速测(一) 完形填空+阅读理解C+选词填空+任务型阅读
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Ⅰ. 完形填空
One evening last summer, when I asked my 14-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his reply shocked me. “What’s a colander(漏勺)?” he asked. I could only blame(责备) 1 . In the family, nobody else went into the kitchen except me. But that night, as I 2 to him that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t 3 Ray for.
As parents, while we focus on our children’s confidence and characters, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are 4 raising someone’s future roommates, boyfriends, husbands,or fathers. 5 I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was 6 to find that he didn’t say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.
I knew that he would rather have been playing basketball with his friends than 7 to mend socks with his mother, but in fact he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate what you do 8 a mom,” he told me one day. Ray now realizes there’s 9 masculine(男子气概的)about being helpless.
Now, not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That’s 10 I call a man. I’m glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law.
( )1.A. themselves B.ourselves C.myself D.himself
( )2.A. explained B.continued C.thought D.advised
( )3.A. planned B.prepared C.produced D.punished
( )4.A. even B.also C.still D.either
( )5.A. But B.And C.Because D.So
( )6.A. cheerful B.nervous C.patient D.serious
( )7.A. learning B.checking C.asking D.affording
( )8.A. by B.for C.as D.with
( )9.A. something B.anything C.everything D.nothing
( )10.A. what B.how C.why D.who
Ⅱ. 阅读理解
Many Chinese girls love “small, fresh meat”, which refers to young, effeminate(女人气的) male stars. However, not everyone is a fan of them. On Sept. 6, an article described some male stars as too effeminate.
This came after CCTV was criticized for inviting several young male stars to perform on First Class for the New Semester,an educational TV show for primary and secondary school students. After that, many parents left comments online, saying the stars in the show had a bad influence on their children.
The popularity of effeminate male stars is partly down to the Japanese and South Korean pop culture, an expert told China Daily. However, the “femininity” of males isn’t a recent social phenomenon. In fact, being effeminate was popular among Chinese men centuries ago.
Indeed, the debate about effeminate male stars has been going on for a while. In July, a Hong Kong singer said that he feels tired of seeing effeminate male stars during the singing reality show Sing! China. “It isn’t that they’re not good, but we should discover ourselves,” He said during the show. His opinion was shared by a Chinese director. “Some young actors are feminine and they should be more manly,” he said.
Deng Xiquan, head of the Youth Research Institute at the China Youth and Children Research Center, believes such a phenomenon is completely natural.“It will be replaced by a new youth culture at some stage. If a man has feminine beauty, this doesn’t mean that he lacks responsibility,” Deng told China Daily. Deng’s opinion was echoed by the People’s Daily.“A man’s strength should be judged on the basis of their inner qualities—not their physical appearance,” it wrote.
1.From the third paragraph, we can know that .( )
A. the popularity of effeminacy appeared in Japan first
B.young, effeminate male stars are not popular in South Korea
C.in China, being effeminate was popular hundreds of years ago
D.Chinese experts don’t think effeminate male stars are popular
2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Hong Kong singer? ( )
A. He doesn’t like effeminate male stars.
B.He thinks some young actors are more manly.
C.He doesn’t know anything about Sing! China.
D.He asks women to discover themselves.
