A daughter’s duty? Adult daughters are often expected to caregiver for older parents. In 2007, Jorjan Sarich and her dad moved from California to Idaho. It was where he wanted to live his rest time.
“I left my occupation, I left my friends; he did the same thing,” said Sarich, who bought a house with her father, George Snyder, in the China Gardens neighborhood of Hailey after his health began to decline. Though a graduate student struggling to finish her dissertation(论文), Sarich chose to be her dad’s full-time caregiver.
“It’s only now, several years later, that I’m realizing how much work it was. It’s the kind of exhaustion(疲惫)that sleep doesn’t cure,” she said.
About 6 million Americans provide care to elderly relatives or friends living outside of nursing homes. Laurel Kennedy, author of “The Daughter Trap” (Thomas Dunne Books, $25.95), says that women bear a disproportionate(不成比例的)share of the burden — about 70 percent of hands-on care giving such as bathing.
“I want to be clear: Women don’t hate this,” Kennedy said. “What they hate is that everyone just assumes they’ll do it.”
Kennedy is calling for a social revolution equal to the rise of affordable child care and day care: Employers should help working caregivers by offering accommodations. Men should step up more often. It’s unfair that women are always chosen to provide care for an elderly family member.
Despite the hard work it took on Sarich — interrupted sleep and the knowledge that his 2009 death was the end game, she would do it again. Since about half a century had gone by, she wasn’t the person he remembered, and he wasn’t the person she remembered either. Caring for her father changed how each saw the other.
1. Why did Jorjan Sarich caregiver for her father?
A. It was a very easy job. B. She had no work to do.
C. It was the social practice. D. She lived with her father.
2.What can we infer from the book “The Daughter Trap”?
A. Daughters don’t like care giving.
B. Daughters devote a lot to care giving.
C. Care giving is daughters’ duty.
D. Care giving should be sons’ duty.
3.What does the underlined phrase “a social revolution” refer to?
A. The child care revolution. B. The reform in day care.
C. The social development. D. The change in care giving.
4.How many years did Jorjan Sarich work as her father’s full-time caregiver?
A. Five years. B. Only one year. C. Four years. D. Two years.
5.In her care giving, Jorjan Sarich _____.
A. got along well with her father B. was a little tired of her father
C. changed her father in every way D. felt it was unfair to do so
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A daughter’s duty? Adult daughters are often expected to caregiver for older parents. In 2007, Jorjan Sarich and her dad moved from California to Idaho. It was where he wanted to live his rest time.
“I left my occupation, I left my friends; he did the same thing,” said Sarich, who bought a house with her father, George Snyder, in the China Gardens neighborhood of Hailey after his health began to decline. Though a graduate student struggling to finish her dissertation(论文), Sarich chose to be her dad’s full-time caregiver.
“It’s only now, several years later, that I’m realizing how much work it was. It’s the kind of exhaustion(疲惫)that sleep doesn’t cure,” she said.
About 6 million Americans provide care to elderly relatives or friends living outside of nursing homes. Laurel Kennedy, author of “The Daughter Trap” (Thomas Dunne Books, $25.95), says that women bear a disproportionate(不成比例的)share of the burden — about 70 percent of hands-on care giving such as bathing.
“I want to be clear: Women don’t hate this,” Kennedy said. “What they hate is that everyone just assumes they’ll do it.”
Kennedy is calling for a social revolution equal to the rise of affordable child care and day care: Employers should help working caregivers by offering accommodations. Men should step up more often. It’s unfair that women are always chosen to provide care for an elderly family member.
Despite the hard work it took on Sarich — interrupted sleep and the knowledge that his 2009 death was the end game, she would do it again. Since about half a century had gone by, she wasn’t the person he remembered, and he wasn’t the person she remembered either. Caring for her father changed how each saw the other.
1. Why did Jorjan Sarich caregiver for her father?
A. It was a very easy job. B. She had no work to do.
C. It was the social practice. D. She lived with her father.
2.What can we infer from the book “The Daughter Trap”?
A. Daughters don’t like care giving.
B. Daughters devote a lot to care giving.
C. Care giving is daughters’ duty.
D. Care giving should be sons’ duty.
3.What does the underlined phrase “a social revolution” refer to?
A. The child care revolution. B. The reform in day care.
C. The social development. D. The change in care giving.
4.How many years did Jorjan Sarich work as her father’s full-time caregiver?
A. Five years. B. Only one year. C. Four years. D. Two years.
5.In her care giving, Jorjan Sarich _____.
A. got along well with her father B. was a little tired of her father
C. changed her father in every way D. felt it was unfair to do so
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These days, it seems that almost all of us are too serious.My older daughter often says to me, “Daddy, you’ve got that serious look again.” Even those of us who are committed to non-seriousness are probably too serious.People are frustrated and anxious about almost everything -- being five minutes late, witnessing someone look at us wrong or say the wrong thing, paying bills, waiting in line, overcooking a meal, making an honest mistake -- you name it, and we all lose perspective(理性判断) over it.
The root of being anxious is our unwillingness to accept life as being different, in any way, from our expectation.Very simply, we want things to be a certain way but they’re not a certain way.Life is simply as it is.Perhaps Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances don’t fit our ideas, they become our difficulties.” We spend our lives wanting things, people, and events to be just as we want them to be -- and when they’re not, we fight and we suffer.
The first step in recovering from over-seriousness is to admit that you have a problem.You have to want to change, to become more easygoing.You have to see that your own anxiety is largely of your own creation -- it’s made up of the way you have set up your life and the way you react to it.
The next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration level.Whenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isn’t, you’re upset and you suffer.On the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you’re free.
A good exercise is to try to approach a single day without expectation.Don’t expect people to be friendly.When they’re not, you won’t be surprised or bothered; if they are, you’ll be delighted.Don’t expect your day to be problem-free.Instead, as problems come up, say to yourself, “Ah, another barrier to overcome.” As you approach your day in this manner you’ll notice how elegant life can be.Rather than fighting against life, you’ll be dancing with it.Pretty soon, with practice, you’ll lighten up your entire life.And when you lighten up, life is a lot more fun.
1.Why are people easily frustrated and anxious these days?
A.Because their children are disappointing.
B.Because they have to look serious in public.
C.Because life is becoming a greater burden.
D.Because people have lost sensible judgment.
2.According to Benjamin Franklin, what was the cause of over-seriousness?
A.The fact that people’s perspective, hopes and fears are limited.
B.The fact that people can’t change life itself.
C.The fact that things fail to meet people’s expectations.
D.The fact that circumstances turn out to be difficult.
3.In what pattern is this article developed?
A.Phenomenon, causes and solutions.
B.Problems, explanation and conclusion.
C.Examples, causes and arguments.
D.Phenomenon, analysis and conclusion.
4.What might be the best title for the passage?
A.People seem to be too serious
B.Life is simply as it is
C.Hopes can turn into difficulties
D.A good exercise removes over-seriousness
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These days, it seems that almost all of us are too serious.My older daughter often says to me, “Daddy, you’ve got that serious look again.” Even those of us who are committed to non-seriousness are probably too serious.People are frustrated and anxious about almost everything -- being five minutes late, witnessing someone look at us wrong or say the wrong thing, paying bills, waiting in line, overcooking a meal, making an honest mistake -- you name it, and we all lose perspective(理性判断) over it.
The root of being anxious is our unwillingness to accept life as being different, in any way, from our expectation.Very simply, we want things to be a certain way but they’re not a certain way.Life is simply as it is.Perhaps Benjamin Franklin said it best: “Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances don’t fit our ideas, they become our difficulties.” We spend our lives wanting things, people, and events to be just as we want them to be -- and when they’re not, we fight and we suffer.
The first step in recovering from over-seriousness is to admit that you have a problem.You have to want to change, to become more easygoing.You have to see that your own anxiety is largely of your own creation -- it’s made up of the way you have set up your life and the way you react to it.
The next step is to understand the link between your expectations and your frustration level.Whenever you expect something to be a certain way and it isn’t, you’re upset and you suffer.On the other hand, when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you’re free.
A good exercise is to try to approach a single day without expectation.Don’t expect people to be friendly.When they’re not, you won’t be surprised or bothered; if they are, you’ll be delighted.Don’t expect your day to be problem-free.Instead, as problems come up, say to yourself, “Ah, another barrier to overcome.” As you approach your day in this manner you’ll notice how elegant life can be.Rather than fighting against life, you’ll be dancing with it.Pretty soon, with practice, you’ll lighten up your entire life.And when you lighten up, life is a lot more fun.
1.Why are people easily frustrated and anxious these days?
A.Because their children are disappointing.
B.Because they have to look serious in public.
C.Because life is becoming a greater burden.
D.Because people have lost sensible judgment.
2.According to Benjamin Franklin, what was the cause of over-seriousness?
A.The fact that people’s perspective, hopes and fears are limited.
B.The fact that people can’t change life itself.
C.The fact that things fail to meet people’s expectations.
D.The fact that circumstances turn out to be difficult.
3.In what pattern is this article developed?
A.Phenomenon, causes and solutions.
B.Problems, explanation and conclusion.
C.Examples, causes and arguments.
D.Phenomenon, analysis and conclusion.
4.What might be the best title for the passage?
A.People seem to be too serious
B.Life is simply as it is
C.Hopes can turn into difficulties
D.A good exercise removes over-seriousness
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Kate Anderson became an accidental car thief when she went to pick up her daughter’s car near an Ohio University building last week.Anderson saw the nickelgray Toyota Camry and used her daughter’s key to unlock the car,start the engine and drive home.
When Charlie Vansant left class a short time later,he found only an empty parking spot.He first assumed the car had been towed,but when the police couldn’t find a record of it,they took a theft report.
The morning after Anderson took back the car,her daughter discovered the Camry in the driveway wasn’t hers.She found Vansant’s name on paperwork in the glove compartment and looked up his phone number on the Website for the university.
When she told Vansant the car was in her driveway,“It sounded real fishy at first,like maybe she wanted to hold the thing for ransom,”Vansant said!
He eventually went to the house with a police officer,where he was reunited with his car.According to a police report,the case was closed “because of the mistaken car identity.”Anderson wasn’t charged.
Vansant seemed to blame the car company more than the “thief”.“Her key fit not only my lock,but my ignition as well—so highfive for Toyota,I guess,”he said.
Toyota spokesman Bill Kwong said key technology wasn’t as sophisticated as two decades ago,and there were so many ways to cut a key,making it possible for such a mixup to occur.He said the company now has a microchip embedded(嵌入)in the keys for 90 percent of its vehicles that allows them to start only with the correct key.
1.We can learn from the story that Kate Anderson____。
A.was an experienced but unlucky thief |
B.took Vansant’s car away by chance |
C.fould unlock any car with her special key |
D.was accused of theft and put into prison |
2.When Charlie Vansant received the phone call,he___。
A.ran as fast as he could to the police station |
B.felt someone was playing a joke on him |
C.suspected he would be forced to pay for the car |
D.went directly to Anderson and collected his car |
3.Who should be responsible for the accident?——
A.Toyota Camry. | B.Charlie Vansant. |
C.Toyota Company. | D.The police. |
4.According to the passage,it can be learned that____
A.the daughter is more honest than her mother |
B.many thefts occurred because the same keys were used |
C.Toyota Camry is a kind of car,which is easier to unlock |
D.the car producers should pay more attention to car identity |
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We didn’t expect to see her again so soon: After a tearless farewell with my daughter, we left her new dorm room but then in the campus we saw her jogging against the August heat. I quickly rolled down the car window and Sarina didn’t miss a step as she turned, nodded at us and waved goodbye. I was in disbelief why the tears hadn’t come when we parted on her first day in university.
Our first separation, the day she left my body, was a nightmare of pain and suffering. While all births are amazing, not all women feel amazed about the births. However, our togetherness in the days and months that followed was so sweet that I felt her small body still seemed to be attached to mine. In the years to come, the sound of her feet running across the wooden floors of our house was like the gentle pounding that reminded me my little girl was here and that someday she would run to the paths I couldn’t follow.
Last year Sarina turned 16 and decided to pursue art in college. She was in excitement about college life with so much to expect but I was uneasy because it would be a long plane ride away from home. I tried to imagine what separation would be like, but I couldn’t. Separation, although on the horizon, still felt distant.
That’s why it wasn’t until the next morning when I awoke in a house absent of her footsteps that the tears finally came—and wouldn’t stop. I understood that Sarina had left the house, and I held onto the memory of her running. When the tears stopped, I was relieved that her body knew what it needed on separation day, and that with our love and support, she had the courage to run into an unfamiliar distance, to glance back, yet to keep moving forward.
1.What happened to the author on her daughter’s first day in college?
A.She burst into tears and had a painful farewell.
B.She appeared calm and didn't cry at their departure.
C.She asked her daughter to show them around the campus.
D.She was cross that her daughter went jogging when they departed.
2.What is the purpose of Paragraph 2?
A.To expect her daughter’s bright future.
B.To remind herself other daughter's pounding steps.
C.To recall the suffering during her daughter’s growth.
D.To show the strong attachment between mother and daughter.
3.Which of the following best describes the author when separation was approaching?
A.Excited. B.Worried.
C.Relieved. D.Frustrated.
4.What can be the most suitable title for the passage?
A.A heartbroken separation B.The story of a successful mom
C.How to deal with homesickness D.Moving forward with love and support
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Last Tuesday I took two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain 36 , so I decided I would leave the children in the car 37 I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to 38 anything and told them I would be back within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left 39 happily out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had 40 ! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were 41 locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat were only two coats. Being 42 , I ran to the corner of the street 43 there was no sign of them. I rushed up to an old lady nearby and asked 44 _she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and went to stop trembling (发抖). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh 45 me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (车尾行李箱) and inside were two very red-faced and 46 children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, climbed behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. 47 tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
【小题 1】A.heavy B. hard C. big D. quick
【小题 2】A.before B. since C. after D. while
【小题 3】A.talk B. reach C. hear D. touch
【小题 4】A.them B. her C. herself D. themselves
【小题 5】A.discovered B. disappeared C. described D. delivered
【小题 6】A.even B. again C. already D. still
【小题 7】A.foolish B. proud C. frightened D. pleased
【小题 8】A.where B. which C. that D. when
【小题 9】A.what B. when C. whether D. how
【小题 10】A.behind B. over C. before D. with
【小题 11】A.worried B. excited C. surprised D. interested
【小题 12】A.For B. About C. With D. Down
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A mother and daughter were rescued from the wreckage (残骸) of a car crash thanks to an app. It can ______ people anywhere in the world using just three ______.
Valerie Hawkett, 33, lost ______ of her Ford Fiesta while ______ round a sharp bend in Somerset last October. Ms Hawkett's ______went flying over a bush and landed on its _____ in a field.
Her four-year-old ______ Tegan was in the back and the ______ mother called the police to come to her aid — but she didn't know ______ she was.
Officers were able to find their way to Ms Hawkett in the field--- after ______ her the link to a website called what3words. It is able to find the exact ______ of any location on Earth. It told Ms Hawkett the three-word square she was in —“Weekend foggy earphones” — which _______ policemen to a road near a field on the A36 heading out of Norton St Philip, Somerset.
Ms Hawkett, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, said: “It was absolutely brilliant. It's really, really _______ . I could have been in that field all day ______ the three-word location.”
Ms Hawkett said her car landed on its side, with the only means of ______being through the back passenger-side door. She said:“The only thing ______ me in my seat was my seat belt. But I _________ to get that undone and get me and my daughter out through the back door. I ______ the police after we got out the car.”
Ms Hawkett and Tegan were taken to a ______ nearby to be checked over — but were told they were ______ injured and sent home shortly afterwards.
1.A.trust B.accept C.train D.find
2.A.words B.videos C.pictures D.signals
3.A.sight B.control C.hope D.track
4.A.driving B.walking C.running D.cycling
5.A.phone B.glasses C.vehicle D.freezer
6.A.side B.front C.back D.middle
7.A.son B.niece C.daughter D.nephew
8.A.excited B.panicked C.grateful D.curious
9.A.how B.who C.where D.what
10.A.handing B.texting C.attaching D.applying
11.A.effect B.function C.advantage D.position
12.A.compared B.added C.connected D.directed
13.A.cheap B.good C.safe D.light
14.A.thanks to B.in favor of C.but for D.in relation to
15.A.success B.attempt C.support D.escape
16.A.following B.holding C.pushing D.attracting
17.A.managed B.promised C.pretended D.forgot
18.A.helped B.inspired C.called D.stopped
19.A.hospital B.shelter C.subway D.motorway
20.A.steadily B.rapidly C.obviously D.slightly
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When I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter, I witnessed a car accident. Someone and I ______ to get the elderly lady who ______ the accident out of the car. It was during the summer months and I was one of the few ______ staff on. I stayed with her ______ the ambulance came but I couldn’t travel with her as there was no one else in my department to ______ the class.
My mother-in-law,______ years later, was collecting donations about a 10-minute walk from where the ______ occurred. She left calling cards saying she would be back to houses where no one was in. When she ______ to a house an elderly lady was really ______ of talking to her. She questioned my mother-in-law and asked if she had any ______ called Rose-Marie.
The lady had made a ______ with my surname (姓) she had remembered from all those years ago and my mother-in-law’ surname. The lady ______ the story to my mother-in-law and told her of my _____. She also said she had tried to ______ me down and even put a notice in the petrol station nearby asking anyone who ______ me to get in touch with her! She had also been ______ about me as I was pregnant.
My mother-in-law was ______ to tell her my daughter was healthy and 10 years old. It is a really beautiful kindness to me to _____ remember me after all that time and to even remember my ______. Her kindness touched me more than _____ could possibly touch her.
1.A. expected B. managed C. afforded D. agreed
2.A. cared for B. escaped from C. came across D. dealt with
3.A. teaching B. nursing C. healthy D. lucky
4.A. though B. until C. so that D. in case
5.A. skip off B. attend C. arrange D. take over
6.A. seven B. eight C. ten D. twelve
7.A. bus B. ambulance C. house D. accident
8.A. drove B. returned C. moved D. appealed
9.A. proud B. careful C. sure D. fond
10.A. relatives B. volunteers C. assistants D. colleagues
11.A. mistake B. difference C. connection D. mark
12.A. relayed B. made C. donated D. recommended
13.A. background B. kindness C. experience D. opinion
14.A. turn B. put C. set D. track
15.A. received B. appreciated C. knew D. remembered
16.A. curious B. excited C. particular D. concerned
17.A. likely B. determined C. pleased D. easy
18.A. still B. just C. rather D. also
19.A. story B. name C. experience D. address
20.A. mine B. time C. she D. work
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I am looking forward to the day _________ my daughter can buy me a big house and some luxurious cars.
A. as B. why
C. when D. where
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Many years ago,I drove my seven-six-old daughter to school in our car.This ___day,we passed by many ___people who were begging.She asked why the same people were ___help every day and why no one was ___.
I really didn't have a(n) ___answer to this question.So I decided to ask her how she thought she could help.
My little girl always had ___ideas flowing out of her which I couldn't keep ___.The next day on the morning ___to school,my daughter asked me to stop at each ___where a homeless person stood.I asked why,but was quickly ___to wait and see.
I ___my window and asked the gentleman to ___.My daughter handed him 50 cents ___told him she would see him every morning.This went on for three blocks.I asked her where all of the money came ___and she immediately informed me that her class -mates took up a ___of coins and love for her to pass on to the“ people on the corner”.
Every school day for two more wonderful years we stopped and ___coins or a good morning wish to the “people on the corner”.She could always get everyone to ___ even if just for a quick second.
Times have changed,and many people ___of giving money to homeless people on the corner but everyone deserve to be ___,so my “people on the corner” get a "good morning and a smile" every day.I get the same ___--every day.
1.A. particular B. curious C. anxious D. enthusiastic
2.A. hopeless B. aimless C. homeless D. friendless
3.A. apologizing for B. standing for C. working for D. asking for
4.A. helping B. sparing C. observing D. paying
5.A. difficult B. easy C. possible D. abstract
6.A. such many B. such much C. so many D. so much
7.A. out of B. away from C. in touch D. up with
8.A. breakfast B. trip C. sun D. rain
9.A. house B. corner C. highway D. garage
10.A. identified B. confirmed C. informed D. proved
11.A. rolled down B. put down C. broken down D. cut down
12.A. fall over B. go over C. turn over D. come over
13.A. but B. so C. or D. and
14.A. out B. from C. down D. about
15.A. collection B. fund C. action D. account
16.A. awarded B. rewarded C. afforded D. offered
17.A. laugh B. cry C. smile D. sob
18.A. dislike B. support C. disapprove D. agree
19.A. permitted B. acknowledged C. abandoned D. embarrassed
20.A. in return B. by turns C. in case D. by accident
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