Cloze At least since the Industrial Revolution, gender roles have been in a state of transition. As a result, cultural scripts about marriage have undergone change. One of the more obvious 1 has occurred in the roles that women 2 . Women have moved into the world of work and have become adept at meeting expectations in that arena, 3 maintaining their family roles of nurturing and creating a(n) 4 that is a haven for all family members. 5 many women experience strain from trying to "do it all," they often enjoy the increased 6 that can result from playing multiple roles. As women's roles have changed, changing expectations about men's roles have become more 7 . Many men are relinquishing their major responsibility 8 the family provider. Probably the most significant change in men's roles, however, is in the emotional 9 of family life. Men are increasingly 10 to meet the emotional needs of their families, 11 their wives. In fact, expectations about the emotional domain of marriage have become more significant for marriage in general. Research on 12 marriage has changed over recent decades points to the increasing importance of the emotional side of the relationships and the importance of sharing in the "emotion work" 13 to nourish marriages and other family relationships. Men and women want to experience marriages that are interdependent, 14 both partners nurture each other, attend and respond to each other, and encourage and promote each other. We are thus seeing marriages in which men's and women's roles are becoming increasingly more 15 .
For the people who have never traveled across the Atlantic the voyage is a fantasy. But for the people who cross it frequently one crossing of the Atlantic is very much like another, and they do not make the voyage for the 16 of its interest. Most of us are quite happy when we feel 17 to go to bed and pleased when the journey 18 . On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed 19 earlier than usual. When I 20 my cabin, I was surprised 21 that I was to have a companion during my trip, which made me feel a little unhappy. I had expected 22 but there was a suitcase 23 mine in the opposite corner. I wondered who he could be and what he would be like. Soon afterwards he came in. He was the sort of man you might meet 24 , except that he was wearing 25 good clothes that I made up my mind that we would not 26 whoever he was and did not say 27 . As I had expected, he did not talk to me either but went to bed immediately. I suppose I slept for several hours because when I woke up it was already the middle of the night. I felt cold but covered 28 as well as I could and tried to go back to sleep. Then I realized that a 29 was coming from the window opposite. I thought perhaps I had forgotten 30 the door, so I got up 31 the door but found it already locked from the inside. The cold air was coming from the window opposite. I crossed the room and 32 the moon shone through it on to the other bed. 33 there. It took me a minute or two to 34 the door myself. I realized that my companion 35 through the window into the sea.
16.
A.reason
B.motive
C.cause
D.sake
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题考查的是固定搭配,for the sake of意为“为了,由于”,符合题意。A项reason意为“理由,原因,动机,理智,前提”;B项motive意为“动机,目的;原因”;C项cause意为“导致某事发生的人或事,动机,理由,根据,目标,理想,事业”,都与题意不符,因此D项为正确答案。
[解析] 本题的四个选项中,be over意为“结束”,如:The hardest part of the task is over and the rest is downhill.(任务最困难的部分已经过去,剩下的部分将不难完成。)achieve实现,finish是动词,跟在journey后应加词尾-es,in the end意为“最后”,因此C项为正确答案。
[解析] arrived后可跟介词,arrive in/at some place表示到达某地。如:At what time did you arrive at the station?(你是几点钟到火车站的?)没有arrive to这一搭配;reach作“到达”解时,为及物动词,后面无须加介词。
21.
A.for seeing
B.that I saw
C.at seeing
D.to see
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题考查的是固定搭配。I was surprised to see意为“看到……使我很惊讶”。be surprised at something意为“因某事物而吃惊”。因此D项为正确答案。
22.
A.being lonely
B.to be lonely
C.being alone
D.to be alone
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题中,expect to do something意为“预计/原先以为会做某事”,固定结构。lonely强调寂寞的感觉,alone只表示一人独处,并不强调寂寞感。
23.
A.like
B.as
C.similar than
D.the same that
A B C D
A
[解析] similar to,the same as和like的意思、用法相似。like和as都表示“像……一样”,不同之处在于like后面跟词,而as引导从句。
24.
A.in each place
B.for all parts
C.somewhere
D.anywhere
A B C D
D
[解析] 四个选项中,D项anywhere意为“任何地方,随处”,强调任何,符合题意。如:You can go anywhere you like.(你可以去你喜欢的任何地方。)A项in each place意为“在每个地方,强调每个”,C项somewhere意为“某个地方”,B项for all parts语意不明。