O1完形填空Ⅰ
O1[2014·湖南卷]
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The summer before I went off to college, Mum stood me in her usual spot behind the ironing board(烫衣板) and said, “Pay attention: I'm going to teach you to iron.”
Mum clearly explained her __36__ for this lesson. I was going to be __37__ and needed to learn this vital skill. Also, I would be meeting new people, and properly ironed clothes would help me make a good __38__.
“Learn to iron a shirt，” Mum said, “and you can iron anything.”
But ironing shirts was not __39__ work. It didn't make use of long muscles we used to throw a baseball，and it wasn't a __40__ operation like iceskating. Ironing was like driving a car on a street that has a stop sign every 10 feet. Moreover，an iron produced steam and it carried an element of __41__. If you touched the wrong part of it, you'd get burnt. If you forgot to turn it off when you __42__， you might burn down the house.
