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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 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 child. I'd tried endlessly top lease someone who could never be pleased and suddenly realized that the year shad slipped by and could never be recaptured(重现).
Oh, I had done the normal “motherly” things, like making sure my daughter got to ballet and tap and gym lessons. I went to all of her recitals and school concerts, parent-teacher conferences and open houses - alone. I ran interference during my husband's anger when something was spilled 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 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 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 outcome 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 that day that you had done the right thing for us, and I will never forget it.”
That was the day I really became a mom. I discovered that being a mom isn't only going to ballet, and tap and gym recitals, and attending every school concert and open house. It isn't keeping a spotless 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.
36.What was the writer mostly engaged in seventeen years ago?
A.Passing inspection from the community.
B.Trying very hard to please the baby girl.
C.Nurturing the baby girl to become a child.
D.Running a perfect home to satisfy her husband
37. The underlined phrase “ran interference” can best be replaced by______.
A. informed her B. pleased her C. covered her D. pardoned her
38. According to the passage, when did the writer become a real mom?
A. The day she gave birth to her daughter
B. The day she lost contact with her husband
C. The day she laughed at the spilled chocolate milk
D. The day she created a relaxing family atmosphere
36.【答案】D
【解析】细节理解题。在文章中的第一段I'd tried endlessly to please someone who could never be pleased and suddenly realized that he years had sipped by and could never be recaptured (重现) ,可知作者一直以来就在努力地取悦于自己的丈夫。 故选D。
37.【答案】C
【解析】词义猜测题．根据文章第二段"I ran interference during my husband's anger when something was spilled at the dinner table，telling her，‘It will be okay，Honey．Daddy's not really mad at you．'"可知，当孩子把东西洒在餐桌上，丈夫大发雷霆的时候，作者会从中调解，告诉孩子："没关系，孩子，你的爸爸并不是真正在生气"．cover sb．意为"保护某人，庇护某人"；故选C．
38.【答案】D
【解析】 推理判断题．根据文章第三段中的"That day I became a mom was the day my daughter and I were sitting in our new home having a calm，quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her"以及最后一段中的"being a mom started when I could laugh over spilled milk"可知，文章最后三段提到,在喝咖啡时,咖啡溅到了墙上,没搬出家以前遇到这种情况,他们是不敢笑的,可是现在却可以放声地笑,所以做好名母亲,真正所在应该是给孩子创造一种轻松的家庭氛围，这是作者作为一个母亲真正的开始．故选D．
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