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A woman named Emily renewing her driver’s licen at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herlf. “What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”“Of cour I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘houwife’ covers it,” said the recorder. One day I found mylf in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possd of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?” she asked. The words simply popped out. “I’m a Rearch Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”The clerk paud, 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 mylf reply, “I have a continuing program of rearch (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of cour, 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 (受鼓舞) 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 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．The recorder was impatient and rude. B．The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was.C．The author was upt about the situation that mothers faced. D．Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.小题2:How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?A．curiousB．indifferentC．puzzledD．interested小题3:Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?A．Becau the author cared little about rewards. B．Becau she thought the author did admirable work.C．Becau she admired the author’s rearch work in the lab. D．Becau the writer did something she had little knowledge of.小题4:What is the author’s purpo of writing the passage?A．To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. B．To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and derves respect. C．To show that the author had a greater job than Emily. D．To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:D小题2:C小题3:B小题4:B

解析

小题1:D 推理题。根据第五行“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘houwife’ covers it,” said the recorder. 说明人们并没有把妈妈当成一个职业，也没有收到这社会的尊重，故D正确。小题2:C 推理题。根据第七段The clerk paud, ballpoint pen frozen in midair. 说明她犹豫了，很困惑，不知道我所说的职业是什么。故C正确。小题3:B 推理题。根据文章倒数第六段I have a continuing program of rearch (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of cour, 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.”我把妈妈的工作描述得很伟大，很高级。使对方感觉我的工作很重要，使用对我也很尊敬。故B正确。小题4:B 主旨大意题。在本文中作者主要是想向我们表示做家庭主妇是一个值得尊敬的职业，也是一个值得去从事的职业。故B正确。点评：文章通过我和一位工作人员的对话，来阐述做家庭主妇这份工作的价值和重要性，目的是想让人们重视这一职业也尊重这一职业。以推理题的考查为主，不能以自己的观点代替作者的观点，最主要的方法是根据词义关系推断具体细节。

考点

据考高分专家说，试题“A woman named Emily .....”主要考查你对 [人生感悟类阅读 ]考点的理解。 人生感悟类阅读

人生感悟类阅读的概念：

生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。

生活感悟类阅读解题指导：

一、文章特点： 生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。二、解题技巧：针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。