第二节、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，.然后从所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，
选出最佳选项。
My husband,a science writer,had just won an award for his writing from a
chemistry association.We31 from Washington,D.C.to California for the
big award banquet.It was really exciting,but I was a32.I was having a
career33.I had quit my job when our first child was born because I felt that
34 kids was important work,and I wanted to do that work.But people would
say you 35 working.I had been working harder than I had ever worked and
not getting a single paycheck or 36 from my social network.
At the banquet,the host took the mic and introduced my husband,37
all of his accomplishments.And then after this long list,the host gestured to me,a
38 and mother of two.This was the first time Iever heard myself 39 by
those words.The place was full of scientists,40 men,but there were a
handful of women.I remember feeling a sense of41,and I thought they
must either see me as clueless or as a traitor to the cause
After the speech and the banquet was over,I sat at the big42
alone,
feeling way too self-conscious to43,staring at my dessert plate.And then
one older female scientist 44 to me.She looked me 45 in the
eye and she said,"I just want you to know I'm sorry."She said,"I just want you to
know that what you're doing is so 46."She moved on before I had a
chance to 47 her.She had given me 48 what I needed at that
time.Now,I am back in the workplace.When I see a woman or a man during the
middle of a_49_pushing a stroller(婴儿推车)，I will often stop and
50 what you are doing is so valuable.
