“It was a11 his own idea，”says Pat Peters，the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto，California high school football coach Bob Peters，39．Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract”-a document(文件)stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couplets four children，plus all household chores(杂务)．Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed，he was quite confident．(He thought the experience would make a nice book．)

      After 40 of the 70 days，he was ready to give up．”I was beaten down，completely humbled” admits Peters．Three weeks later he spoke to the local press(also part of the bargain)，stating，”Not only is motherhood a difficult task，not only is it never—ending，it is an impossible job for any normal human being．”

      Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts、After they got married i11 1 960，she worked as a secretary to help put him through university．Since then Bob has been the football and  wrestling coach at Palo Alto’s Cubberley high while Pat raised the kids.

     Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley．”I had been around children so much，”she sighs(叹气)．”I couldn’t talk to a grown—up．”She continued to run the household，however—until Bob signed the contract．Where upon she decided to relax and enjoy it .Although Peters had consulted with his school’s home economics teachers and‘he head of the cafeteria(食堂)，his meals were sometimes a disaster．”I tried to slip the butter. I’d forgotten under the eggs after they were flying，”he says．For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot——sometimes having Macdonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner．

    As for housekeeping．a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made．”I found an easier way-I shut the doors，”he says．Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week．”I made them wear their shirts inside out，and when we went to Dick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean.”

    Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong，he is routinely(日常地)sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat．The tentative(暂定的)title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day．．．．

1．File couple signed the contract because       ．

  A．Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

  B．Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest

  C．They agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks

  D．Bob thought it easy to take care of tile family and wanted the experience for a book

2．It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract．he would have to      ．

  A．pay a certain amount of money

  B．do all tile housework for years

  C．say sorry to his wife

  D． admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

3．What call we 1earn about Pat Peters?

  A．She was hard—working and selfless．

  B．She was pretty and kind—hearted．

  C．She was tired of tile child．raising and household tasks．

  D．She did not love Bob any longer．

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A．Bob managed to keep the kids’ clothes clean．

  B．Bob tried to cook good meals for his children．

  C．Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work．

  D．Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day．

5．Which of the following can best end tile story?

  A. “My experience of being a mother．”

  B．”I’ll proud of you all，my dear!”

  C．”Wait till your mother gets home!”

  D．”Motherhood：an impossible job for anyone。”

听力

Ⅰ．听下面五段对话，从A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话读一遍。

1．Where are the two speakers？

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A．At a hospital

B．In the classroom．

C．In an office

2．What time is it now？

[　　]

3．What don the man suggest to the woman？

[　　]

A．To buy a new car．

B．To save her money for a long time

C．To get a second-hand car

4．What is John doing？

[　　]

A．He is waiting for the phone to ring

B．He is traveling by bus

C．He is driving a car

5．When will Dick arrive？

[　　]

A．During the weekend

B．Tomorrow

C．Within two days

Ⅱ．听下面两段对话或独白，从 A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第六段对话，回答第6至7题。

6．How did Billy feel about his test？

[　　]

A．It was hard

B．It was easy

C．It Was too long

7．What can we learn from the conversation？

[　　]

A．Billy likes snowboarding very much

B．Billy will go to the church with George

C．Billy is so careless that he often hurts himself

听第七段对话，回答第8至10题。

8．What did the woman decide to buy？

[　　]

9．Why did the old woman give up her driver's licence？

[　　]

A．Her eyesight was bad

B．She was old

C．She was too old to give it up

10．What's the price of old woman's car？

[　　]

A．Too high

B．Too low

C．It isn't mentioned in the dialogue

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

A、The Travel Pavilion. Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different way of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing…

B、The Future Tower. This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allow us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some times in our spaces station and climb into our simulator for the Journey to Mars.

C、The Nature Park. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers：see lions , giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys. And then there is still the Aviary to see.

D、The Pyramid. This is the centre of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps？For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping centre. Come here for information and ideas too.

E、 The Ancient Village. In the village you will find people live in a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses.

F、 The Underwater World. Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kind of sharks. You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true. If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it.

请阅读以下个人信息，然后匹配他/她的最佳选项：

   Michael： I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come.

   Harry： After visiting the Adventureland I want to buy my friends and parents some souvenirs.

   Maria： I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days. I think people used to live more happily than us.

   Dick： I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life.

   Alice： I read a lot about the whales but I haven’t seen them for myself. I hope this dream can come true.

            Adventureland

Michael            A. The Travel Pavilion

Harry               B. The Future Tower

Maria              C. The Nature Park

Dick                D. The Pyramid

Alice                E. The Ancient Village

                              F. The Underwater World