2.Margaret gets angry with people who work in the office because ________.
A.they never clean their offices
B.they look down upon cleaners
C.they never do their work carefully
D.they always make a mess in their offices
D 解析:推理判断题。根据第五段的"I do get angry with people who leave their offices like a place for raising pigs."可知,Margaret对在办公室里工作的人们很生气是因为他们把办公室里弄得很乱,不容易打扫。
3.When at work, Margaret feels ________.
A.lighthearted because of her fellow workers
B.happy because the building is fully lit
C.tired because of the heavy workload
D.bored because time passes slowly
A 解析:推理判断题。根据第六段的"Since I've got to be here, I try to enjoy myself-and I usually do, together with the other girls.We all have a good laugh, so the time never drags."可知,同事们给了她快乐。
4.The underlined part in the last paragraph implies that Margaret's parents would ________.
A.help care for her children
B.regret what they had said
C.show sympathy for her
D.feel disappointed with her
D 解析:推理判断题。根据最后一段的前两句话可知,人们对清洁工这个工作有偏见,Margaret担心父母会对她感到失望。
(2018·湖北武汉高二上学期期中)Will life in the future be better,worse or the same as now? Futurologists(未来学家)predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.
First of all,it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050.A computer will send the program directly to the television.On TV screen appear holograms,which are pictures with certain height,width and depth.We will be able to see,smell and touch the things that we see on television.
Water has become one of our most serious problems.Agriculture is changing and people are growing more fruit and vegetables to export.Demand for water will increase ten times in 2050.Some futurologists predict that water will be the cause of war if we don't act now.
In transport,cars will run on new fuels and go very fast.A car will have computers to control