缺词填空：先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。

Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp. There, husbands and

children are refused to j_______ 1 in it. Why would a woman want to have a vacation w______2 her family? Some women say they need time to be a_______3.

At Mother’s Camp a woman has a room for h_______4. She can sleep, read or watch TV freely. No children will ask, “Mom, what’s for dinner?” No husband will say, “Oh, dear, I can’t find any c_____5 socks.” In fact, 50% of women in the United States work o_____6 the home. Many of them work full-time and then come home to a s_____7 job-taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their b______8 problems is housework.

In the United States, working women do about 75% of the housework. Many of their husbands say they want to help. But they ask so many questions that their w_____9 have decided it is easier to do the job themselves. Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to r____10 away from home. They enjoy warm, sunny weather, lying on the grass, flying kites or boating on a lake. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp.

1.__________    2.__________   3.__________   4.__________   5.__________

6.__________    7.__________   8__________    9.__________  10.__________

I have spent years of my life traveling all over the world. When I arrive in a new country or city, usually I am _1__ and go to bed. For this reason my first day or night in any__2__place is always quiet and very little happens.
But my first night in Algeciras was very different. This night was very__3__and unusual.
At that time Alseciras in Southern Spain was a dirty and__4__looked-after city. I arrived late in the evening by boat. As soon as I got off the boat, I went to look for a __5__ . I find a small one not far from the boat.
This hotel looked dirty and untidy from the outside. But I was very tired and did not know my __6__ around the city of Algecras. And so I decided to stay in this __7__ hotel on the quay (码头). I also decided to stay in this hotel for another__8__. The moon was full and it was a clear,  bright night. From the hotel I could_9__the sea. I could see the huge rock of Gibraltar in the bright moonlight.
The hotel had a narrow _10__and no name. When I went through this doorway, I had to climb up narrow and dark stairs to the first floor. I __11__ a small cupboard with a desk in front of it. This was the hotel office.
An untidy and tired woman was sitting beside the __12__. When I said I wanted a room for the night, she took me __13__some more stairs to a room on the second floor. Inside this room the landlord was sitting playing cards with some friends. He was__14__his game of cards and I was simply a nuisance (讨厌的人). He looked at me when the woman told him that I wanted a room, Then he said, Room Five, and   __15__to his game of cards.

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C.  advertisements divided into different groups

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Americans like traveling on vacations. Today more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns instead of(而不是) hotels. They get a room for the night and breakfast for the next morning.
Rooms for the night in private homes with the breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years.
In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns are old historic buildings. Some bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms. Others are much larger. Some inns do not provide（提供） telephones or televisions in the rooms while others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the area and the interesting places to visit. Many people who take such vocations say they enjoy the chance to meet local families.
【小题1】Americans like _______ on their vacations every year.

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