Stacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was ___1___ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to ___2___ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other ___3___ of the club. The girls met at five o’clock on Fridays and waited for the ___4___ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the ___5___ that they couldn’t stay out late and were under 13.
___6___, the girls’ world was invaded(侵犯) by a second group ___7___ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were ___8___ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they ___10___ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had ___11___ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They ___12___ to get only a few jobs.
To try a new ___13___ Kristy recruited(招收) a few older kids who told the club they didn’t want to ___14___ their money with the other group. The club ___15___ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didn’t ___16___ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were ___17___ with the club.
Finally, the girls realized that the ___18___ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house ___19___ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to ___20___, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.
1. A. active     B. thoughtful       C. easy                         D. hard
2. A. take care of    B. run into                  C. go through              D. take advantage of
3. A. children  B. members                  C. circles D. players
4. A. alarm     B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor
5. A. fact B. degree C. question     D. demand
6. A. Therefore      B. Suddenly    C. Regularly                D. Unwillingly
7. A. attracting             B. finding       C. calling       D. matching
8. A. younger               B. cleverer      C. taller   D. older
9. A. compete B. fight   C. do      D. meet
10. A. heard    B. knew  C. promised    D. shot
11. A. damaged      B. caught C. expected     D. forced
12. A. hoped   B. liked   C. refused       D. seemed
13. A. chance  B. possibility  C. power D. policy
14. A. share    B. give    C. provide      D. mark
15. A. put down     B. paid off      C. found out   D. come through
16. A. check up      B. end up       C. look up      D. show up
17. A. satisfied       B. unhappy     C. curious       D. helpful
18. A. kids      B. adults  C. systems      D. situations
19. A. that      B. when  C. where D. how
20. A. blow    B. complain    C. appreciate   D. spread
 1-5DABCA 6-10BCDAB 11-15CDDAC 16-20DBACB
 
the Babysitters Club在事情做得比較順利的情況下,出現(xiàn)了一些干擾,最終她們向小孩的父母透露了真相。
1. D。剛剛搬到一個新的地方,人生地不熟,同時從but she finally had three可知“雖然難但最終交了三位朋友”。
2. A。從后文來看the Babysitters Club是幫助人照看孩子的。
3. B。在這個團(tuán)體中,除了她們?nèi)齻還有其他成員。
4. C。幫他人照看孩子,從星期五下午五點鐘就等著電話預(yù)約。
5. A。他們不到13歲,比較小,不能在外面太晚,這是一種事實。
6. B。另外一個照看孩子的組織侵犯了女孩們的世界是突然間的事情。
7. C。他們自稱為the Babysitters Agency.
8. D。由句子The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to ___9___ with the older group. 可知,這個組織年齡比她們大。
9. A。都是為照看孩子,所以產(chǎn)生了競爭。
10. B。it would be difficult to compete是女孩們已經(jīng)料到的事情。
11. C。雖然料到了情況不樂觀,但是事態(tài)的發(fā)展比預(yù)料的還要壞。
12. D。由句子most of their best customers started to call the new group. 可知“他們好像的工作不多”。
13. D。為挽救這種局面,女孩們還是嘗試新的方法。
14. A。這些大點的孩子是白干活不要錢。share“與……分享”。
15. C。很快女孩們就發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個問題,這些大點的孩子是來當(dāng)間諜的。
16. D。他們對于分配的任務(wù)不去完成。
17. B。不認(rèn)真履行應(yīng)完成的任務(wù),結(jié)果是父母不滿意。
18. A。通讀全文,可知照看孩子的都是一些小孩。
19. C。where引到定語從句,在句子中充當(dāng)?shù)攸c狀語。
20. B。服務(wù)質(zhì)量存在問題,當(dāng)然會引來“抱怨”。
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