Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

For many women choosing whether to work or not to work outside their home is a luxury: They must work to survive. Others face a hard decision.

Perhaps the easiest choice has to do with【B1】______ . One husband said, "Marge and I decided after careful consideration that for her to go back to work at this moment was an【B2】______ we couldn't afford." With two preschool children, it soon became clear in their figuring that with babysitters,【B3】______ , and increased taxes, rather than having more money, they might【B4】______ end up with less.

Economic factors are usually the first to be【B5】______ , but they are not the most important. The most important aspects of the decision have to do with the【B6】______ needs of each member of the family. It is in this area that husbands and wives find themselves having to face many confusing and【B7】______ feelings.

There are many women who find that home is boring or who feel【B8】______ if they have to stay home with a young child or several children.【B9】______ .

From my own experience, I would like to suggest that sometimes the decision to go back to work is made in too much haste. There are few decisions that I now regret more.【B10】______ . I regret my impatience to get on with my career.【B11】______ .

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