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【题目】C

The choice between having a career or making time for love is an extremely personal and individual decision. There are many factors which can affect your choice.

Careers and love fulfill us in different but important ways. Having a solid career gives us a sense of accomplishment and self worth. Then there are those who measure their success in terms of having a pleasant and rewarding home life.

So what happens if you cannot or do not wish to make room in your life for both? Consider these factors when pondering which is more important for you.

1. Your Career May be More Important When You are Young

Many people these days focus on careers first and family later. The reasoning is that, while you are young and unencumbered(无负担的), you have the time and energy to fully devote yourself to a career. If you have lofty career ambitions while you are young, it may indeed be the time to start making progress towards those goals.

Once you get married and begin to build a family, much of your time and energy–by necessity–becomes devoted to your family. This is as it should be. You should not start a family unless you are willing to devote time and attention to your loved ones.

2. Falling in Love can be Better When You are Older

More and more people these days are choosing to wait when it comes to making decisions about family. It is not unusual for people to delay marriage until their late 30’s or even their early 40’s. Delaying family decisions allows you to be better prepared for those obligations, and creates a better likelihood that you are in touch with your most important goals and values. You have had the opportunity to completely grow up, greatly reducing the chances of feeling like you are “missing out.” You have had the chance to purge the foolishness of youth from your system and are now confident with the wisdom of maturity.

3. Choosing Both

If you can find a work life balance that allows you to experience the joys of love and maintain a successful career, you will have a truly happy and rewarding life. A loving family at home can help you celebrate all of your successes, and bolster your confidence through your failures. There are many people out there reaping the tremendous rewards that come with including love and work in their lives, and finding the balance that allows for both.

The truly healthy and well balanced person will recognize the benefits of having both. He or she will take steps to achieve the work life balance necessary to assure the continuation of career growth while nurturing and maintaining the health of personal relationships. It is only when we can maintain this delicate balance that we are living life to its greatest potential.

【1】What can we learn from the first two paragraphs________?

A. Choosing to have a career or start a family life is a personal business

B. Nothing can determine people’s choice

C. Careers and love fulfill people in the same way

D. Having a solid career gives us a pleasant home life

【2】Why is career more important when people are young_________?

A. Because family life is not important

B. Because they can devote time and energy to their careers

C. Because they don’t want to devote time and attention to their loved ones

D. Because they have no time for building a family

【3】Which is NOT the reason why people choose to wait when it comes to building a family_________.

A. To be better prepared for obligations

B. To have the opportunity to completely grow up

C. To rid of the foolishness of youth

D. They don’t want to build a family

【4】From the last paragraph, we can infer that_________.

A. People take steps to achieve the work life balance

B. the continuation of career growth has nothing to do with personal relationships

C. Balancing career and family is of great benefit

D. People can live life to its greatest potential without maintaining the balance

【5】What’s the main idea of the passage________?

A. How to achieve a balance between career and family

B. How to have a successful career

C. Career is more important than family

D. People can’t balance their career and family

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】本文关注的是如何在事业和家庭两者之间获得平衡。事业和家庭都很重要，人们倾向于先努力打拼事业，然后再考虑建立家庭。

【1】A 推理判断题。根据第一段“The choice between having a career or making time for love is an extremely personal and individual decision.”可知，在事业和家庭之间做出选择是个人的事情；根据第一段“There are many factors which can affect your choice”可知，有很多因素影响人们作出决定，排除B；根据第二段“Careers and love fulfill us in different but important ways.”可知，事业和家庭从不同方面带给人们以成就感，排除C；根据“Having a solid career gives us a sense of accomplishment and self worth.”可知，扎实的事业能够给人带来成就感和自我价值，排除D。

【2】B 细节理解题。根据“while you are young and unencumbered(无负担的), you have the time and energy to fully devote yourself to a career”可知，年轻的时候没有太多的负担，人们可以把时间和精力都放在事业上。

【3】D 推理判断题。根据”Delaying family decisions allows you to be better prepared for those obligations...You have had the opportunity to completely grow up...You have had the chance to purge the foolishness of youth from your system”可知，前三项都是推迟建立家庭的原因。

【4】C 段落大意题。A项是原文出现的话，不是推断出来的，排除A；根据“The truly healthy and well balanced person will recognize the benefits of having both.”可知，能够平衡事业和家庭的人获益匪浅；根据“assure the continuation of career growth while nurturing and maintaining the health of personal relationships”可知，既要顾及家人，又要继续发展事业，排除B；根据“It is only when we can maintain this delicate balance that we are living life to its greatest potential.”可知，只有取得平衡才能最大限度地享受生活，排除D。

【5】A 主旨大意题。根据第一段“The choice between having a career or making time for love is an extremely personal and individual decision. There are many factors which can affect your choice.”和第二段“ Careers and love fulfill us in different but important ways.”与第三段“Consider these factors when pondering which is more important for you.”可知，文章主要讲的是如何在事业和家庭两者之间获得平衡。