Question

Like all other mothers who have small children, I, too, have to steal time-from my own children at home and from the children who know me as their teacher-just to put a few words down on paper. Many times I’ve wanted to write for myself, for other women, for my parents, for my husband, and especially for my children. I would have liked to leave a legacy (遗产) of words explaining what it has meant to have twins. One reason that there is not a great deal written about being a mother of a new baby is that there is seldom a moment to think of anything else but the baby’s needs.
With twins, I did not have a spare hand to write with.
Before my twins were born, my days were long and I had nothing to write about. After the twins’ birth I did have something to write about, but I found myself facing not a pen and paper but milk bottles.
Some nights, friends would visit. They would leave at 11 p.m., heading for bed, and for us the night was only just beginning. With twins, there is really no night. Each feeding lasts a long time. At 1:00 a.m., each of them would begin crying from hunger. At 4:00am, when I finally put them down, I felt exhausted.
Two years have passed since then and we’ve managed to live through it all. My days are still very full and even now there isn’t one evening when I put the twins down for the night that I don’t have a break. At last a little time for myself.

1. 1.
   When did the writer have time but she didn’t feel like writing anything?
   1. A.
      Before the birth of her twins.
   2. B.
      When she faced bottles of milk.
   3. C.
      After her friends visited her home.
   4. D.
      When she had to think about the babies’ needs.
2. 2.
   What does the writer mainly write about?
   1. A.
      Her role as a wife.
   2. B.
      Her work as a writer.
   3. C.
      Her experience as a mother.
   4. D.
      Her feeling as a woman.
3. 3.
   Why did the writer say the night was just beginning (in the 4th paragraph)?
   1. A.
      Because her friends left her house too late.
   2. B.
      Because she started to take care of the twins even at night.
   3. C.
      Because her babies often cried and she woke up.
   4. D.
      Because she could not sleep till four in the morning.
4. 4.
   This passage is probably from a(n) _________.
   1. A.
      blog
   2. B.
      newspaper
   3. C.
      guidebook
   4. D.
      advertisement
5. 5.
   What can we learn from the passage?
   1. A.
      The writer was unhappy because of no time for writing.
   2. B.
      The writer cared about her babies more than her own interests.
   3. C.
      The writer hated to be a mother of twins.
   4. D.
      The writer could steal a little time at night.

Answer 1

ACBAB
1.A 细节题。文章第三段提到Before my twins were born, my days were long and I had nothing to write about,故选择A
2.C 主旨大意题。作者主要的写作内容在第一段就有提到，Like all other mothers who have small children,所以她主要是写作为母亲的生活,故选择C
3.B 原因题。作者夜晚刚刚开始的原因在第四段有提到With twins, there is really no night,所以原因是要照顾孩子,故选择B
4.A 询问这篇文章可能的来源,首先可以确定这篇文章是非盈利性的,并且不是正式的文体,所以最有可能是一片博客日志,故选择A
5.B 主旨大意题。从作者对于孩子的关心可以了解作者将孩子放在自己前面，故选择B