Hoffman,40, a former senior vice president of a financial company,had what she describes as "one of those extreme jobs". "I loved working," she says. But her career path reached a crossroad when her second child was born,and she left her job in February2007. Hoffman is one of many people who have left the work force to take a break,but she has a position as a consultant. She has described this type of career detour (繞路) 一which is more common for women than for men―as"offramping".   Typically it occurs when the balancing act of parenting and work becomes too tough.

A study by the center found that more than90 percent of women who offramp want to onramp back into the work force eventually. But making the transition back to work is rarely easy,and it is even harder in this economic climate of layoffs and hiring freezes.

  Considering some of the obstacles faced by onrampers,a threeday program called "Greater Returns：Restarting Your Career”was held at Columbia University. The goal of the three days was to have them walk away with a big shot of confidence.

According to one school of thought,women looking to make a comeback might even have an advantage in the current economy,especially if they are looking for parttime or consultant positions that do not offer benefits. And a majority of onrampers are women with extensive working experiences that could give them a slight advantage over lessexperienced competition.

  "You absolutely cannot be defensive about why you offramped," Ms. Hoffman says, "defensive" would have put her into a hard situation if the Greater Returns program had not taught her how to describe the years she spent at home. "I now feel confident talking to an employer and saying , ' Yes,I have been out of the work force,but here is where I can make significant contributions.'”

(   ) 5. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. Off-Ramp：It Is Common.

   B. On-Ramp：It Is Easy.

   C. Off-Ramp to On-Ramp：It Can Be a Hard journey.

   D. Off-Ramp or On-Ramp：It Depends on Confidence.

(   ) 6. According to the passage,Greater Returns         .

   A. is intended to relieve the pressure of the jobless women

   B. has all the jobless women restart their career

   C. is to last all the year around for the jobless women

   D. will build up the confidence of those in search of jobs

(   ) 7. The main reason for the women's offramping is that         .

   A. they have to suffer the sexual discrimination

   B. they reach a crossroad of career

   C. they have to parent their children

   D. they have great work pressure

(   ) 8. Which job is easier to get for a woman offramper?

   A. Regular workers. B. Casual workers.

   C. Company managers. D. Bank clerks.

(   ) 9. From what Ms. Hoffman says in the last paragraph,we can conclude         .

   A. she didn't get advice from the Greater Returns program

   B. she was defensive about her offramping

   C. she didn't get the job because she lied about her experience

   D. she is onramp partly due to her straightforward manner

5. C見文章第2段，文章第1段講到這一現(xiàn)象：婦女因生育嬰兒而離崗，第2段接著講到:90% 的婦女愿意再工作，但是在這種經(jīng)濟(jì)氣候而聘用幾近凍結(jié)時(shí)期,重返工作崗位太難了。

6. D見文章第3段：考慮到擺在再上崗婦女面前的障礙，哥倫比亞大學(xué)開辦了一個(gè)培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目——"Great Returns"為期三天，目的是讓受訓(xùn)者帶著自信心而離開。

7. C見文章第1段,作者先以Hoffimn為例，她是一家金融公司高級(jí)副總裁，但她的事業(yè)之路已走到了十字路口，因?yàn)樗牡?個(gè)孩子要出生了，她要離開工作崗位，第1段最后概括說： Typically it occurs when the balancing act of parenting and work becomes too tough.--- 平衡工作與做母親之間太難了。

8. B見第4段,在當(dāng)前的經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢(shì)下，婦女找兼職工作或顧問崗位更容易。

9. D見文章最后一段。

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