完形填空(共1小題)

閱讀下面短文,從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

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.a(chǎn)s D.a(chǎn)fter

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.a(chǎn)ccount 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.a(chǎn)gree 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.a(chǎn)fter

15.A.a(chǎn)ll B.never C.partly D.still

16.A.caring B.company C.guidance D.education

17.A.a(chǎn)ppreciated 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.a(chǎn)dvisor

20.A.a(chǎn)dmitted B.settled C.fond D.made

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