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1/10 多学科网书城■ 品牌书店·知名教辅·正版资源 b.zxxk.com 您身边的互联网+教辅专家 UNT2课时作业（一）-（二） 课时作业（一）主题阅读集群训练（限时40分钟 1.阅读理解 A My husband jokes with me that my midlife crisis was having my now 11-year-old daughter in my 40s. I started my career as Associate Editor at Woman's World magazine in the late 1990s. Then I was a magazine editor-in-chief of five national consumer publications and also contributed to magazines like Longevity and New Woman. Four years after getting married in 2005,I eventually gave birth to my daughter,Crystal. As I wrote on Parenting.com:"As the doctor checked her vital organs and my husband counted her 10 perfect fingers and toes,I realized that my body had produced a wonder." While my peers were dealing with the stresses of kids in school,I focused my creative energy on carving out my new identity.I was excited when I was offered a "Mom's Talk" column where I wrote about toys,breastfeeding,and my ongoing pursuit of "baby-free" time. When Crystal was 3 years old,I wrote an essay about watching her dance at a toddler 步的儿童)reading group in the library,instead of sitting down with the other children.I expected her performance to annoy people,but her joyful dancing attracted them and made me consider my own possibilities. "Had I ever been that way,I wondered.If so,could I be like that again?Could I become as free as a child with her whole life ahead of her,ready and willing to be the star of her own production？n As my daughter transformed from a toddler into a young girl,she continued to be my inspiration.I wrote about the new rules for babysitting and shared research showing that fathers who participated in housework had a positive impact on their daughter's future success on The Washington Post. I focused on providing Crystal with resilience-building when she neared her teens.I wrote about powerful phrases on The Week,like "no one is the judge of your self-worth". As my daughter continues to grow during this messy time,there is one certainty:I will continue to tell my