题目内容
完形填空(共1小题)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
After twenty years of working fulltime, I found myself an opportunity to quit my job and be a stay-at-home mom.As I faced this ________ , I thought I would like to be more of a mother than a working woman.My seven-year-old daughter and four-year-old son had grown up in the daycare center ________ they were both six weeks old.At that time, I never felt any regret in handing my ________ over to the center each morning.I had a great job that I ________ and had worked my way ________ to being the Assistant to the Vice-President of Sales at an Internet company.
I decided to ________ the job and begin my new one as a fulltime mom, but I felt it strange to lose the ________ part of my identity.The first time I needed to fill out a(n) ________ for online banking, I came to the line that asked what my ________ was.Eventually, I threw the application away, ________ introduce myself as a “non-worker”.I continued to ________ with this feeling.
________ , after a few months of waiting at the bus stop, volunteering in the classroom, and making good dinners, I ________ being a fulltime mom.My daughter was in school, but my son Cobi was ________ me all day.For the first time in his life, I was ________ his.We took walks, played soccer and made crafts.He enjoyed my ________ all the time and I began to see what I had once ________.
One day as we kicked the ball in the park, Cobi ________ me and said, “Mommy, do you know what I want to be when I grow up?”
“A professional ________ ?” I asked.
“No,” he smiled at me.“I want to be a stay-at-home mom.”
My heart melted.I've never ________ my decision since then.
1.A.decision B.promise C.result D.reality
2.A.when B.since C.as D.after
3.A.work B.family C.children D.future
4.A.suffered B.hated C.tried D.loved
5.A.round B.up C.on D.back
6.A.take up B.give up C.take over D.give in
7.A.working B.teaching C.leading D.learning
8.A.account B.form C.register D.order
9.A.position B.hobby C.dream D.job
10.A.more than B.other than C.rather than D.less than
11.A.struggle B.live C.agree D.deal
12.A.Therefore B.However C.Besides D.Otherwise
13.A.take advantage of B.look forward to C.grew tired of D.got used to
14.A.for B.with C.by D.after
15.A.all B.never C.partly D.still
16.A.caring B.company C.guidance D.education
17.A.appreciated B.seen C.removed D.missed
18.A.looked down upon B.looked back on C.looked up at D.looked up to
19.A.player B.teacher C.leader D.advisor
20.A.admitted B.settled C.fond D.made