This economy has really got a lot of peo

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This economy has really got a lot of people moving and not always by a choice they wanted to make. My wife and I now find ourselves among those unfortunates feeling that 1 .
At the end of last year, our customers just 2 . We had to make the painful decision to 3 our office and put our house up for 4 . We haven’t lived in it for two years yet and expected it would be the 5 one for a long time. How 6 this world economic mess is changing our lives!
As I get older, I find moving less adventurous and more 7 . This time, we’re in the process of moving without knowing where we’ll 8 next. Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life. Both my wife and I had been feeling pretty 9 from all this. I’ve been challenged to find the positive in all this down that’s 10 us.
But then it happened while I watched my wife 11 things up. She’s an absolute whiz(能手) when it comes to packing. I took delight in watching her 12 just the right boxes for 13 in front of her and filling in the 14 with pillows and towels. I began feeling something like a wind lift me up and sail me through my own 15 of the packing and loading.
Some friends will be helping us with the 16 . I’ve told them that they’re not 17 friends but gaining some new vacation spots.
I have 18 that we’ll get through this transition finally. We all will always have work to do, by choice or 19 , and we can also consciously make the effort to create a sense of 20 in a new place.

小题1:

A．pressure

B．pleasure

C．heat

D．chance

小题2:

A．stayed up

B．turned up

C．dried up

D．came up

小题3:

A．open

B．close

C．visit

D．paint

小题4:

A．help

B．comparison

C．decoration

D．sale

小题5:

A．last

B．next

C．only

D．special

小题6:

A．little

B．quickly

C．frequently

D．well

小题7:

A．dangerous

B．common

C．stressful

D．interesting

小题8:

A．return

B．arrive

C．study

D．prepare

小题9:

A．relaxed

B．excited

C．ashamed

D．depressed

小题10:

A．improving

B．encouraging

C．beating

D．killing

小题11:

A．packing

B．washing

C．pulling

D．dividing

小题12:

A．bring up

B．keep up

C．size up

D．set up

小题13:

A．others

B．nothing

C．another

D．everything

小题14:

A．cars

B．gaps

C．tanks

D．holes

小题15:

A．boat

B．share

C．wish

D．promise

小题16:

A．settling

B．cooking

C．cleaning

D．moving

小题17:

A．valuing

B．losing

C．inviting

D．making

小题18:

A．idea

B．faith

C．feeling

D．opinion

小题19:

A．otherwise

B．indeed

C．worse

D．rather

小题20:

A．panic

B．connection

C．humor

D．home

答案

小题1:A

小题2:C

小题3:B

小题4:D

小题5:A

小题6:B

小题7:C

小题8:B

小题9:D

小题10:C

小题11:A

小题12:C

小题13:D

小题14:B

小题15:B

小题16:D

小题17:B

小题18:B

小题19:A

小题20:D

文章讲述的是作者由于经济危机，全家被迫买房搬家，比较困难，压抑。后来看到妻子的工作，受到启发，坚信以后一定会好转。

小题1:考查上下文。因为上一句讲到现在的经济状况让很多人行动起来了，这不是他们自愿选择的，说明他们是由于经济压力才这样的，所以我和我的妻子也是这些不幸的人中的一份子，感受到了这种压力。

小题2:考查词组辨析。Stay up 熬夜 turn up出现 dry up干涸，减少 come up发生句意为去年年底，我们的顾客减少了。

小题3:上下文，因为顾客减少了所以要把公司的办公室/办事处关闭了，

小题4:考查上下文。公司关闭了，房子出售了。For sale 出售

小题5:句意理解。意为我们还没有在这房子里住满两年，并且估计以后也不会在一所房子里住时间长了（这是最后一所住这么长时间的房子了

小题6:考查上下文，根据上一句，不会在一所房子里住时间长，可知经济危机快速地影响着我们的生活

小题7:上下文，根据后文可知作者情况并没有好转，因此是感到有压力

小题8:这次我们已经处于不知道下次会到哪里去的搬家的过程中了。所以选择arrive指到达哪里

小题9:上下文。根据上一句Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life.可知，作者处于困境之中，所以会感到沮丧。

小题10:句意理解。find the positive in all this down that’s us从中可知，此处填的动词是all this down 萧条，经济危机对我的影响，AB明显不符合题意，D过分夸张，C,beat指打击，挫败。

小题11:上下文。根据下一句when it comes to packing可知，

小题12:句意理解，本句意为我很开心看着她给面前的所有的东西都挑选合适的箱子（判断出那些是适当的箱子）bring up 养育 keep up持续 set up建立

小题13:同上

小题14:考查名词辨析。意为在空隙中填一些垫子和毛巾。

小题15:名词辨析。此处意为我感到有一种东西就像风一样，激励了我，帮我顺利完成我自己的那份包装和装载的任务。Share意为应当承担或者完成的份额。

小题16:上下文，上文作者讲到一直在搬家，所以此处指的是朋友可以帮忙搬家。

小题17:上下文理解。因为作者搬家，离开了朋友，所以对朋友说，你们没有失去我这个朋友，只是多了一些可以去旅游的地点了。

小题18:句意理解。句意为我相信，我们最终会熬过/度过这段过渡期的

小题19:句意理解。不论是自己的选择还是其他方面的原因，我们总会有工作可以做的

小题20:上下文理解。因为作者一直在搬家，所以他想最终能在新的地方创造出家的感觉。