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3.I now work 40 hours a week at a weather company and I love it.Compared to when I became a mom,I don't feel bad about being away from my three kids.When I had my first child,I was a busy manager of a local news station.My husband had a part-time job and cared for her the rest of the time.I was determined to find a way to be home more.Once I became pregnant with my second kid,I quit my job to focus fully on writing.
At first I felt like I was living the dream.I was a work-from-home mom who never had to be away from my children.But working from home can end up being more stressful than working full-time or being a stay-at-home mom,because you're frequently worn out between work,keeping house,and telling sweet faces you don't have time to play.Ever tried writing an article with a baby screaming?It was awful.
I was so stressed that I eventually started taking my kids to a day care center a couple of days a week.The whole reason I worked so hard to be able to write for a living was to be at home with my kids and here I was taking them to a day care center.I thought I was a failure then.
Over the past five years of being a freelancer (自由作家),I've realized a couple of For me,working from home isn't"living the dream."As I wrote six months ago,"I thought I felt bad leaving my daughter for ten hours a day but now she is old enough to ask me to read her a story.Try telling your kid no,20 times a day.If s cruel.You end up feeling worse for having to ignore them than you would if you were gone at a job all day."I also realize not having anywhere to be and not socializing with people weren't good for my mental well-being.
Not only that,but I can now show my kids that Mom is important and has a job at a flashy office building,something they didn't realize when I sat around in yoga pants typing on my computer all day long.

21.The underlined part"the dream"in Paragraph 2 refers to"A"
A.working from home                             
B.earning a lot of money
C.not suffering from stress                       
D.not taking care of her kids
22.How did the author feel about taking her kids to a day care center?B
A.Exited  B.Guilty  C.Relaxed  D.Stressed
23.While working as a freelancer,the authorD.
A.made a great many friends                           
B.was not good at telling stories
C.left her daughter for a long time                   
D.felt terrible for ignoring her kids
24.We can infer that now the author's kidsA.
A.are much prouder of their mom                  
B.realize why their mom is important
C.are feeling sad for leaving their mom    
D.understand why their mom works so hard.

分析 本文讲述了一位妈妈为了照顾孩子辞职在家里从事自由写作,但事实发现并非想的那么简单,最后还是重新回到工作岗位.

解答 21-24 ABDA
21.A 猜测词意题.根据第二段But working from home can end up being more stressful than working full-time or being a stay-at-home mom…推出,在家里工作比全职更有压力,所以起初为以为在辞职实现了我的在家工作的梦想,the dream指working from home,故答案为A.
22.B 细节题.从这段的I thought I was a failure then.以及was so stressed that…推出当时我压力很大而且是失败的,对于将孩子送到托儿所我感到内疚,故答案为B.
23.D 细节题.通过该段的一些句子,如You end up feeling worse for having to ignore them than you would if you were gone at a job all day…以及I felt bad leaving my daughter…推出,忽视孩子我感到越来越糟糕,故答案为D.
24.A 细节题.在最后一段but I can now show my kids that Mom is important and has a job at a flashy office building得知我现在告诉我的孩子们妈妈是很重要的,而且在一家华丽的办公楼里上班,所以孩子们应该为我自豪,故答案为A.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断

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