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I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it
1 me 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 was
3 explained to me that they were letting me go.
I just sat there
4 they talked on and all I could think was, "I've
5 ." I'd been so well respected;
6 I was
of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very
7 place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could
8 things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的)
in everything
9 me.
Then in late June, my youngest son's football team made the city cup final. The year before, he'd been very
sad when I
10 the same final, so he was
11 when I told him I'd go. Not only did they win, but the look on his
face as he saw me
12 him 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-I
13 went to another
city to watch him play. These moments were so
14 . My life had been so much devoted to
15 for so long and
I felt
16 that 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 being
18 again. Now I feel more positive about my professional
19 and I'm getting on better with my family than I ever
have. Losing my job made me realize just how
20 it 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. simple |
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 |