Read the following passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the blanks. ⇱
If women choose to pursue a career once they have children, they often miss out on a close relationship with children. Helen Jamieson is a mother of three who has given up work to look after her children ___(1)___. She strongly believes that women are pressurized to do too much, ___(2)___ 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 to be 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.