完形填空。
I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it1me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle.
I'd worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director.2 ,
one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was3explained to me that they were letting me go.
I just sat there4they talked on and all I could think was, 'I've5 .' I'd been so well respected;6I was
of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very7place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could8
things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的)
in everything 9me.
Then in late June, my youngest son's football team made the city cup final. The year before, he'd been very
sad when I10the same final, so he was11when I told him I'd go. Not only did they win, but the look on his
face as he saw me12him on was unbelievable. From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their
passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son's ban-I13went to another
city to watch him play. These moments were so14. My life had been so much devoted to15for so long and
I felt16that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
17, being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose-I was someone's mum! I felt a sense of being18
again. Now I feel more positive about my professional19and I'm getting on better with my family than I ever
have. Losing my job made me realize just how20it is to achieve real balance in life.
( )1.A. Promised
( )2.A. Therefore
( )3.A. quickly
( )4.A. until
( )5.A. failed
( )6.A. suddenly
( )7.A. secret
( )8.A. see
( )9.A. defended
( )10.A. watched
( )11.A. disappointed
( )12.A. cheering
( )13.A. just
( )14.A. hopeful
( )15.A. work
( )16.A. successful
( )17.A. Naturally
( )18.A. employed
( )19.A. education
( )20.A important B. afforded
B. Anyhow
B. gently
B. after
B. finished
B. finally
B. quiet
B. get
B. directed
B. missed
B. worried
B. taking
B. even
B. meaningful
B. family
B. thoughtful
B. Doubtfully
B. comforted
B. experience
B. interesting C. showed
C. Otherwise
C. partly
C. as
C. tried
C. immediately
C. lonely
C. suggest
C. deserted
C. lost
C. honoured
C. leading
C. still
C. difficult
C. matches
C. thankful
C. Disagreeably
C. valued
C. relationship
C. D. left
D. However
D. easily
D. so
D. changed
D. shortly
D. dark
D. understand
D. disturbed
D. won
D. delighted
D. passing
D. almost
D. strange
D. performances
D. peaceful
D. Unexpectedly
D. encouraged
D. future
D. surprising