Ⅳ.短文填空。从下面方框中选择适当的选项填入短文中,使短文通顺、完整。其
中有两个选项是多余的。
A.problems B.alone C.swimming D.family E.help F.one
G.fact H.swept I.chores J.vacation K.easier L.outside
Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother's Camp.There,husbands and
children are not allowed.Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her 1 ?
Some women say they need time to be 2 ,
At Mother's Camp a woman has one room for herself.She can sleep,read or watch
TV,and no 3 bothers her.No children will ask,“ Mom,what's for dinner?" No
husband will say,“ Oh,dear,I can't find any clean socks.” In 4 ,almost 50% of
women in the United States work 5 the home.Many of them work full-time and then
come home to a second job--taking care of their homes and families.These women say one
of their biggest 6 is housework.
In the United States,working wives do about 75% of the housework.Many of their
husbands say they want to 7 .But then they burn the rice or they can't find the pans.
They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is 8 to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework.For two days,
they relax away from home.They enjoy warm,sunny weather,walking, 9 or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire(营火).They have a really
wonderful 10 at Mother's Camp !
1.______2.______3.______4.______5.______
6.______7.______8.______9.______ 10.______

1.D 2.B 3.F 4.G 5.L 6.A 7.E 8.K 9.C 10.J