8．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 to please someone who could never be pleased and suddenly realized that the years had slipped by and could never be recaptured（重現(xiàn)）．
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．
29．According to the writer，C is not the normal"motherly"things．
A．signing up kids for ballet and gym lessons
B．a(chǎn)ttending parent-teacher conferences
C．protecting kids when they are scolded by the father
D．going to kids'school concerts and open houses
30．The underlined phrase"ran interference"can best be replaced byB．
A．pardoned her B．covered her C．pleased her D．informed her
31．It can be inferred from the passage thatA
A．mum and daughter had led a miserable life before moving out
B．being a mum is not pretending things are normal when they are not
C．the daughter spilled the chocolate milk deliberately in the new home
D．mum and daughter laughed together at the funny paints on the wall
32．According to the passage，when did the writer become a real mom？
C
A．The day she gave birth to her daughter
B．The day she lost contact with her husband
C．The day she created a relaxing family atmosphere
D．The day she laughed at the spilled chocolate milk．
分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們介紹作者一直做著一般的媽媽該做的事情，但是真正成為媽媽是在遭受丈夫的辱罵和虐待7年后，終于下決心離開丈夫，和女兒過著放松的生活，這時(shí)作者覺得自己像個(gè)真正的媽媽．
解答 29．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段中的"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"可知，讓孩子上芭蕾體操課，參加學(xué)校音樂會(huì)，家長(zhǎng)會(huì)等，都是所謂的normal"motherly"things，故用排除法可知，故選C．
30．B．詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)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，當(dāng)孩子把東西灑在餐桌上，丈夫大發(fā)雷霆的時(shí)候，作者會(huì)從中調(diào)解，告訴孩子："沒關(guān)系，孩子，你的爸爸并不是真正在生氣"．cover sb．意為"保護(hù)某人，庇護(hù)某人"；故選B．
31．A．推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章第二段中的"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"可知，作者認(rèn)為和丈夫離婚，搬到新家對(duì)于自己和女兒來說都是一件好事，由此可以推知，在此之前，作者和女兒過著非常不好的生活．故選A．
32．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)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，當(dāng)作者和丈夫離婚，帶著女兒搬到新家，作者和女兒在新的環(huán)境里，心情平靜愉悅，這是作者作為一個(gè)母親真正的開始．故選C．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時(shí)一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個(gè)人的主觀想象代替文章的事實(shí)，要根據(jù)文章事實(shí)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
