. Or it’s a call about your dad — he’s run a red light and hit someone, again, but how are you ever going to persuade him to stop driving? Or your husband’s doctor calls with news that your partner is reluctant to tell you： it’s cancer.When that call came to me, I froze. The shock plunges you into a whirlpool of fear, denial, and feverish action. You search out doctors. They don’t agree on the diagnosis. You scavenge the Internet. The side effects make you worry. You call your brother or sister, hoping for help. Old rivalries flare up.We’d like to think that siblings would be natural allies when parents falter. But the facts are quite different. Brothers bury their heads in the sand. The farther away a sister lives, the more certain she will call the primary caregiver and tell her she doesn’t know what she’s doing. A 1996 study by Cornell and Louisiana State universities concluded that siblings are not just inherent rivals, but the greatest source of stress between human beings.There are many rewards in giving back to a loved one. And the short-term stress of mobilizing against the initial crisis jump-starts the body’s positive responses. But this role is not a short race. It usually turns into a marathon, averaging almost five years. But most solitary caregivers will wait until the third or fourth year before sending out the desperate cry，“ I can’t do this anymore! ”1.As a writer, the author has for years focused on women’s liberation from （ ）.2.The word “boomerang” (boldfaced in Paragraph 1) refers to （ ）.3.To many women, the calls as described would most likely be very （ ）.4.Your brother or sister would be angry with your request for helping to （ ）.5.According to the author, siblings tend to （ ）.6.The author stresses that the process of giving back to a loved one is very （ ）.

A.looking after their children B.taking care of their parents C.earning a living for their families D.doing housework all day long
问题2：
A.husbands and wives giving different care to their weak parents B.women in their fifties taking all responsibilities for their families C.the elderly becoming dependent on their middle-aged children D.family caregiving having been shifted onto women’s shoulders
问题3：
A.invigorating B.distressing C.refreshing D.confusing
问题4：
A.stop the quarrel between your parents B.find your husband a better doctor C.deal with your family problems D.take care of your Mom or Dad
问题5：
A.live in different places after they form their own families B.stand on the same side when arguing with their parents C.compete with each other for being the primary caregiver D.shift onto each other the responsibilities for their parents
问题6：
A.hopeless B.rewarding C.demanding D.fruitless

Adolescents are taking longer to become fully productive members of society, Reed Larson, professor of human development, University of Illinois, Champaign, told the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. “What we expect of young people is （1），” he argued. They must go to school for 12 years or longer without any（2） that their education will mean career success or relevance when they become adults. （3） ，they do so without financial rewards, accept an identity （4） by society, and delay starting a family, all of （5） keeps adolescents in a kind of indeterminate state for years.Larson says that “There should be way stations along the climb （6） adulthood that allow young people to rest, gather themselves, and consider（7） ’’ The success of government, business, and private life in the next 50 years （8） it.Education, literacy, and versatile interpersonal skills （9） the list of necessary preparations for adulthood. Young people negotiating the complex worlds of home, work, and school （10） use these skills in order to do so （11） and competently. “The adolescent who is able to（12） in only one world is increasingly （13） for adult life,” he warns.As the time spent on the road to adulthood increases, so （14） the danger that more youths will fall by the wayside. New and increased opportunities and initiatives will keep more youngsters focused,（15） a smarter, more-versatile generation able to cope with the emerging global, high-tech world.

A.aggressive B.original C.rigid D.extraordinary
问题2：
A.qualification B.guarantee C.probability D.recognition
问题3：
A.However B.Subsequently C.Furthermore D.Therefore
问题4：
A.denied B.defined C.questioned D.neglected
问题5：
A.these B.that C.what D.which
问题6：
A.into B.to C.on D.for
问题7：
A.temptations B.occasions C.alternatives D.inclinations
问题8：
A.depends on B.results in C.longs for D.copes with
问题9：
A.top B.cover C.hold D.rate
问题10：
A.could B.must C.ought D.shall
问题11：
A.temporarily B.smoothly C.instantly D.periodically
问题12：
A.operate B.engage C.tackle D.function
问题13：
A.ill-prepared B.ill-mannered C.ill-informed D.ill-advised
问题14：
A.did B.does C.is D.was
问题15：
A.created B.create C.creating D.to create