When Lily came home at 5 pm yesterday, her mother ______dinner in the kitchen.A: was c

A.cooked

B.was cooking

C.cooks

D.has cooked

A.cooked

B.was cooking

C.cooks

D.had cooked

() her mother () she was at home when the thief came in.

A、Neither, or

B、Each, and

C、Neither, nor

A．should have entered

B．must have entered

C．could have entered

D．would have entered

Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1_____ has great importance for many people.

This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house _____2_____ for one？s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3_____portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to _____4_____support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5_____ of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in theUnited States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6_____ is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.

When U.S. soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7_____ they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8_____ a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically inthe suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9_____ a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their _____10_____ way of life.

"Home, sweet home" is a phrase that expresses an essential

attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the

family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home 【M1】 ______

has great importance for many people.

This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream,

dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers

of the American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house 【M2】 ______

for one's family, and started a farm. These small households were 【M3】 ______

portraits of independence: the entire family--mother, father, children,

even grandparents--live in a small house and working together to 【M4】 ______

support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance 【M5】 ______

of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the

United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership 【M6】 ______

is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.

When U.S soldiers came home before World War Ⅱ, for example, 【M7】 ______

they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was 【M8】 ______

a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in

the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied 【M9】 ______

a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their 【M10】 ______

way of life.

【M1】

a chief accountant, and he worked really long hours. People used to say that he was a workaholic. When he came home, he was always tired and this used to make him irritable. He didn't use to be sociable at all. He used to spend a lot of time alone working in the garden. I used to be frightened of him as a child. He used to shout at us all the time. Then, suddenly he became ill, and then the doctors told him he had to give up work. He changed almost overnight. His attitude to lots of things changed. He relaxed and spent time with his grandchildren. When he died, I think he was a really happy, relaxed man.

(1). My grandfather used to ().

A、drink a lot

B、work very hard

C、be the manager

(2). He was () when he came home.

A、 very pleasant

B、excited

C、easy to get angry

(3). When I was a child, I ().

A、 liked him very much

B、I hated him

C、was afraid of him

(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.

A、 stop working

B、change his attitude

C、work less

(5). When he died, he ().

A、 was feeling worried

B、was irritable

C、was a happy man