核心词汇2300整理
bless [bles]                               v.祝福,保佑
block   [blɔk]                          n.大块木料(或石料);一排房屋 v.阻塞,拦阻
bloom [blu:m]                           n.花(朵);开花(期) v.开花
blossom ['blɔsəm]              n.花 v.开花
blush [blʌʃ]                             v./n.脸红
boast [bəust]                            v.(of,about)自夸,夸耀 n.自夸,大话
bold [bəuld]                              a.大胆的,勇敢的;冒失的;黑体的,粗体的
bonus   ['bəunəs]                     n.奖金,红利
boom [bu:m]                            v.迅速发展,兴旺;发出隆隆声 n繁荣，隆隆声
boost [bu:st]                             vt.n.推进,支援,吹捧
bore [bɔ:]                                v.钻(孔),挖(洞);烦扰 n.讨厌的人,麻烦事
bother ['bɔðə]                           v.打扰,烦扰;烦恼,操心 n.麻烦
bounce [bauns]                         v.跳起,弹起 n.(球)跳起,弹回
bound   [baund]                   v./n.跳(跃) ，界限，范围a.被束缚的,理应…的;开往…的
boundary ['baundəri]                 n.分界线,边界
brace [breis]                             v.使防备;支撑;使(手,足,肩等)绷紧 n.托架
brake [breik]                             v./n.制动(器),闸,刹车
brand [brænd]                          n.商标,标记,牌子 v.使铭记;打火印,打烙印
breach [bri:tʃ]                           v.毁坏,泄密 n.缺口，裂口
breed [bri:d]                             v.(使)繁殖,生殖;产生;教养,抚养 n.品种，种族
breeze [bri:z]                            n.微风,和风，轻而易举的事
bribe [braib]                             n.贿赂 v.向…行贿,买通
brilliant ['briljənt]                      a.光辉的,灿烂的;卓越的,有才华的
brochure ['brəuʃə]                    n.小册子
broker ['brəukə]                        n.经纪人
browse [brauz]                         n./v.浏览，吃草
brutal ['bru:tl]                           a.残忍的;严峻的;严酷的，野蛮的
bully ['buli]                               v.欺负,威协
bunch [bʌntʃ]                           n.(一)簇,束,捆,串
bundle ['bʌndl]                          n.捆,包,束
burden ['bə:dn]                         n.担子,负担,重担
burglar ['bə:glə]                         n.盗贼
calculate ['kælkjuleit]                 v.计算,推算;计划,打算
calculator ['kælkjuleitə]       n.计算器
calendar ['kæləndə]                    n.日历,月历,日程表
campaign [kæm'pein]                 n.战役;运动
campus ['kæmpəs]                    n.(大学)校园
cancel ['kænsəl]                        v.取消,把…作废;删去,划掉
candidate ['kændideit]                n.候选人,候补者;报考者,求职者
canteen [kæn'ti:n]                      n.食堂
capable ['keipəbl]                      a.有本领的,有能力的;(of)可以…的,能…的
    incapable [in'keipəbl]          a.(of)无能力的,不会的
capacity [kə'pæsiti]             n.容量,容积;能量,能力;接受力
capture ['kæptʃə]                      v./n.捕获,俘虏;夺得,攻占,战利品,获得
    captive ['kæptiv]                n.俘虏 a.被俘虏的,被监禁的,被迷住的
cash [kæʃ]                               n.现金,现款 v.兑现,付(或收)现款
cashier   [kə'ʃiə]               n.收银员,出纳员
cast [kɑ:st]                               v.投,扔,掷,抛;铸造 n.演员表
casual ['kæʒjuəl]                       a.偶然的,碰巧的;临时的,非正式的,漫不经心的
casualty ['kæʒjuəlti]                   n.伤亡人员;受害人,变故
catalog ['kætəlɔg]                      (catalogue) n.目录(册) v.编目(录)
category ['kætigəri]                   n.种类,类目
cater ['keitə]                             vi.迎合,投合
caution ['kɔ:ʃən]                       n.小心,谨慎;警告,告诫 v.警告
precaution   [pri'kɔ:ʃən]    n.预防,谨慎,警惕,留心
cautious ['kɔ:ʃəs]               a.(of)小心的,谨慎的(看到这里)
阅读理解：
All her life, my mother wanted busy children. It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.

You could turn your back for a moment in my mother’ s house, leave a half-written letter on the dining room table, a magazine open on the chair, and turn around to find that my mother had “put it back where it belonged,” as she explained.

My wife, on one of her first visits to my mother’ s house, placed a packet of biscuits on an end table and went to the kitchen to fetch a drink. When she returned, she found the packet had been removed. Confused, she set down her drink and went back to the kitchen for more biscuits, only to return to find that her drink had disappeared. Up to then she had guessed that everyone in my family held onto their drinks, so as not to make water rings on the end tables. Now she knows better.

These disappearances had a confusing effect on our family. We were all inclined to forgetfulness. And it was common for one of us, upon returning from the bathroom, to find that every sigh of his work in progress had disappeared suddenly. “Do you remember what I was doing” was a question frequently asked, but rarely answered.
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows, and my brother does the cleaning in his house, perhaps to avoid having to be the one to hit his feet. I try not to think about it too much, but I have at this later time started to dust the furniture once a week

1. Which of the following is TRUE about my mother?
A. She enjoyed removing others drinks.
B. She became more and more forgetful.
C. She preferred to do everything by herself.
D. She wanted to keep her house in good order.

2. The underlined part in the fifth paragraph suggests that my sister _______
A. is happy to clean windows
B. loves to dean used windows
C. is fond of clean used windows
D. likes clean windows as my mother did

3. This passage mainly tells us that _______
A. my mother often made us confused
B. my family members had a poor memory
C. my mother helped us to form a good habit
D. my wife was surprised when she visited my mother.

参考译文：
我母亲的一生都在要求她的孩子要勤快。她的房子要一直保持整洁干净。
在我母亲的家里，可能你转了一会身，把一封写了一半的信放在了在饭厅的桌上，把翻开的杂志放在了椅子上，等你再转身回来时会发现，按我母亲的话说她已经把东西“物归原处”了。

我妻子第一次到我母亲家的时候，在一个茶几上放了一包饼干，然后去厨房拿饮料。回来时，她发现那包饼干不见了。她疑惑着放下饮料，回到厨房再去找些饼干，回来时发现饮料也不翼而飞。直到那时她才想到我们家里人都会端着饮料，防止杯子在茶几上留下一圈水印。现在她多少了解些了。

这类东西不翼而飞的事情着实困扰我们一家人。我们都有些健忘。常常从卫生间出来后，会发现所有正在进行的工作的痕迹突然消失了。“你记得我刚才在做什么吗？”这句话是大家经常会问的一句，但没人回答的上来。

现在我妹妹继承了母亲的爱好，也喜欢擦玻璃。我的弟弟在家里做打扫卫生，也许他是防止被东西砸到脚。我试着不去过多考虑这方面的事情，但是我随后也开始每周擦一次家具。

词汇及短语：
end table：茶几
fetch: vt. 取来（某物）
Confused：疑惑的
set down：(使)放下, (使)坐下；放下，卸下
biscuit：（英）饼干；（美）软烤饼
 
答案解析：
1.解析：D正确
以下对我母亲的描述哪个是正确的？
文章第一段就是个主旨句。It was very important that her house should remain at all times clean and tidy.

2.解析：D正确
第五段划线部分暗示我的妹妹怎么样了？
Now my sister has developed a second-hand love of clean windows.理解一下这里的second-hand,当然不能说是二手的爱好，不过可以理解从母亲那里继承来的爱好。

3.解析：C正确
这篇文章主要告诉我们什么？
文章主要说了母亲如何爱整洁，文章后半部分说到母亲对家庭成员的影响，即大家也变得爱整洁。另外文章第一句就提到了母亲想让孩子勤快，说明母亲也是有意培养孩子勤劳的习惯。
A项说母亲经常造成大家很迷惑，这是事实，但不能概括文章主旨大意。