The first weeks were a bit hard. Loneliness wasn’t the problem—I was in constant contact with clients by e-mail and phone. But I did feel claustrophobic（患幽闭恐怖症的）. With wheels on my desk chair and the refrigerator just two feet away, I could work for twelve straight hours without ever standing up. There are no physical separation between my living room and work table, so the only way I found to feel like I was going “home” at the end of the day was to forbid my use of the working chair. At nine-thirty at night, when I turned my computer off, I felt a bit like the family dog reaching the high point of its day: “Whoohoo! I get to go for a walk!” Then, around eleven-thirty, I’d found myself turning on the computer again to solve some work issue that was pre-occupying me…

At the same time, I discovered that working this way had definite advantages. Not only did I save an hour from going to work and back home, I also gained a great deal of control over my time. There were fewer interruptions than in an office, I could schedule meetings and phone calls in blocks to increase the productive time around them, and the easy access to my workspace late at night and on weekends could obviously be of mixed effects. This was especially important to me since, in addition to consulting work, I was writing fiction and planning a new business. Working at home allowed me to manage all of these activities at once without losing significant sleep. This turned out to be well worth the claustrophobia, which also faded as I became more used to the new routine. A short walk in the late afternoon could reduce the shut-in feeling and make me get energetic again to work through the evening.

You might think that, with all this added time flexibility, I would even find a few hours to clean my apartment, but, unfortunately, this never happened.

1．The writer felt claustrophobic because _________.

      A．she was lonely                               B．she worked long hours

       C．she couldn’t go for a walk                  D．she worked alone for long

2．Where does the writer work?

      A．In her own home.                           B．In an office.

       C．In a hospital.                                   D．At a newspaper.

3．What does the writer think of working late at night and on weekends?

      A．It was convenient for her.                B．It has advantages and disadvantages.

       C．She didn’t like it at all.                       D．She enjoyed working late.

4．What’s the writer’s general attitude towards her work?

       A．She didn’t like it very much.               B．She enjoyed doing her work.

       C．It allowed her little spare time.              D．It was too hard for her.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-20各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　　One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my 1 apartment.

　　Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 2 between the two tall heads in front of me. I had to keep changing the 3 every time she leaned over to talk to him, 4 he leaned over to kiss her. Why do Americans display such 5 in a public place?

　　I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6 it turned out, it was an Italian movie. 7 about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 8 on my popcorn(爆米花). I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 9 . After a while I heard 10 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11 of the popcorn crunching(咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to 12 . I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 13 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean -I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 14 I saw him again in New York speaking 15 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I 16 like I had been betrayed.

　　When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 17 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 18 and we all seemed to avoid each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, prefer ring that to 19 in a difficult language. Mother tried to say something in English but it 20 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.

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　　One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie. I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn't face my 1 apartment. Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 2 between the two tall heads in front of. me. I had to keep changing the angle(角度) every time she 3 over to talk to him, 4 he turned his head to kiss her. Why do Americans enjoy displaying 5 towards each other in a public place? I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6 it turned out, it was an 7 movie. After about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 8 on my popcorn (爆米花). I've never understood why they give you so much popcorn! It tasted pretty good, 9 . After a while I heard 10 more of the romantic-sounding Italians. I just heard the 11 of the popcorn crunching (咀嚼) between my teeth. My thought started to 12 . I remembered when I was in South Korea (韩国), I 13 to watch Kojak on TV frequently. He spoke perfect Korean-I was really amazed. He seemed like a good friend to me, 14 I saw him again in New York speaking 15 English instead of perfect Korean. He didn't even have a Korean accent and I 16 like I had been betrayed(背叛). When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English. 17 . we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home. Everyone agreed, but our house became very 18 and we all seemed to 19 each other. We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to speaking in a difficult language, Mother tried to say something in English but it 20 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it! We've been speaking Korean at home ever since.

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