It was a hot, sticky (悶熱的)summer day in Texas and I was surrounded by laundry, loads of baby clothes all over the floor.I folded a towel, tears streaming down my face.My newborn Dillon, just a few weeks old, was sleeping peacefully beside me.My 4?year?old Tanner was watching “Ninja Turtles”，laughing at the TV screen.

Meanwhile I was exhausted, with dark circles under my eyes and clothes dirty.I loved my baby boys more than anything.But this wasn't the life I'd pictured for myself.I was only 27 years old.Once upon a time, I'dhad dreams.I'd wanted to become a good journalist (記者)and photographer, not a stay?at?home mom, whose sleep was taken away, spent her days changing diapers (尿布)．I kept on folding...and the tears kept coming.What about my dreams and future?

The word “this is the most important job in the world” spread and I nearly dropped the towel I was folding.I looked around, but saw nobody there.Later I realized the voice must have come from the TV.I calmed down.I'd never thought a house?woman's job was the most important job in the world.I put the laundry aside, carried Tanner up in my arms and hugged him tight.From that day on, I was willing to do my housework and I made motherhood my top priority (優(yōu)先考慮的事)even when I returned to the workforce as a journalist and photographer.

Of course, it wasn't all fun and games raising three children, especially after I gave birth to my third son, Noah.Anyhow, the laundry still gave me great joy to watch my children grow healthily.Now Noah is about to enter high school.And Tanner and Dillon both have become kind, courageous young men and graduated from the key colleges.Today I think raising a child is the most rewarding job.

1.Why did the writer cry?

A. It was too hot and sticky that day.

B. Her children always made trouble.

C. Too much housework made her very exhausted.

D. She lost hope because of the boring housework.

2.The writer knew，“raising a child is the most important job in the world”________．

A. while she dreamed

B. overhearing from TV

C. when she opened a book

D. as she was watching TV

3.What did the author get from the laundry?

A. The company of her children.

B. Physical exercise.

C. Her children's appreciation.

D. Great joy to see her children's growth.

4.We can learn from this passage that ________.

A. Tanner is four years older than his brother Noah

B. the writer was once a journalist

C. the writer's three children are all college students

D. the writer once hated her children because of unhappiness

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The private sector has provided us with goods and services, in addition to other support and funding that make our service possible.

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Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, relax instead of stressing, and slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles(原則) in your everyday life. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification.

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Say “No” Firmly

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Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect

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Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesn’t entirely have these things. In among them there is possibility that you may make small and large mistakes.

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Less is more, which helps you 2. a simpler life.

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Concentrate on one task, and you will find you are more 4. than you know and achieve 5. more easily.

6. to accept too much work in your life.

Change life goals if you are under more stress than you can 7..

8. yourself to make mistakes since life is not perfect. 9., you will be unhappy.

Find out where you can be left 10. to improve your creativity.

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Sharing Beauty

It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.

I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.

When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.”

For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, “God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.

Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.

One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.

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A. found her dream job B. put an end to her marriage

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