Question

At the age of forty?five，my usually well?ordered life became full of changes. After twenty?two years of working in a ____，a plan to use less staff _ _ the unemployment of over one hundred people，I being one of them.

My once secure future became ____.However，I was not a single parent，____ the family did not depend only on my income. My motto has always been “Change is good；change is progress”，but when it ____ my livelihood，I had to change it to “____ change and make the most of it.” From the beginning，I ____ to look at this matter not as ____ luck，but as a welcome opportunity. I refused to become sorry；___ ，I actively planned to do something new and different.

Having a positive attitude made all the ____ in the way I pursued (追求)the future. First，I decided to ___ to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little ____.Not being a graduate had ____ held me back in my career in the bank，but now it was a personal goal I longed to ___.With a lot of determination，I went to evening classes and became an adult ___.In the class，I became more and more confident. During this time，I ____ that no matter what life throws in our way，personal growth never stops.

The second thing I did to improve my inner?self was to reevaluate(重新評估)my ____ life. It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events. But now，my heart and life are completely around people I ___.

The loss of my job led to some ____ changes in my life. Revisiting the past made ___ for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change and am making the most of it.

1.A.factory B．company C．bank D．school

2.A.set aside B．led to C．made up D．took off

3.A.clear B．bright C．boring D．uncertain

4.A.so B．or C．if D．but

5.A.destroyed B．improved C．affected D．offered

6.A.Make B．Accept C．Bring D．Collect

7.A.chose B．considered C．happened D．pretended

8.A.special B．rare C．bad D．good

9.A.besides B．instead C．anyway D．however

10.A.difference B．decision C．effort D．use

11.A.attend B．turn C．return D．admit

12.A.time B．risk C．chance D．courage

13.A.sometimes B．ever C．always D．never

14.A.find B．arrive C．achieve D．discover

15.A.student B．teacher C．manager D．monitor

16.A.hoped B．realized C．believed D．suggested

17.A.new B．daily C．future D．past

18.A.care for B．join in C．stand for D．look at

19.A.normal B．positive C．confident D．unsure

20.A.change B．progress C．room D．promise

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.A

8.\C

9.B

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.C

15.A

16.B

17.D

18.A

19.B

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的作者失去了在銀行的工作之后，并沒有以消極的態(tài)度對待生活，而是樂觀生活。他重新回到了學校學習，積極面對困難和挑戰(zhàn)，最終生活變得比以前更加的快樂了。本文讓我們知道了，只有我們保持了樂觀的態(tài)度，才能夠收獲生活中意想不到的驚喜。

1.C考查名詞辨析。A.工廠。B.公司。C.銀行。D.學校。13空后面提到了held me back in my career in the bank說明了我的工作是在銀行。所以答案選C。

2.前文提到a plan to use less staff 而后文又說到了the unemployment of over one hundred people，說明了很多人都已經被解雇了，前后文是構成的一個因果關系。所以答案選B。

3. once secure future，所以后面的應該是和secure相反的一個詞。根據選項，答案選D。

4. was not a single parent，說明了作者并不是一個單生家長，所以家里的負擔并不僅僅只是在他一個人身上。這里是一種因果關系，所以答案選A。

5.

6. make the most of it.，作者要將改變的作用最大化，說明了作者對change是一種非常積極的態(tài)度，應該是接受了改變，且最后一句提到了tI have accepted the change。所以答案選B。

7. as；后文提到了but as，說明了是要在而這種選其一。所以答案選A。

8. opportunity，那么空白處應該是與它相反的，應該是一個消極的詞，所以答案選C。

9. refused to become sorry，作者表示自己拒絕對生活遺憾。所以這里應該選擇一個表示轉折替代的連詞。答案選B。

10.

11. many years later than I should have說明作者沒有從大學畢業(yè)，不過在多年之后，作者又重新返回了大學。答案選C。

12.

13. now it was a personal goal具有轉折意義且后文是表示現(xiàn)在，那已經成為了一個個人目標，說明了前文應該是一個表示否定的詞。答案選D。

14. now it was a personal goal，說明現(xiàn)在那已經是我一個個人的目標，有待實現(xiàn)的。根據選項意思，答案是C。

15. went to evening classes，我參加了晚上的課程，所以變成了一名學生。答案選A。

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17.

18.

19.考查形容詞辨析。A.正常的，普通的。B.積極的。C.確信的。D.不確定的。第十段提到了Having a positive attitude made，同樣根據整篇文章，作者失去工作后，積極的態(tài)度使得生活也發(fā)生了一系列的積極的改變。答案選B。

20. room for表示為…提供空間。本句表示作者認為，重新思考過去，能夠為未來發(fā)展提供更多的空間。答案選C。

考點：考查故事敘述性短文填空。