听力题 There are many single parents because there are many divorces in the United States. Here is the story of one single parent who is happy with her life. My name is Sara. I’m a secretary for a businessman in a small city. I have two daughters and a son. I was divorced three years ago. My ex-husband, Ron, comes to see the children one or two times a month. He usually takes them to a movie or a restaurant. The life of a single parent is hard. I work all of the time. I work at my job all day. Then I go home to work all evening. I am often tired when I get home at 5:30 in the evening. Tired or not, I make dinner for my children and listen to their problems. After dinner, I clean the house, shop for food, or help the children with their homework. My children are young, but they help me around the house. My biggest problem is money. When Ron and I divorced he let me have the small house the children and I live in. I am glad to have it because it’s good for the children. Now I have to pay for it every month. That’s difficult. I make about $ 10,000 a year at my job. Ron has to pay me $256 a month to help with the children. Everything is very expensive now. There isn’t enough money for everything. I have to be very careful. Do I want to marry again? Maybe. I’m going to be very careful. If I marry again, I want to be sure it will be a good marriage this time. I don’t want to hurry. I’m happier by myself than in a bad marriage.