单选题
I have an infatuation (迷恋) with autumn. The colors
of the season, and the smells, havealways thrilled me. I have always found joy
in this time of year. The last few autumns of my life,however, I recollect in
shades of gray rather than cheerful oranges and yellows. When I
became a single mother, every aspect of life took on new meaning. Since I was
usedto carrying out most of the parental duties without much help during my
marriage, I truly did notforesee how different parenting would become after the
marriage was over. But suddenly I realized Iwas a statistic. The daily routine
was not changed so much; it was the angle at which I had begunto look at
life. I believed my ex-husband's lawyer was tracking every
grade the children made, and I wasunder a microscope in this new town where the
children and I moved our "broken home." Ifeared having to eventually
establish my family with each new teacher and each new term as asingle-parent
family. I just wanted to be us again, without the stigma (特征) of the label
thatput on us. During those few gray years, I would reassure
myself that soon things would be better, andthat I would someday be able to feel
whole again. There is no mathematical equation of adultsproportioned to children
to equal a stable, loving family. Every family has its strengths. In
fact,studies show that in families who read together, eat together and
communicate openly, childrenare likely to succeed academically, as well as
socially and emotionally. I am sure these habits arejust as effective when
practiced in single-parent families. I realize now that I am not a statistic.
Weare an active, vital family in this charming community, where we are not
marked by any stigma ofany statistics of any focus groups. We
are given opportunity, all of us. We are surrounded by beauty and immersed
inpossibility. There is joy to be found here, in what we see around us and
in creating our ownrendition of how we want to be seen. There is strength and
grace in our own willingness to breakfree from conformity without falling behind
the barriers of self--imposed limitations or preconceivednotions of where we
should fit in this world according to research.
单选题
What does the last sentence of paragraph one imply?
A. The author moved to a new place.
B. The climate changed greatly in the last few years.
C. In the last few years, the author' s mood changed.
D. There were some natural disasters.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 由题干“although…different cultures”确定本题涉及第2段内容要点(despitedifferences in cultures)。
单选题
After the divorce,______
A. there wash' t any change, since she used to play a main part in taking
care of the children
B. she became interested in statistics
C. everything in her life was changed
D. it was the way by which she looked at life that changed