Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any long-term problems，compared with children whose mothers stayed at home. My personal _______ is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish. Whether we like it or not ，there are a _______ of mothers who just have to work.. There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot _______ see it lost. Then there are many who must work out of pure economic _______. Many mothers are not _______ out to be full-time parents. After a few months at home with a much loved infant ，they feel trapped and isolated.

　　There are a number of options when it _______ to choosing childcare. These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady _______ the street. _______, however ，many parents dont have any choice; they have to accept anything they can get. Be prepared! No _______ how good the childcare may be ，some children are going to protest wildly if they are left. This is a _______ normal stage of child development. Babies separate well in the first six months，but soon after that they start to get a crush on Mum and close family _______ . Make sure that in the first week you allow _______ time to help your child settle in.

　　All children are different. Some are independent ，while others are more _______ to their mothers. Remember that if you want to _______ the best for your children ，its not the quantity of time you spend with them，its the _______ that matters.

　　詞匯:

　　conduct /k nd kt / v. 實(shí)施，實(shí)行 isolate / ais leit/ v. 使隔離，使孤立

　　invest / invest / v. 投資 option / p n / n. 選項(xiàng)，選擇

　　establish / ist bli / v. 建立 nanny / n ni /n. 保姆

　　economic /,i:k n mik/ adj. 經(jīng)濟(jì)上的 protest / pr test / v. 抗議

　　infant / inf nt/ n. 嬰兒，幼兒 crush / kr / n: 迷戀

　　trap / tr p / v. 使陷入困境，使受限制 quantity /kw ntiti/ n. 數(shù)量

　　注釋:

　　1. range from ...to...: 從變動(dòng)到，在范圍內(nèi)變化

　　2. ... babies separate well in the first six months:嬰兒剛出生的前六個(gè)月對與母親分開沒有感覺

　　3. ... to help your child settle in:幫助你的孩子安穩(wěn)下來

　　練習(xí):

　　1. A) view B) idea C) thought D) decision

　　2. A) percentage B) group C) number D) proportion

　　3. A) afford B) decide C) hope D) expect

　　4. A) reason B) duty C) necessity D) task

　　5. A) made B) cut C) brought D) born

　　6. A) refers B) concerns C) turns D) comes

　　7. A) of B) opposite C) across D) next to

　　8. A) In addition B) In fact C) In reality D) In contrast

　　9. A) way B) matter C) surprise D) exception

　　10. A) perfectly B) extremely C) very D) certainly

　　11. A) people B) adults C) members D) grown-ups

　　12. A) little B) no C) lots D) plenty of

　　13. A) used B) attached C) keen D) fond

　　14. A) make B) give C) have D) do

　　15. A) quality B) attitude C) behavior D) manner

　　答案與題解:

　　1. A 此處闡明作者的觀點(diǎn)，只有view 能代表對某方面的見解或觀點(diǎn)，其他選項(xiàng)只是單 純的想想、法或是決定, 不合題意。

　　2. C a number of 是固定搭配，修飾可數(shù)名詞，表示數(shù)量上很多。

　　3. A cant afford to do sth.為慣用語，表示負(fù)擔(dān)不起。

　　4. C 此題四個(gè)選項(xiàng)在語法上都能與前面的 out of 搭配，out of reason 意為無理的,不合理的 ，out of duty 與 out of task 意思是出于責(zé)任，任務(wù)的，out of necessity 有必要，出于....的必要，綜合分析只有C選項(xiàng)填入此空較為合理。

　　5. B 固定搭配 be cut out for/be cut out to do sth. 意為適合于，天生就是做某事的料 ，make out理解，辨認(rèn)出;親熱 ，bring out使顯出;出版;生產(chǎn)，只有 B 選項(xiàng)符合文意。

　　6. D it comes to sth. 為慣用說法，在這里意思是涉及，整句說的是當(dāng)涉及兒童托管時(shí)，有許多方式可供選擇，refer to 意為指而言。

　　7. C across the street 意為街對面，其他選項(xiàng)的詞搭配不當(dāng)，故選 C。

　　8. C 此處討論在現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況下，很多父母根本沒有選擇的余地。在現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況下就是 in reality ，此題容易誤選 B ，in fact 意為事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上，常常表示經(jīng)過推論得出的結(jié)果，放在此處其實(shí)也不算錯(cuò)，但是完形填空不是讓我們選出正確的答案，而是選出最合適的選項(xiàng)，故此題選 C。

　　9. B no matter +疑問詞，表示無論，此句意為不管你選的托管方式有多好，一些孩子被留下時(shí)，都會(huì)激烈抗議。

　　10. A perfectly normal 為慣用說法，意思是完全正常的，其他選項(xiàng)雖說在語法上與邏輯上也不錯(cuò)，但 perfectly 更好些。

　　11. C family members家庭成員，其他選項(xiàng)均不適合，C 為正確答案。

　　12. D 首先從邏輯上排除 A 和 B 選項(xiàng)，一定是留給孩子足夠多的時(shí)間。C 選項(xiàng) lots 后面若能加上介詞 of 則構(gòu)成修飾可數(shù)名字的短語，lots of許多的，原文中被修飾詞 time 是不可數(shù)名詞，只有 D 選項(xiàng) plenty of 可以修飾不可數(shù)名詞，表示大量的。

　　13. B 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中除了 fond 與 of 搭配，意為喜歡之外，其他的選項(xiàng)都可與 to 搭配，be used to sth./doing習(xí)慣于某事，be attached to依附于，依戀于 ，be keen to do sth. 急切， 渴望，此處孩子要依戀于母親，因此 B 選項(xiàng)正確。

　　14. D 此處意為為你的孩子做到最好，一般用 do one s best for ，而不用 make one s best ，若想用 give，則是 give one s best to，因此只有 D 選項(xiàng)符合要求。

　　15. A 上半句的 quantity 已經(jīng)對此題的答案做出了暗示，一定是質(zhì)量 quality 與數(shù)量 quantity 相對。

　　Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any long-term problems，compared with children whose mothers stayed at home. My personal _______ is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish. Whether we like it or not ，there are a _______ of mothers who just have to work.. There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot _______ see it lost. Then there are many who must work out of pure economic _______. Many mothers are not _______ out to be full-time parents. After a few months at home with a much loved infant ，they feel trapped and isolated.

　　There are a number of options when it _______ to choosing childcare. These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady _______ the street. _______, however ，many parents dont have any choice; they have to accept anything they can get. Be prepared! No _______ how good the childcare may be ，some children are going to protest wildly if they are left. This is a _______ normal stage of child development. Babies separate well in the first six months，but soon after that they start to get a crush on Mum and close family _______ . Make sure that in the first week you allow _______ time to help your child settle in.

　　All children are different. Some are independent ，while others are more _______ to their mothers. Remember that if you want to _______ the best for your children ，its not the quantity of time you spend with them，its the _______ that matters.

　　詞匯:

　　conduct /k nd kt / v. 實(shí)施，實(shí)行 isolate / ais leit/ v. 使隔離，使孤立

　　invest / invest / v. 投資 option / p n / n. 選項(xiàng)，選擇

　　establish / ist bli / v. 建立 nanny / n ni /n. 保姆

　　economic /,i:k n mik/ adj. 經(jīng)濟(jì)上的 protest / pr test / v. 抗議

　　infant / inf nt/ n. 嬰兒，幼兒 crush / kr / n: 迷戀

　　trap / tr p / v. 使陷入困境，使受限制 quantity /kw ntiti/ n. 數(shù)量

　　注釋:

　　1. range from ...to...: 從變動(dòng)到，在范圍內(nèi)變化

　　2. ... babies separate well in the first six months:嬰兒剛出生的前六個(gè)月對與母親分開沒有感覺

　　3. ... to help your child settle in:幫助你的孩子安穩(wěn)下來

　　練習(xí):

　　1. A) view B) idea C) thought D) decision

　　2. A) percentage B) group C) number D) proportion

　　3. A) afford B) decide C) hope D) expect

　　4. A) reason B) duty C) necessity D) task

　　5. A) made B) cut C) brought D) born

　　6. A) refers B) concerns C) turns D) comes

　　7. A) of B) opposite C) across D) next to

　　8. A) In addition B) In fact C) In reality D) In contrast

　　9. A) way B) matter C) surprise D) exception

　　10. A) perfectly B) extremely C) very D) certainly

　　11. A) people B) adults C) members D) grown-ups

　　12. A) little B) no C) lots D) plenty of

　　13. A) used B) attached C) keen D) fond

　　14. A) make B) give C) have D) do

　　15. A) quality B) attitude C) behavior D) manner

　　答案與題解:

　　1. A 此處闡明作者的觀點(diǎn)，只有view 能代表對某方面的見解或觀點(diǎn)，其他選項(xiàng)只是單 純的想想、法或是決定, 不合題意。

　　2. C a number of 是固定搭配，修飾可數(shù)名詞，表示數(shù)量上很多。

　　3. A cant afford to do sth.為慣用語，表示負(fù)擔(dān)不起。

　　4. C 此題四個(gè)選項(xiàng)在語法上都能與前面的 out of 搭配，out of reason 意為無理的,不合理的 ，out of duty 與 out of task 意思是出于責(zé)任，任務(wù)的，out of necessity 有必要，出于....的必要，綜合分析只有C選項(xiàng)填入此空較為合理。

　　5. B 固定搭配 be cut out for/be cut out to do sth. 意為適合于，天生就是做某事的料 ，make out理解，辨認(rèn)出;親熱 ，bring out使顯出;出版;生產(chǎn)，只有 B 選項(xiàng)符合文意。

　　6. D it comes to sth. 為慣用說法，在這里意思是涉及，整句說的是當(dāng)涉及兒童托管時(shí)，有許多方式可供選擇，refer to 意為指而言。

　　7. C across the street 意為街對面，其他選項(xiàng)的詞搭配不當(dāng)，故選 C。

　　8. C 此處討論在現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況下，很多父母根本沒有選擇的余地。在現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況下就是 in reality ，此題容易誤選 B ，in fact 意為事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上，常常表示經(jīng)過推論得出的結(jié)果，放在此處其實(shí)也不算錯(cuò)，但是完形填空不是讓我們選出正確的答案，而是選出最合適的選項(xiàng)，故此題選 C。

　　9. B no matter +疑問詞，表示無論，此句意為不管你選的托管方式有多好，一些孩子被留下時(shí)，都會(huì)激烈抗議。

　　10. A perfectly normal 為慣用說法，意思是完全正常的，其他選項(xiàng)雖說在語法上與邏輯上也不錯(cuò)，但 perfectly 更好些。

　　11. C family members家庭成員，其他選項(xiàng)均不適合，C 為正確答案。

　　12. D 首先從邏輯上排除 A 和 B 選項(xiàng)，一定是留給孩子足夠多的時(shí)間。C 選項(xiàng) lots 后面若能加上介詞 of 則構(gòu)成修飾可數(shù)名字的短語，lots of許多的，原文中被修飾詞 time 是不可數(shù)名詞，只有 D 選項(xiàng) plenty of 可以修飾不可數(shù)名詞，表示大量的。

　　13. B 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中除了 fond 與 of 搭配，意為喜歡之外，其他的選項(xiàng)都可與 to 搭配，be used to sth./doing習(xí)慣于某事，be attached to依附于，依戀于 ，be keen to do sth. 急切， 渴望，此處孩子要依戀于母親，因此 B 選項(xiàng)正確。

　　14. D 此處意為為你的孩子做到最好，一般用 do one s best for ，而不用 make one s best ，若想用 give，則是 give one s best to，因此只有 D 選項(xiàng)符合要求。

　　15. A 上半句的 quantity 已經(jīng)對此題的答案做出了暗示，一定是質(zhì)量 quality 與數(shù)量 quantity 相對。