Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5. If women choose to pursue a career once they have children, they often miss out on a close (1)_____ with their children. Helen Jamieson is a mother of three who has given (2)_____ work to look after her children full-time. She strongly believes that women are pressurized to do too much, driving themselves to the absolute ...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.

If women choose to pursue a career once they have children, they often miss out on a close (1)_____ with their children. Helen Jamieson is a mother of three who has given (2)_____ work to look after her children full-time. She strongly believes that women are pressurized to do too much, driving themselves to the absolute limit. In her own case, after six years of paid employment, Helen finally decided to call it a day. She says she initially found it hard being at home, though she never misses the job itself. She admits that if she had had a brilliant career to begin (3)_____, she might feel differently now. Financially, she is no worse off

(4)______ before, as the cost of childcare and commuting exceeded her actual income. (5)______ the government starts to give other tax incentives to working parents, she says she will not return to the workplace until her children are grown up.