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4．A woman renewing her driver's license at the County Clerk's office was asked to state her occupation．She hesitated，uncertain how to classify herself．
"What I mean is，"explained the recorder，"do you have a job，or are you just a …"
"Of course I have a job，"said Emily．"I'm a mother．"
"We don't list‘mother'as an occupation…‘housewife'covers it，"said the recorder．
    One day I found myself in the same situation．The clerk was obviously a career woman，confident and possessed of a high sounding title．"What is your occupation？"she asked．
    The words simply popped out．"I'm a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations．"
    The clerk paused，ballpoint pen frozen in midair．
    I repeated the title slowly，and 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？"
    Without any trace of panic in my voice，I heard myself reply，"I have a continuing program of research （what mother doesn't），in the lab and in the field （normally I would have said indoors and out）．Of course，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 （依托） 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．
9．How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation？B
A．curious     
B．puzzled     
C．indifferent     
D．interested
10．How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk？A
A．calm    
B．funny     
C．worried     
D．cool
11．Wh y did the woman clerk show more respect for the author？C
A．Because the author cared little about rewards．
B．Because she admired the author's research work in the lab．
C．Because she thought the author did admirable work．
D．Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of．
12．What is the author's purpose of writing the passage？B
A．To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it．
B．To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect．
C．To show that the author had a grander job than Emily．
D．To show that being a mother is hard and boring work．

Answer 1

分析 本文講述了我在填表是告訴別人我的職業(yè)是母親，希望人們將母親當(dāng)做有價值和值得尊重的職業(yè)．

解答 9：B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．由文中對工作人員的描述The clerk paused，ballpoint pen frozen in midair．表明她對作者的職業(yè)感到驚訝疑惑，所以選B puzzled．
10．A．由文中Without any trace of panic in my voice，I heard myself reply，我的聲音沒有任何恐慌，開始回答問題，可知我很平靜，故選A．
11：C．理解推斷題． 由文中There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form，可以看出是作者所描述的職業(yè)讓工作人員產(chǎn)生了敬意，所以選C．
12：B．主旨?xì)w納題． 從最后一句話Motherhood…What a glorious career!可以看出作者寫作的目的是希望人們將母親當(dāng)做有價值和值得尊重的職業(yè)．所以選B．

點評 本篇內(nèi)容比較適中，對于考生的能力要求不高，只要認(rèn)真細(xì)致閱讀，不難發(fā)現(xiàn)答案．可以先看題目再讀文章，這樣可以提高閱讀的速度．還要準(zhǔn)確定位考點．特別是推理題，要結(jié)合上下文的暗示做題，掌握方法是關(guān)鍵．