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)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) 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

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