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