题目内容
she wondered if she had made a mistake.
A. Not until long afterwards that B. Not long until afterwards
C. It was long afterwards until D. It was not until long afterwards that
A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation…‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (鼓舞) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal(嗓音的) pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
【小题1】What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?
A.Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. |
B.The recorder was impatient and rude. |
C.The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. |
D.The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. |
A.curious | B.indifferent | C.interested | D.puzzled |
A.Because the author cared little about rewards. |
B.Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab. |
C.Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. |
D.Because she thought the author did admirable work. |
A.To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. |
B.To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. |
C.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect. |
D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |