Mikio Tanaka is a devoted father----and prove it by taking three months off to care for his baby boy. That makes Tanaka __36__ of a revolutionary in Japan, where men are __37__ known for working long hours and __38__ in the bars with clients than mixing baby milk and changing diapers (尿布).
“It was __39__, but it was also a lot of fun,” Tanaka said, sitting __40__ the living room floor with his 4-month-old son, Daiki, __41__ on his back. “ I saw the first time he __42__. It was a great experience.”
Tanaka, 31, is one of a __43__ number of fathers in Japan who are taking a bigger __44__ inside the home. Men are a __45__ sight with kids at parks and zoos at weekends, though often __46__ yawning. Books and magazines __47__ fathers on how to play with and care for their kids. For Japan’s __48__ housewives, the changing is too late. In Tanaka’s case, his wife, Ayako, 28, was __49__ to take a full year of leave , for she was a school teacher.
__50__ for Tanaka, a department chief at his company had taken the __51__ leave a few years before, so his plan to __52__ three months unpaid leave was not a total shock to his __53__. Ayako took three months off for Daiki, then it was Tanaka’s __54__ when she went back to work. Daiki started day care full-time at __55__ month. Tanaka said at that time he was able to work again.
小题1:
A．anything
B．something
C．everything
D．nothing小题2:
A．well
B．poorly
C．specially
D．badly小题3:
A．working
B．dancing
C．drinking
D．cooking小题4:
A．easy
B．interesting
C．exciting
D．tough小题5:
A．beside
B．against
C．on
D．above小题6:
A．hanged
B．hung
C．joked
D．sang小题7:
A．fell asleep
B．stood up
C．dressed up
D．jumped up小题8:
A．growing
B．falling
C．adding
D．fixing小题9:
A．step
B．action
C．hold
D．role小题10:
A．interesting
B．different
C．common
D．short小题11:
A．seen
B．said
C．observed
D．blamed小题12:
A．drive
B．send
C．comfort
D．treat小题13:
A．self-confident
B．overworked
C．poorly-dressed
D．well-fed小题14:
A．unfair
B．unwilling
C．unfit
D．undecided小题15:
A．Hardly
B．Sadly
C．Unluckily
D．Fortunately小题16:
A．immediate
B．short
C．sick
D．same小题17:
A．teacher
B．boss
C．wife
D．child小题18:
A．take
B．give
C．make
D．offer小题19:
A．duty
B．fault
C．turn
D．decision小题20:
A．third
B．fifth
C．sixth
D．tenth
