I got married in 2008. My husband and I are very emotional and have loads of dreams in life. Now I want to share a hidden part of my life.
After one month of my marriage, I started working because I could not sit home. To accomplish our dreams, we are both working hard day and night in spite of belonging to a good family. Life is very strange. When any turn happens, one cannot know.
I started working because I was very ambitious. I used to wonder about people who worked to earn their bread but I never knew in my wildest dreams that I would be part of the crow who work to earn a livelihood.
I was blessed with a daughter in November, 2009. She was just three months and 15 days old when I rejoined my job. My husband supported me and my family supported me but I never wanted to work again because I belonged to a family where a mother should give her full attention to her child.
Keeping all the values aside that I learnt from my parents, I went back to work and will work till my last breath.
I missed my daughter every second. She has started recognizing and throwing expressions for likes and dislikes. I cannot share my feelings with anyone, as I do not want anyone to know that I am broken completely from inside.
My husband and my daughter are my greatest strength but I ignore them just to earn money and fulfill my dreams that I have.
If one day, my daughter complains to someone about her mom, please tell her that she is my reason for survival and happiness and she is the only one who brings smile to my face.
1.The author began to work after her marriage mainly because ____.
A. She expected to prevent herself from doing housework
B. She hoped to achieve her dream
C. She wanted to support her husband
D. She wanted to make her own bread
2. After her daughter’s birth, the author thought ____ in the beginning.
A. she should work harder
B. she should continue her career as she used to
C. she should stop working and care for her child
D. she should become a more ambitious mother
3.From the passage, we can know that the author’s daughter ____.
A. lives together with her mom now
B. hasn’t begun to learn to speak so far
C. always makes her mom heartbroken
D. has given much comfort to her mom
4.The author wrote this passage in order to ____.
A. complain about her present life
B. show her love for her daughter
C. keep a diary of her daughter’s growth
D. present the hardships of a working mother
5.What is the best title of this passage?
A. The secret of a working mother
B. A working family is continuing
C. A husband’s support for his wife’s career
D. The comparison between the family and career for a mother
Many families in the United States observe National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday of September after America’s Labor Day. People often 36 their parents on this day.
Many people 37 the day through a lot of activities such as gift-giving and card giving. Some children 38 their grandparents to school for a day where they take special lessons. Some students 39 storytelling activities that relate to their grandparents, as well as picture or music competitions where children use a story about their grandparents in their 40 .
About four million greeting cards are 41 within the United States each year on National Grandparents Day. This day is also a 42 for people to appreciate and express their 43 to their grandparents through 44 actions such as making a phone call and inviting their grandparents for dinner. People living in nursing homes may 45 a visit form their grandchildren.
National Grandparents Day has more than one 46 . Some people consider it to have been first proposed by Michael Goldgar in the 1970s after he visited his aunt in an Atlanta nursing home. Others 47 Marian Lucille Herndon McQuade to have been the main 48 of National Grandparents Day. Throughout the 1970s McQuade worked hard to 49 people about the important contributions senior citizens made and the contributions that they would be willing to make 50 asked. She also urged(强烈要求) people to take good care of a grandparent, not for one day a year and not for material giving, 51 for a lifetime of experience.
National Grandparents Day was 52 signed into law by President Jimmy Carter in 1978. Marian McQuade received a phone call from the White House to 53 her of this event. Many people believe that National Grandparents Day was inspired by her 54 . A presidential proclamation(声明) on September 6, 1979 made this day 55 .
1.A. support B. praise C. reward D. honor
2.A. begin B. hold C. celebrate D. remember
3.A. invite B. expose C. force D. remind
4.A. make the use of B. take part in C. take up D. build up
5.A. diaries B. plans C. reports D. artworks
6.A. signed B. sent C. carried D. brought
7.A. chance B. luck C. condition D. possibility
8.A. satisfaction B. interest C. love D. agreement
9. A. quick B. careful C. difficult D. kind
10.A. create B. receive C. present D. realize
11.A. cause B. origin C. background D. beginning
12.A make B. expect C. consider D. allow
13.A. driver B. owner C. researcher D. inventor
14.A. warn B. educate C. interview D. ask
15. A. if B. though C. so D. until
16.A. since B. but C. even D. unless
17.A. finally B. recently C. nearly D. generally
18.A. rid B. persuade C. clear D. inform
19.A. energy B. goals C. bravery D. efforts
20.A. reliable B. changeable C. official D. beautiful
In hot weather, an old tyre can break again easily it’s mended.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
____ he grows up can he understand your intentions.
A. Unless B. Once C. Only when D. Ever since
She is not very ____ about the idea of going camping. I think she will stay at home reading.
A. optimistic B. enthusiastic C. confused D. curious
The prize of the game show is ＄30,000 and an all expenses ____ vacation to China.
A. paying B. paid C. to be paid D. being paid
