单选题
{{B}}Well-being of women{{/B}}

In our culture, the sources of what we call a sense of "mastery"—feeling important and worthwhile—and the sources of what we call a sense of "pleasure"—finding life enjoyable—are not always identical. Women often are told, "You can't have it all". Sometimes what the speaker really is saying is "You choose a career, so you can't expect to have closer relationships or a happy family life," or "You have a wonderful husband and children—what's all this about wanting a career?" but women need to understand and develop both aspects of well-being, if they have to feel good about themselves.
Our study shows that, for women, well-being has two dimensions. One is mastery, which includes self-esteem (自尊), a sense of control over your life, and low levels of anxiety and depression. Mastery is closely related to the "doing" side of life, to work and activity~ Pleasure is the other dimension, and it is composed of happiness, satisfaction and optimism. It is tied more closely to the "feeling" side of life. The two are independent of each other. A woman could be high in mastery and low in pleasure, and vice versa. For example, a woman who has a good job, but whose mother has just died, might be feeling very good about herself and in control of her work life, but the pleasure side could be damaged for a time.
The concepts of mastery and pleasure could help us identify the source of well-being for women, and remedy past mistakes. In the past, women are encouraged to look only at the feeling side of life as the source of all well-being. But we know that both mastery and pleasure are critical. And mastery seems to be achieved largely through work. In our study, all the groups of employed women rated significantly high in mastery than did women who were not employed.
A woman's well-being is enhanced (增进) when she takes on multiple roles. At least by middle adulthood, the women who were involved in the combination of roles—marriages, motherhood, and employment--were the highest in well-being, despite warnings about stress and strain.

单选题 It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ______.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】通读第一段,可知B为正确答案。indispensable“必需的”,“必不可少的”。
单选题 The author's attitude towards women having a career is ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】通读全文可知,这篇文章传达的主要信息是:一个妇女生活的幸福,既包括家庭生活的美满,也包括事业上的成功,缺一不可。这也是作者在这篇文章中表达出来的自己的观点,所以此题答案应该是A。
单选题 One can conclude from the passage that if a woman takes on several social roles, ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】细读最后一段可得出此题答案。
单选题 Which of the following can be identified as a source of "pleasure" for women?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】文章第一段和第三段都谈到“pleasure”与“the feeling side of life”密切相联,由此可得出此题答案应该是D。
单选题 Which of following is the writer most concerned about?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】第一段最后一句点题。