Question

  After twenty years of working full-time,I found myself with an opportu?nity to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mum. As I faced this 1 ，I felt the stirrings of longing to be more of a mother than a(n) 2 woman. My seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son had 3 in the day care sys?tem since they were both six weeks old. At the time,I never felt any  4  in handing my children over to them each morning. I had a 5 job that I loved and had 6  my way up to being the assistant to the vice-president of sales at an Internet company.

  I decided to  7   and begin my new job as a full-time mum,but it felt strange to lose this part of my___8__. The first time I needed to fill out a(n) 9 for online banking, I came to the line that asked my__10___.I stared at it， not wanting to write "N/A”.11，I threw the application away,rather than  12  myself as a "non-worker".

   13 ，after months of waiting at the bus stop or making dinners,I began to 14 the whole idea. My daughter was in school,but my son Gobi was with me all day. We rollkked(嬉戲) ，took walks,and played 15 He enjoyed the  16 with me and I began to see what I had 17

  One day as we 18the ball in the park,Cobi looked up at me and said, "Mommy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?"

  "A professional soccer player?" I asked.

  "No," he 19 at me. "I want to be a stay-at-home mum.” My 20 melted. I've never regretted since.

1.A. alternative   B. decision

 C. reality   D. opportunity

2.A. career   B.house

 C. business   D. occupation

3.A. brought up   B. waken up   C. cheered up   D. grown up

4.A. happiness   B. honour   C. regret   D. pleasure

5.A. terrible   B. busy   C. small   D. great

6.A. worked   B. found   C. picked   D. chanced

7.A. escape   B. resign   C. continue   D. delay

8.A. identity   B. interest   C. courage   D. patience

9.A. blank   B. form

 C. application   D. account

10.A. gender   B. occupation   C. salary   D. hobbies

11.A. Unwillingly   B. Certainly   C. Fortunately D. Eventually

12.A. name   B. call   C. label   D. judge

13.A. However   B. Otherwise   C. Therefore   D. Instead

14.A. get through   B. take over   C. appeal to   D. get into

15.A. basketball   B. music   C. soccer   D. chess

16.A. interest   B. time

 C. day   D. activity

17.A. accumulated   B. felt

 C. missed   D. wondered

18.A. kicked   B. made   C. played   D. handed

19.A. ran   B. pointed   C. shouted   D. smiled

20.A. voice   B. heart   C. mind   D. idea

Answer 1

1.B從上文內容可知，作者面臨的不是選擇，而是要離職回家當全職母親，因此本題選b,表示"決定"。

2.A

3.D這里表示在這樣的環境中長大，用be brought up或grow up表示"成長，長大"。

4.C根據下文判斷，作者有一份自己熱愛的工作，因此這里表示把孩子送到托管中心從來不后悔，因此選C。

5.D既然作者是職業女性，而且很喜愛自己的工作，可見她認為自己的工作很好。

6.A這里介紹作者的事業，用work表示"通過努力獲得"，這里表示經過自己的努力成為銷售部副總裁的助理。

7.B從下文的"開始我的新工作"看，這里用動詞resign表示她決定"辭職"回家當全職母親。

8.A

9.C從下文的"我將申請表扔掉"可知作者此時在填寫網絡銀行的.申請表，H此選C。

10.B從下文的"作為一個沒有工作的人"可知這里作者遇到表格中的"職業"一欄，因此選B ^示"職業"。

11.D作者不冉填寫申請表，W此本題選I〕，表示"最后"。

12.C

13.A從上下文內容看，這里用however表示轉折含義。可是過了幾個月后，她接受f這個角色的轉變。

14.D這里用動詞短語get mto表示"接受"這個想法。

15.C從下文作者的兒子談論將來的打算可知本題選   C.soccer表示"足球"。

16.B從上文可知，作者每天都陪伴兒子，兒子也喜歡和她在一起的時光。

17.C

18.A從搭配看，如果用play則后面的球類名同不加冠詞，因此選A，表示"踢球"。

19.D孩子微笑著回答母親的問題。

20.B聽了孩子的回答，"我"的心結打開了，從此冉沒有后悔過自己當初的決定。