3.I now work 40 hours a week at a weather company and I love it.Compared to when I became a mom,I don't feel bad about being away from my three kids.When I had my first child,I was a busy manager of a local news station.My husband had a part-time job and cared for her the rest of the time.I was determined to find a way to be home more.Once I became pregnant with my second kid,I quit my job to focus fully on writing.
At first I felt like I was living the dream.I was a work-from-home mom who never had to be away from my children.But working from home can end up being more stressful than working full-time or being a stay-at-home mom,because you're frequently worn out between work,keeping house,and telling sweet faces you don't have time to play.Ever tried writing an article with a baby screaming?It was awful.
I was so stressed that I eventually started taking my kids to a day care center a couple of days a week.The whole reason I worked so hard to be able to write for a living was to be at home with my kids and here I was taking them to a day care center.I thought I was a failure then.
Over the past five years of being a freelancer (自由作家),I've realized a couple of For me,working from home isn't"living the dream."As I wrote six months ago,"I thought I felt bad leaving my daughter for ten hours a day but now she is old enough to ask me to read her a story.Try telling your kid no,20 times a day.If s cruel.You end up feeling worse for having to ignore them than you would if you were gone at a job all day."I also realize not having anywhere to be and not socializing with people weren't good for my mental well-being.
Not only that,but I can now show my kids that Mom is important and has a job at a flashy office building,something they didn't realize when I sat around in yoga pants typing on my computer all day long.

21.The underlined part"the dream"in Paragraph 2 refers to"A"
A.working from home                             
B.earning a lot of money
C.not suffering from stress                       
D.not taking care of her kids
22.How did the author feel about taking her kids to a day care center?B
A.Exited  B.Guilty  C.Relaxed  D.Stressed
23.While working as a freelancer,the authorD.
A.made a great many friends                           
B.was not good at telling stories
C.left her daughter for a long time                   
D.felt terrible for ignoring her kids
24.We can infer that now the author's kidsA.
A.a(chǎn)re much prouder of their mom                  
B.realize why their mom is important
C.a(chǎn)re feeling sad for leaving their mom    
D.understand why their mom works so hard.

分析 本文講述了一位媽媽為了照顧孩子辭職在家里從事自由寫(xiě)作,但事實(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)并非想的那么簡(jiǎn)單,最后還是重新回到工作崗位.

解答 21-24 ABDA
21.A 猜測(cè)詞意題.根據(jù)第二段But working from home can end up being more stressful than working full-time or being a stay-at-home mom…推出,在家里工作比全職更有壓力,所以起初為以為在辭職實(shí)現(xiàn)了我的在家工作的夢(mèng)想,the dream指working from home,故答案為A.
22.B 細(xì)節(jié)題.從這段的I thought I was a failure then.以及was so stressed that…推出當(dāng)時(shí)我壓力很大而且是失敗的,對(duì)于將孩子送到托兒所我感到內(nèi)疚,故答案為B.
23.D 細(xì)節(jié)題.通過(guò)該段的一些句子,如You end up feeling worse for having to ignore them than you would if you were gone at a job all day…以及I felt bad leaving my daughter…推出,忽視孩子我感到越來(lái)越糟糕,故答案為D.
24.A 細(xì)節(jié)題.在最后一段but I can now show my kids that Mom is important and has a job at a flashy office building得知我現(xiàn)在告訴我的孩子們媽媽是很重要的,而且在一家華麗的辦公樓里上班,所以孩子們應(yīng)該為我自豪,故答案為A.

點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí),要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷

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