题目内容
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(嬉戏) ，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
1.B从上文内容可知，作者面临的不是选择，而是要离职回家当全职母亲，因此本题选b,表示"决定"。
2.A
3.D这里表示在这样的环境中长大，用be brought up或grow up表示"成长，长大"。
4.C根据下文判断，作者有一份自己热爱的工作，因此这里表示把孩子送到托管中心从来不后悔，因此选C。
5.D既然作者是职业女性，而且很喜爱自己的工作，可见她认为自己的工作很好。
6.A这里介绍作者的事业，用work表示"通过努力获得"，这里表示经过自己的努力成为销售部副总裁的助理。
7.B从下文的"开始我的新工作"看，这里用动词resign表示她决定"辞职"回家当全职母亲。
8.A
9.C从下文的"我将申请表扔掉"可知作者此时在填写网络银行的.申请表，H此选C。
10.B从下文的"作为一个没有工作的人"可知这里作者遇到表格中的"职业"一栏，因此选B ^示"职业"。
11.D作者不冉填写申请表，W此本题选I〕，表示"最后"。
12.C
13.A从上下文内容看，这里用however表示转折含义。可是过了几个月后，她接受f这个角色的转变。
14.D这里用动词短语get mto表示"接受"这个想法。
15.C从下文作者的儿子谈论将来的打算可知本题选 C.soccer表示"足球"。
16.B从上文可知，作者每天都陪伴儿子，儿子也喜欢和她在一起的时光。
17.C
18.A从搭配看，如果用play则后面的球类名同不加冠词，因此选A，表示"踢球"。
19.D孩子微笑着回答母亲的问题。
20.B听了孩子的回答，"我"的心结打开了，从此冉没有后悔过自己当初的决定。
