It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work up and down the stairs of her three-storey home, cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just . A pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had happened. I felt sorry for her, but I also felt a sense of .

I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their wooden floor, that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It was than that, for I felt I had become a part of their .

Freda stayed at home with the kids, I would often see her in the morning them to school. And I’d be there when they home at lunch for sandwiches and piano practice. I had them grow up. Now I was fired, but the thing was that I still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.

I left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the of my relationship with my clients(主顧). Who am I them? As a matter of fact, I’m an employee—the lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted of the family. I can’t help worrying about what happens around me.

1.A. stepping B. coming C. jumping D. moving

2.A. hanging B. making C. wearing D. changing

3.A. cleaned B. washed C. swept D. brushed

4.A. duty B. money C. work D. pay

5.A. already B. seldom C. never D. yet

6.A. regret B. surprise C. fear D. loss

7.A. started B. developed C. improved D. broken

8.A. why B. what C. that D. which

9.A. but B. and C. or D. for

10.A. less B. least C. more D. most

11.A. life B. story C. activity D. experience

12.A. as B. so C. since D. however

13.A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling

14.A. left B. returned C. went D. marched

15.A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized

16.A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange

17.A. meaning B. nature C. result D. importance

18.A. for B. to C. with D. at

19.A. hardly B. certainly C. probably D. merely

20.A. member B. person C. relative D. companion

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.C

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.B

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.B

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一個和雇主建立了深厚的感情的保潔員，當(dāng)要離開雇主家時，她有很多不舍和感慨。

1.考查動詞和語境理解。A. stepping邁步 B. coming 來臨C. jumping跳躍 D. moving移動。根據(jù)原文，“我”每天會擦地板，洗碗等，得知“我”在三層樓的房子里上下走動。而其他三項不符合本句語意，所以D.正確

2.考查動詞和語境理解。 A. hanging 懸掛B. making制作 C. wearing 穿著D. changing改變。根據(jù)空后賓語jeans and a sweater.牛仔褲和毛衣，當(dāng)然是雇主穿著，所以C正確。

3.考查動詞和語境理解。A. cleaned打掃 B. washed清洗 C. swept橫掃 D. brushed刷。根據(jù)空后賓語a pile of papers spread around her.散放在她周圍的一堆文件，得知雇主在我剛打掃的桌子旁坐著。A正確。

4.考查名詞和語境理解。. A. duty 值班B. money金錢 C. work 工作D. pay工資。根據(jù)空后was going to be reduced by thirty percent她丈夫的工資將被減少百分之三十，所以D正確。

5.】考查副詞和語境理解。 A. already 已經(jīng)B. seldom 很少C. never從未 D. yet然而；尚未。他們盡力生活得好像收入減少已經(jīng)發(fā)生一樣。根據(jù)前句was going to be reduced by thirty percent，將被減少而實際上還沒有減，所以是好像已經(jīng)發(fā)生，所以A正確。

6.考查名詞和語境理解。. A. regret 遺憾；后悔B. surprise 驚訝C. fear 恐懼D. loss損失。我為他們感到遺憾，但也有一種失落感。根據(jù)上文Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more他告訴我講不再需要我，即我要離開他家，所以是失落感。所以D.正確。

7.考查動詞和語境理解。. A. started 開始 B. developed 培養(yǎng)；發(fā)展 C. improved 提高D. broken打破。句意：我在他家做保潔做了五年而且和他們?nèi)胰私⒘藳]想到的融洽的關(guān)系。根據(jù)賓語relationship，所以B正確。

8.考查關(guān)系詞和語境理解。 A. why為什么 B. what 引導(dǎo)名詞性從句；什么C. that 關(guān)系詞D. which引導(dǎo)定語從句；哪一個。句意：不僅僅是我做保潔做得好，而且我已經(jīng)學(xué)會了怎樣在女孩的床上擺好玩具，根據(jù)句意本句不少詞義不少成分，所以C正確。

9.考查連詞和語境理解。. A. but 但是B. and并且 C. or 或者；否則D. for因為；為了。句意：不僅僅是我做保潔做得好，而且我已經(jīng)學(xué)會怎樣在女孩的床上擺好玩具，根據(jù)前面not just 不僅確定固定短語not only/just…but (also)…,所以A.正確。

10.考查形容詞和語境理解。.A. less 更少 B. least最少 C. more 更多 D. most最多。根據(jù)后句for I felt I had become a part of their ，得知本句句意：這超出了清潔工和雇主之間的關(guān)系，因為我感到我已經(jīng)成了他們生活中的一部分，more than + 句子，超出；不僅僅…，所以C 正確。

11.考查名詞和語境理解。. A. life 生活B. story故事 C. activity活動 D. experience經(jīng)歷。小題11:B 考查名詞和語境理解。句意：這超出了清潔工和雇主之間的關(guān)系，因為我感到我已經(jīng)成了他們生活中的一部分，所以. A.正確。

12.考查連詞和語境理解。. A. as隨著；因為；按照；盡管 B. so 因此C. since 自從；因為D. however然而。根據(jù)前句Freda stayed at home with the kids，她呆在家里和孩子們在一起，后句I would often see her in the morning我總是在早晨看見她，前后句之間是因果關(guān)系，所以B正確。

13.考查動詞和語境理解。. A. taking 帶走B. bringing帶來 C. meeting見面 D. calling打電話。在早晨我總是看見她帶孩子們?nèi)W(xué)校。take sb to + 地點名詞,帶某人去某地，所以A正確。

14.考查動詞和語境理解。 A. left 離開；落下B. returned 返回C. went 走開 D. marched行進。當(dāng)她們回來的時候我總是在家等著她們。根據(jù)賓語home和前句送孩子去上學(xué)，當(dāng)然是回到家，所以B正確。

15.考查動詞和語境理解。. A. found 發(fā)現(xiàn) B. noticed注意到 C. watched觀看 D. realized意識到。我看著她們長大。根據(jù)前文I had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years，，所以C正確。

16.考查形容詞和語境理解。. A. possible 可能的B. great 偉大的 C. proper 合適的D. strange奇怪的�，F(xiàn)在我被解雇了，但奇怪的是我仍然不想離開她家。根據(jù)空前空后之間的關(guān)系，所以D正確。

17.考查名詞和語境理解。. A. meaning意思 B. nature自然 C. result結(jié)果 D. importance重要。我離開了她家，就不再是自然的雇主和雇工之間的關(guān)系，所以B正確。

18.考查詞和語境理解。. A. for為了B. to 到達；對于C. with 和 D. at在某地。對她們來說，我是誰呢？所以B.正確。

19.考查副詞和語境理解。. A. hardly幾乎不 B. certainly當(dāng)然 C. probably 也許D. merely不僅僅。實際上，我不僅僅是一名底層的雇工。但是我也是. . . .，所以D.正確。

20.考查名詞和語境理解。. A. member 成員B. person個人 C. relative親戚 D. companion伙伴。根據(jù)后句for I felt I had become a part of their ，得知本句：這超出了清潔工和雇主之間的關(guān)系，因為我感到我已經(jīng)成了他們生活中的一部分，我也是她們?nèi)倚湃蔚囊环肿�，所以A正確。

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