考研《英语一》玉溪市华宁县2023年考前冲刺试题含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》玉溪市华宁县2023年考前冲刺试题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) Many people think that babysitting is one of the 1 jobs for young people. They imagine a teenager putting a few well-behaved children to bed and then continuing to watch television until the parents return home to hand over some money. Well, I can tell you how 2 that thought is. I now work all 3 on Wednesdays for a Ukrainian family with three young boys. In the early morning, I go there to 4 the older two while their mother does her jobs or takes care of her six-month-old baby. However, I am also there to 5 their English by teaching them songs and games in my native language. Now, four months later, I get home at the end of the day 6 exhausted！Babysitting is not a job for the 7 or the weak. I expected 8 children who would behave well and listen to me all the time. 9 ,I don’t think those kind of children exist at all. While my two boys are usually polite and calm, they are 10 children and also like to fight, scream and lose their temper for no real 11 . I often have no idea why they cry together. Being a babysitter requires you to play a hundred different 12 throughout the day. I have to be a friend when I play with the boys, but their 13 when I tell them to do something. When they hurt themselves, I have to be their 14 , and when they fight over 15 things like sharing their crayons(彩笔)，I have to be a negotiator(调停者)。 When lunchtime rolls around, I am a(n) 16 to prepare the meal and then a maid as I clean up after lunch. Finally, in English, if someone is very 17 , we say they have the “Patience of God”. I think I embody(体现) this 18 sometimes! Despite the 19 involved in my job, I usually do enjoy it. Working with children is so tiring that I always feel 20 after leaving them with their parents