【題目】For every woman who feels like she's had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Don't give up on your dreams.

She retired after winning gold in Beijing to start a family; son Lucas arrived in 2010, but then she decided to compete again in the London Olympics. She won a gold medal at last.

The decision to start training again wasn't easy. "I struggled with that a lot," she told a newspaper. “At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, ‘Well, I'm not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. It's all supposed to be for my kid.’”

She faced physical challenges of getting back into competition shape after giving birth, as well. When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race. Her days revolved around Lucas and training.

"I feel like I'm able to do what I love to do and still manage a family and have that balance," Armstrong said. "That you have a family or a child doesn't mean that you have to stop going after what you dream of individually.”

Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether it's on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you can't have it all without making some sacrifices. For example, don't expect a neat home—her husband, Joe Savola, who she describes as her support system and her "protector", says he's had to give up on trying to keep everything orderly at home and just accept that their living room has become Lucas's playroom. For Armstrong, she's sacrificed time with friends who had kids around the same age—there just wasn't time.

Now, she says, "That sounds like fun to me." As she heads home to Boise, Idaho, she's ready to do regular mom stuff.

【1】After Kristin Armstrong retired, she ___.

A. lived an easy life

B. moved to a new house

C. still had a great interest in cycling

D. spent much time with her kid

【2】It was difficult for Armstrong to make the decision to participate in the London Olympics because she_______ .

A. was too old to train racing

B. had to give her family much consideration

C. faced big physical challenges

D. could not get support from her family

【3】In most days of 2011, Armstrong could be described as ____.

A. a housewife and a new mom

B. an athlete and a career woman

C. a parent and a sportswoman

D. a wife and a good mother

【4】We can know from the passage that it ____ for Armstrong to keep a balance between her family and dream.

A. was quite easy B. made her feel tired

C. surprised herself D. was a hard job

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述Kristin Armstrong如何平衡家庭和事業(yè)，實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢(mèng)想，同時(shí)也付出巨大的努力；

【1】C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到For every woman who feels like she's had to scale back her personal ambitions since becoming a mother, gold medal cyclist Kristin Armstrong has a message: Don't give up on your dreams可知當(dāng)她退役后堅(jiān)持自己的夢(mèng)想，故選C項(xiàng)。

【2】B 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段At the beginning I felt selfish, I felt like, ‘Well, I'm not supposed to be thinking of myself anymore. It's all supposed to be for my kid.’”可知開始我覺得自己很怎么，我不要只想自己還要考慮我的孩子，我的家庭，故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段提到When she started racing in the spring of 2011, she was still breast-feeding; she would nurse her son, then race, then breast-feed again after the race.在2011年時(shí)，她一邊照顧孩子一邊參加比賽，故選C項(xiàng)。

【4】D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到Armstrong makes balance look easy, whether it's on her bike or as an athlete-mom. But she points out that you can't have it all without making some sacrifices看起來平衡家庭與事業(yè)很容易，但她也指出你沒有犧牲是不可能的，故選D項(xiàng)。

考點(diǎn) ：人物類閱讀。

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