职称英语考试

【单选题】KnittingMy mother knew how to knit (编织), but she never taught me. She assumed, as did many women of her generation, that knitting was no longer a skill worth passing down from mother to daughter.
A、combination of feminism (女权主义) and consumerism (浪费主义) made many women feel that such homely accomplishments were now out of date. My Grandmother still knitted, though, and everyChristmas she made a pair of socks for my brother and me, of red wool. They were the ones we wore under our ice skates (冰鞋) , when it was really important to have warm feet.Knitting is a nervous habit that happens to be productive. It helped me quit smoking by giving my hands something else to do. It is wonderful for depression because no matter what else happens, you are creating something beautiful. Time spent in front of the television or just sitting is no longer time waste
D、I love breathing life into the patterns. It’’s true magic, finding a neglected, dog-eared old book with the perfect snowflake design, buying the same Germantown wool my grandmother used, in the exact blue to match my daughter’’s eyes, taking it on the train with me every day for two months, working enthusiastically to get it done byChristmas, staying up late after the stockings are filled to sew in the sleeves and weave in the ends.Knitting has taught me patience. I know that if I just keep going, even if it takes months, there will be a rewar
D、When I make a mistake, I know that anger will not fix it, that I just have to go back and take out the stitches (针脚) between and start over again.People often ask if I would do it for money, and the answer is always a definite no. In the first place, you could not pay me enough for the hours I put into a sweater.But more important, this is an activity I keep separate from such considerations. I knit to cover my children and other people I love in warmth and color. I knit to give them something earthly that money could never buy.Knitting gives my life an alternative rhythm to the daily deadline.By day I can write about Northern Ireland or the New YorkCity PoliceDepartment and get paid for it, but on the train home, surrounded by people with laptops, I stage my little rebellion. I take out my old knitting bag and join the centuries of women who have knitted for love.The word "quit" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.
A、speed up

B、give up
C．slow down

D、build up

网考网参考答案：B
网考网解析：
即使不知道“quit”这个词的词义，也可以从该句子猜到：如果两只手都有别的事干，还能去抽烟吗 另外，运用排除法也可以找到答案：speed up：加速；slow down：减慢；build up：树立，建立；这些在这里与smoking连用显然不通，只有quit才合适。To quit=to stop，cease，disconfinue or to sive up。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>