2014年职称英语综合类B级练习题:补全短文

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　　The Value of Motherhood

　　In shopping malls,the assistants try to push you into buying "a gift to thank her for her unselfish love". When you log onto website,a small pop-up invites you to book a bouquet for her. Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread around for this special Sunday in May.

　　46__________The popularity of Mother's Day around the world suggests that Jarvis got all she wanted.In fact, she got more enough to make her horrified.

　　47__________They buy, among other things, 132 million cards. Mother's Day is the No. 1 holiday for flower purchases. Then there are the various commodities, ranging from jewelry and clothes to cosmeties and washing powder, that take advantage of the promotion opportunities. Because of this, Jarvis spent the last 40 years of her life trying to stop Mother's Day. One protest against the comer cialization Mother's Day even got her arrested-for disturbing the peace, interestingly.

　　48__________As Ralph Fevre, a reporter at the UK newspaper The Guardian, observe, traditionally "motherhood is something that we do because we think it's right. " But in the logic of commercialism, people need something in exchange for their time and energy. A career serves this purpose better.

　　49__________So they work hard and play hard. Becoming a mother, however, inevitably handicaps career anticipation.

　　50__________According to The Guardian,there are twice as many child-free young women as there were a generation ago. Or,they put off the responsibility of parenting until later in their lives.

　　So,Fevre writes that the meaning of celebrating Mother's Day needs to be updated."It is to persuade people that parenting is a good idea and to honor people for their attempt to be good people. "

　　A. Commercial warmth and gratitude are the atmosphere being spread as early as 1905, by Anna Jarvis, as a way of recognizing the real value of motherhood.

　　B. But what's more,commercialism changes young people's attitude towards motherhood.

　　C. Obviously, the best girl will be a phone call or a visit.

　　D. According to a research by the US card company Hallmark, 96 percent of American consumers celebrate the holiday.

　　E. As a result,motherhood has suffered a huge drop in status since the 1950s.

　　F. In addition, women are being encouraged to pursue any career they desire.

　　参考答案：

　　46.A【解析】句意：早在1905年，Anna Jarvis通过商业传播的温暖和感激气氛，以此让人们意识到母爱的真正价值。

　　第一段主要讲了充满商业气氛的母亲节;第二段最后一句说In fact，she got more―enough to make her horrified.(事实上，她得到的很多，多得使她感到可怕。)这句中的she应该指前面一句中提到的人名，在所有的选项中只有A项既和第一段末尾的内容衔接紧密，而且句中也出现了Anna Jarvis这个人名，因此正确答案为A项。

　　47.D【解析】句意：根据美国一家贺卡公司Halmark的一项调查，美国96%的消费者是过母亲节的。

　　由第三段第二句中的card(贺卡)一词，可知前面的一句应该出现过这个词从而引出具体的数据132 million cards，由此可以找到选项D中有card这个词。而且第二句中的they就是指D项中的96 percent of American consumers，因此正确答案为D项。

　　48.B【解析】句意：句意：但更重要的是，商业主义改变了年轻人对母性的态度。

　　第三段主要讲了母亲节中的商业化，以及人们抗议它;第四段主要讲了用商业主义的逻辑考虑，人们对母性发生了改变。因此B项最符合文意，同时它也是第四段的主题句。

　　49.F【解析】句意：此外，人们越来越鼓励妇女追求任何她们想做的职业。

　　由第五段第二句中的they可以推测指的是妇女;第四段末尾说到“职业可是更好的达到这一目的”，所以F项最它衔接的最紧密。因此正确答案为F项。

　　50.E【解析】句意：因此，自20世纪50年代以来母性地位有了很大的下降。

　　第六段主要讲了现在没有孩子的年轻妇女是上一代的两倍，他们把养育子女的责任推迟到晚年。这说明母性的地位没有以前重要了。选项E正是对这一点的高度概括，因此E项为正确答案。