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 |
