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