六、先通讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出一個(gè)可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳答案。
The summer before I went off to college, Mum made me stand in her usual place behind the ironing (熨燙) board and said, “Eric, I'm going to 1 you how to iron.”
Mum explained her 2 clearly for this lesson. I was going to be on my own and needed to 3 this important skill. I would also meet new people, and properly ironed clothes would make them see me as a 4 person.
“Learn to iron a 5 first,” Mum said, “and then you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not 6 work. It
didn't need a lot of energy that we used to throw a baseball. And it wasn't a smooth (流暢的) action like ice - skating. Ironing was like 7 on a street that had a stop sign every ten feet. At the same time, an iron produced steam (水蒸氣) and it might be 8. If you touched the wrong part of it, you might get burned. If you forgot to turn it off when you 9, you might burn down the house.
As for the secret of the skill, Mum taught me to 10 with the smooth parts outside (有褶皺的) parts. Collars (領(lǐng)子) had to be done right. Mum said collars were close to my face, so everyone would easily 11 them.
After that, I learned how to iron shirts and it gave me a 12 of happiness. 13 I felt down in my life, an ironed shirt told me I was good at something. At the same time, 14 ironing I learned the way of solving difficult problems. “Smooth wrinkles one at a time,” Mum said, “and before long 15 will be ironed out.”
( ) 1. A. keep
B. teach
C. make
D. introduce
( ) 2. A. rules
B. ways
C. plans
D. reasons
( ) 3. A. learn
B. find
C. praise
D. pick
( ) 4. A. honest
B. tidy
C. kind
D. lazy
( ) 5. A. skirt
B. tie
C. shirt
D. dress
( ) 6. A. useful
B. easy
C. special
D. hard
( ) 7. A. arriving
B. meeting
C. driving
D. lying
( ) 8. A. great
B. safe
C. surprised
D. dangerous
( ) 9. A. went away
B. put off
C. gave away
D. took off
( ) 10. A. bring
B. choose
C. begin
D. send
( ) 11. A. touch
B. smell
C. see
D. hear
( ) 12. A. feeling
B. change
C. key
D. step
( ) 13. A. Although
B. So
C. When
D. Because
( ) 14. A. of
B. through
C. across
D. at
( ) 15. A. someone
B. everyone
C. nothing
D. everything
答案：1. **第1題**
- 媽媽說要“教”（teach）作者如何熨燙，“teach sb. how to do sth.”是“教某人如何做某事”的固定搭配，所以選B。
2. **第2題**
- 媽媽清楚地解釋了這堂課的“原因”（reasons），因?yàn)樽髡咭?dú)立生活，需要學(xué)習(xí)這項(xiàng)技能，所以選D。
3. **第3題**
- 作者需要“學(xué)習(xí)”（learn）這項(xiàng)重要的技能，所以選A。
4. **第4題**
- 熨燙好的衣服會(huì)讓別人覺得作者是“整潔的”（tidy）人，所以選B。
5. **第5題**
- 后文提到“ironing shirts”，所以媽媽讓先學(xué)熨“襯衫”（shirt），選C。
6. **第6題**
- 后文說不需要很多力氣，所以熨襯衫不是“難的”（hard）工作，選D。
7. **第7題**
- 熨燙就像在每十英尺有一個(gè)停車標(biāo)志的街道上“開車”（driving），所以選C。
8. **第8題**
- 熨斗產(chǎn)生水蒸氣，可能是“危險(xiǎn)的”（dangerous），所以選D。
9. **第9題**
- 當(dāng)你“離開”（went away）時(shí)忘記關(guān)掉熨斗，可能會(huì)燒毀房子，所以選A。
10. **第10題**
- 媽媽教作者從光滑的部分“開始”（begin）處理有褶皺的部分，所以選C。
11. **第11題**
- 領(lǐng)子靠近臉，每個(gè)人都能很容易“看到”（see），所以選C。
12. **第12題**
- 學(xué)會(huì)熨襯衫給了作者一種幸福的“感覺”（feeling），所以選A。
13. **第13題**
- 當(dāng)（When）作者在生活中情緒低落時(shí)，熨好的襯衫會(huì)告訴他擅長某事，所以選C。
14. **第14題**
- 通過（through）熨燙，作者學(xué)會(huì)了解決難題的方法，所以選B。
15. **第15題**
- 不久之后“一切”（everything）都會(huì)被解決，所以選D。
答案依次為：1. B；2. D；3. A；4. B；5. C；6. D；7. C；8. D；9. A；10. C；11. C；12. A；13. C；14. B；15. D。
