阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I was successful at my job . I worked very hard , but it ___21___ 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. ___22___, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was __23__ explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there __24__ they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve ___25___.” I’d been so well respected ; ___26___ I was of no value. For six weeks, I was in a very __27__ place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸).I could __28__ things needed doing, but would not do anything . My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive(积极的) in everything ___29___ 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 __30___ the same final, so he was ___31___ when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me ___32___ him on was unbelievable. From then in , I spent the summer enjoying my sons and their passions (激情) . I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band —I ___33___ went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so ___34___. My life had been so much devoted to __35__ for so long , and I felt __36__ that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world. ___37___ , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose — I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being ___38____ again. Now I feel more positive about my professional ___39___ and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how __40__ it is to achieve real balance in life.
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A
小题6:A
小题7:D
小题8:A
小题9:C
小题10:B
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:B
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:C
小题19:D
小题20:A
小题1:afford sb. sth.提供某人某物。该句的意思是我的工作给予了我和我的家人一种极好的生活方式。
小题2:根据前后文可知是表示转折，然而一天下午我被叫到办公室。
小题3:由于是要辞退作者，所以要用柔和的语气向作者表明她被辞退了。
小题4:as 引导一个时间状语从句，当他们在给我讲话的时候我坐在那里。
小题5:当他们告诉我我被解雇了的时候，我所想到的一切只是我失败了，与句首的成功形成对比。
小题6:作者一直认为很成功，现在却被告知被解雇了，所以说作者突然觉得自己很没用。
小题7:被解雇后作者生活在黑暗的日子里，感到绝望和无助。
小题8:我能看到有些事情需要我去做，但是我就是不愿意做，这与作者被解雇后的心情是一致的，同时也与后面的变化形成了对比。
小题9:由于作者被解雇，作者原有的遇事情能够向前看，并且看到事情中的积极的一面，这种人生信仰也抛弃了作者，用desert生动形象，有拟人化的手法。
小题10:watch“看”；miss“错过”；lose“失去比赛”；win“赢得比赛”。B项符合语境。
小题11:当作者告诉孩子要去看他们的球队的比赛时，孩子当然是表现的很高兴。
小题12:cheer sb. on 为某人喝彩，为某人加油。
小题13:even甚至，用来表示程度的加剧，深化。作者甚至去另外的一个城市里去看孩子的表演。
小题14:这些时刻与作者解雇后的心情相比是极其有意义的。
小题15:在事业后的这一段经历中，通过和孩子相处，作者认识到她过去太致力于工作了。
小题16:作者很感激，在自己忽略孩子们之后孩子还是很欢迎她进入孩子们的世界，这让作者感到很是感激。
小题17:出人意料的是，失业让我重新有了一种人生的目的感。
小题18:我再次觉得我的人生有价值有意义。与前文形成对应。
小题19:在经历了失业这一人生挫折之后，作者变得对自己的职业前景更为主动，和乐观。
小题20:在经历了失业后，作者认识到保持工作和生活的一种平衡是非常的重要。