2018-04-20 英语小测验 — 谈论“家务”的词汇

家务活对很多人来说都非常枯燥无趣，还会占用很多的时间。近年来，一个“不做家务日”的冷门节日让人在节日里光明正大、毫不愧疚地“逃避”家务，去做自己喜欢做的事。“洗碗、熨衣服、扫尘”等日常杂务用英语怎么说？做下面的《英语小测验》，学习和“家务活”有关的词汇。

1. My flatmate is very good. The dishwasher is broken so every night he does the ______.

a) washing down

b) washing over

c) washing up

d) washing on

2. I’m very lazy. In the morning I never ______.

a) do my bed

b) have my bed

c) arrange my bed

d) make my bed

3. The living room’s a mess. We really need to ______.

a) tidy up

b) sort up

c) arrange up

d) make up

4. All the little household jobs we find uninteresting can be called ______.

a) bores

b) works

c) chores

d) tediums

5. I don’t mind having shirts with creases because I hate ______ my clothes.

a) ironing

b) flattening

c) squashing

d) sorting

6. I can hardly see the TV screen! When was the last time you ______.

a) did the wiping

b) did the washing

c) did the dusting

d) did the clearing

答案

1) c, 2) d, 3) a, 4) c, 5) a, 6) c.