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单元质量评估(三) 时间：100分钟　分数：120分 第一部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 A A US dad quit his job，giving up a massive salary，after his 10－year－old daughter gave him a 22－point list outlining all the events he had missed so far during the year.As the CEO of the global investment firm PIMCO，Mohamed El－Erian shocked the finance industry when he quit in January. El－Erian said it was about a year ago when he was repeatedly asking his daughter to brush her teeth，but she wasnt listening.When he asked her why，she responded with a list of 22 milestones he had missed: like the first day of school and the first soccer game of the season. “And the school year wasnt yet over，” El－Erian wrote.“I felt awful and got defensive: I had a good excuse for each missed event，such as travel，important meetings，and urgent phone calls.But it dawned on me that I was missing an infinitely more important point.My work－life balance had gotten out of whack，and the imbalance was hurting my special relationship with my daughter.I was not making enough time for her.” El－Erian explained he was struggling for work－life balance. Dads are quitting their profit－making jobs to improve work－life balance.This is a subject that is getting more attention as some high－profile executives have recently written about their experiences. Last month，former MongoDB CEO Max Schireson wrote a blog post about his decision to step down from the CEO position.He wrote that he struggled to make time for his three children because he was flying around half a million kilometres a year for work. “I was not with my kids when our puppy was hit by a car，or when my son had an emergency surgery，” Schireson wrote. On an overnight flight to Texas he woke up in Arizona to discover the plane made an emergency landing and some of traumatized crew members had to be replaced.He decided it was time to address his work－life balance. Quitting is something El－Erian and Schireson were financially able to