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My husband and I both work at home. We have four children, so the times when I am  1  in the house
are few. Like many work-at-home moms, when I do get a  2  to be by myself, I fill that time with more  3  , whether it's related to my career or taking care of the housework. Most of the time, I don't mind.  4  , I wanted this job as wife and mother, and I knew from the start that it often  5  putting others'
needs before my own. But, other times, I can't help but feel a little  6  because I seldom had any plans for myself, and everyone knew it. My life  7  on my family, but they seldom appreciated this, which often  8  me a lot.
One day, when the kids were at school, I  9  for the movie theater-alone, I'd 10  been to the movies
alone before, so I was a little nervous. Would I look pitiful going to the theater by myself? Was I being
ridiculous (荒唐可笑) by seeing a movie  11  so much work waited for me at home? I  12  myself
to swallow these 13    and bought myself a ticket. And then I walked into the theater with my  14  held high and enjoyed every minute of the movie. I laughed and felt my good spirits  15  for a couple of hours, I was  16  wife or mother. I was just myself.
From that point on, I  17  that Fridays would be mine,  18  for a couple of hours. Some Fridays,
I head to (前往) the beach with a good book. Other Fridays, I go shopping,  19  up a little fast food or
some clothes just for myself. I really 20  my Fridays after a long week of caring of my family.

(     )1. A. busy         (     )2. A. chance       (     )3. A. fun           (     )4. A. So far       (     )5. A. practiced     (     )6. A. happy         (     )7. A. centred       (     )8. A. moved         (     )9. A. applied       (     )10. A. ever         (     )11. A. if           (     )12. A. forced       (     )13. A. answers     (     )14. A. hands       (     )15. A. leave       (     )16. A. everybody's (     )17. A. expressed   (     )18. A. at least     (     )19. A. making       (     )20. A. come up with

B. alone           B. way             B. fear           B. From then on   B. advised         B. excited         B. insisted       B. bothered       B. waited         B. also           B. when           B. allowed         B. efforts         B. head           B. happen         B. somebody's     B. declared       B. at last         B. picking         B. break away from

C. tense           C. purpose         C. work             C. As a resul       C. meant           C. angry           C. depended         C. amused           C. longed           C. never           C. unless           C. ordered         C. thoughts         C. legs             C. return           C. anybody's       C. agreed           C. in all           C. taking           C. look forward to

D. brave               D. fortune             D. love               D. After all           D. considered         D. nervous             D. knocked             D. scared             D. headed             D. instead             D. until               D. taught             D. results             D. ticket             D. weaken             D. nobody's           D. decided             D. in time             D. bringing           D. pay attention to

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