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(1) Working from Home
My family recently had the bright idea that I should spend a day working from home.
When I mapped out such a day, I had 11.___ working hard in my study, then taking a mid-
morning cookie break with the kids, next returning to work, and finally going for a family walk.
However, during the first hour of my workday at home, I 12.___ touched any work. The
children kept running into my study and asking me to play with them.
Around 10:30 a.m., I decided to take that mid-morning cookie 13.___ and then found
that there was nothing left in the cookie jar. The kids had eaten them all!
I returned to my desk and began writing an e-mail until my wife walked in.
"I need to run to the store. Could you please fix the car battery(电池) for me?"，she said.
I mumbled (嘟囔) to myself all the way to the car，did the job, and went back to my desk.
Then, my kids started asking for lunch. After telling them over and over again to wait
until their mom gets home, I finally put a sign to my door that 14. : Go Ask Someone
Else!
And that worked really well. I finally 15. to finish writing that e-mail. The house
was quiet up to the 16.___ that the neighbor called and told me that my children went to
ask him for lunch! I told him to send my kids back. Frustrated (懊恼的)，I made sandwiches
for the kids and myself. Just as I was cleaning up, my wife walked in.
I was so glad that she was back and couldn't wait to escape. I 17. ___ for the door
to go back to my work. As I sat down at the desk, I realized things were not like what I had
imagined. And I also understood how 8.__ it is to take good care of a family.
11. A. suggested B. forgotten C. imagined D. finished
12. A. even B. just C. still D. Hardly
13. A. break B. party C. lesson D. Walk
14. A. read B. heard C. pronounced D. translated
15. A. offered B. refused C. preferred D. managed
16. A. turn B. point C. time D. number
17. A. paid B. headed C. waited D. searched
18. A. happy B. relaxing C. hard D. exciting