第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
  “It was all his own idea,” says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters. Bob had 36   made a “motherhood contract(合同)”—declaring that for 70 days this summer he would 37   the care of their four children and all the housework.  38   he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he sighed, he was very confident.
   After40 of the 70 days, he was ready to   39  . “ I was beaten down, “ admits Bob. “Not only is motherhood a   40  task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”
   Bob and Pat were married in 1991. After the married, Pat   41   a secretary to help put him through university.  42   Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids. 43   two years ago Pat went back to work. “ I had been 44  children so much,” she 45  , “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household,   46  -- until Bob sighed the contract.
  Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were  47  . For the last three weeks, the family  48  a lot--- sometimes having MacDonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
  49   housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always  looks clean 50  the bed is made. “ I found 51 –I shut the doors,” he says. Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out. “When we went to 52   Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts 53  side out so they would look clean.”
  Now that Bob has publicly 54   he was wrong, he is 55  the child-raising and household tasks with Pat.
36. A. only         B. just               C. nearly         D. ever
37. A. stick to       B. set about          C. think about    D. take over