题文
The day I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later. Up until that day, I had been too busy trying to survive my abusive(辱骂的) marriage. I had spent all my energy trying to run a "perfect" home that would pass inspection each evening, and I didn't see that my baby girl had become a toddler. I'd tried endlessly to please someone who could never be pleased and suddenly realized that the years had slipped by and could never return.Oh, I had done the normal "motherly" things, like making sure my daughter got to ballet and gym lessons. I went to all of her recitals and school concerts, parent-teacher conferences and open houses alone. We suffered from my husband's rages(暴怒) when something was spilled(溢出) at the dinner table, telling her, "It will be okay, Honey. Daddy's not really mad at you." I did all I could to protect her from hearing the awful shouting and complaints after he returned from a night of drinking. Finally I did the best thing I could do for my daughter and myself: I removed us from the home that wasn't really a home at all.
That day I became a mom was the day when my daughter and I were sitting in our new home having a calm, quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her. We were talking about what she had done in school and suddenly her little hand knocked over the full glass of chocolate milk by her plate. As I watched the white tablecloth and freshly painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face. It was filled with fear, knowing what the consequence of the event would have meant only a week before in her father's presence. When I saw that look on her face and looked at the chocolate milk running down the wall, I simply started laughing. I am sure she thought I was crazy, but then she must have realized that I was thinking, "It's a good thing your father isn't here!" She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we cried. They were tears of joy and peace and were the first of many tears that we cried together. That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay.
Whenever either of us spills something, even now, seventeen years later, she says, "Remember the day I spilled the chocolate milk? I knew you had done the right thing for us." That was the day I really became a mom. I discovered that being a mom isn't only going to ballet or gym, recitals, and attending every school concert and open house. It isn't keeping a tidy house and preparing perfect meals. It certainly isn't pretending things are normal when they are not. For me, being a mom started when I could laugh over spilled milk.
---- By Linda Jones from “Chicken Soup for Soul”
小题1:What does the underlined part "the right thing" refer to?A．Becoming a single mother.B．Divorcing with her abusive husband.C．Doing all the motherly things well and running the family.D．Not blaming on her daughter’s spilling the chocolate milk.小题2:Which statement is NOT true?．A．The author had suffered from an unfortunate marriage for a long time.B．All the things the author did were to protect her daughterC．The author hadn’t been a mother until she removed from her marriage.D．Both the author and her daughter were frightened at the husband and father.小题3:Why did the author and her daughter laugh and then cry?A．Because it was a thorough relief after they had suffered too much.B．Because they were actually crazy.C．Because they wouldn’t see the abusive man any more.D．Because spilling the chocolate milk on the wall was really funny.小题4:What is the best title for this article?A．How To Be a Better Mon?B．The Day I Became a MomC．A Thing Happened 17 Years AgoD．Survive an Abusive Marriage 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:B
解析
文章介绍作者一直做着一般的妈妈该做的事情，但是真正成为妈妈是在在遭受丈夫的辱骂和虐待7年后，终于下决心离开丈夫，和女儿过着放松的生活，这时作者觉得自己像个真正的妈妈。
小题1:推理题：从第二段的描述，作者多年遭受丈夫的辱骂和虐待，让自己和女儿饱受痛苦，终于下决心离开丈夫，这里女儿指的就是和丈夫离婚的事情，选B
小题2:推理题：从第一段的句子：The day I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later.可知虽然作者说自己不是在有了女儿后变成妈妈的，而是7年后，但是这里的妈妈是有特殊含义的，不是广义上的妈妈，第二段的句子：Oh, I had done the normal "motherly" things, like making sure my daughter got to ballet and gym lessons. I went to all of her recitals and school concerts, parent-teacher conferences and open houses alone.可以看出作者一直做着一般的妈妈该做的事情，所以C表达不对。
小题3:推理题：从第三段的句子："It's a good thing your father isn't here!" She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we cried. They were tears of joy and peace and were the first of many tears that we cried together. That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay.可知作者和女儿大笑知道哭了，是因为受苦多年后终于有了彻底的放松，选A
小题4:主旨题：文章多次提到That was the day I really became a mom. 可知作者想表达的是自己真正成为妈妈的日子，选B
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“The day I became a m.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
