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When I was a child, my mother would look at me and say, “You have something special, and I know you can achieve whatever you set your mind on. But you should always know what you will be doing next.”
In college, I made a goal to do well in my study and win a scholarship every year. Certainly, I made it. After college, my goal was to work and live in New York City. I got a good job and two years later, I had my own apartment on the Upper East Side.
As I look back, I understand more clearly that setting goals gave me direction and a path to follow. When I was pregnant (怀孕的) with my first child, my new goal was to stay at home and raise my baby by myself. It means that I had to give up a lot of things, such as my job. It was difficult to accept the truth, but I knew what I wanted and nothing was going to stand in my way.
When my second child was seven years old, I wanted to go back to work. However, my friends told me that it was impossible to get a good job after being away from work for 10 years. But then I went to work as a manager in a big company. It wasn't easy at first, but I liked the challenge.
I worked at that job for seven years and learned so much. But then I felt a new goal coming. I left my job last month and started my own company. I always teach my children the same thing that my mother told me: You can achieve anything you set your mind on. What do you want? Once you know, go get it.
【语篇解读】 本文是一篇记叙文。从小母亲就告诉作者要树立目标，然后朝着目标努力，所以作者最后很成功，拥有了自己的公司。她的故事告诉我们树立目标很重要。
1．Why did the author stop working once?
A．Because she disliked her previous job.
B．Because she met with difficulties in her job.
C．Because she wanted to raise her child herself.
D．Because she had no one to look after her child
答案与解析：C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“my new goal was to stay at home and raise my baby by myself.”可知，作者停止工作的原因是想要自己带孩子。
2．How did the author's friends react to her decision to go back to work?
A．They encouraged her greatly.
B．They thought she couldn't get a good job.
C．They thought she was not serious about that.
D．They gave her suggestions on finding a good job.
答案与解析：B 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“However, my friends told me that it was impossible to get a good job after being away from work for 10 years.”可知，当作者想要继续工作时，她朋友们的反应是觉得她找不到好的工作。
3．What does the author most probably want to show by writing this passage?
A．It' s important to set goals in life.
B．We should know our own needs.
C．We should always be full of confidence.
D．It's important to make some changes in life.
答案与解析：A 主旨大意题。纵观全文可知，本文主要是讲树立目标的重要性。
