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.
小題1:
A．pressureB．pleasureC．heatD．chance
小題2:
A．stayed upB．turned upC．dried upD．came up
小題3:
A．openB．closeC．visitD．paint
小題4:
A．helpB．comparisonC．decorationD．sale
小題5:
A．lastB．nextC．onlyD．special
小題6:
A．littleB．quicklyC．frequentlyD．well
小題7:
A．dangerousB．commonC．stressfulD．interesting
小題8:
A．returnB．a(chǎn)rriveC．studyD．prepare
小題9:
A．relaxedB．excitedC．a(chǎn)shamedD．depressed
小題10:
A．improvingB．encouragingC．beatingD．killing
小題11:
A．packingB．washingC．pullingD．dividing
小題12:
A．bring upB．keep upC．size upD．set up
小題13:
A．othersB．nothingC．a(chǎn)notherD．everything
小題14:
A．carsB．gapsC．tanksD．holes
小題15:
A．boatB．shareC．wishD．promise
小題16:
A．settlingB．cookingC．cleaningD．moving
小題17:
A．valuingB．losingC．invitingD．making
小題18:
A．ideaB．faithC．feelingD．opinion
小題19:
A．otherwiseB．indeedC．worseD．rather
小題20:
A．panicB．connectionC．humorD．home

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:B
小題9:D
小題10:C
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:D
小題14:B
小題15:B
小題16:D
小題17:B
小題18:B
小題19:A
小題20:D
文章講述的是作者由于經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)，全家被迫買房搬家，比較困難，壓抑。后來(lái)看到妻子的工作，受到啟發(fā)，堅(jiān)信以后一定會(huì)好轉(zhuǎn)。
小題1:考查上下文。因?yàn)樯弦痪渲v到現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟(jì)狀況讓很多人行動(dòng)起來(lái)了，這不是他們自愿選擇的，說(shuō)明他們是由于經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力才這樣的，所以我和我的妻子也是這些不幸的人中的一份子，感受到了這種壓力。
小題2:考查詞組辨析。Stay up 熬夜 turn up出現(xiàn) dry up干涸，減少 come up發(fā)生 句意為去年年底，我們的顧客減少了。
小題3:上下文，因?yàn)轭櫩蜏p少了所以要把公司的辦公室/辦事處關(guān)閉了，
小題4:考查上下文。公司關(guān)閉了，房子出售了。For sale 出售
小題5:句意理解。意為我們還沒有在這房子里住滿兩年，并且估計(jì)以后也不會(huì)在一所房子里住時(shí)間長(zhǎng)了（這是最后一所住這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的房子了
小題6:考查上下文，根據(jù)上一句，不會(huì)在一所房子里住時(shí)間長(zhǎng)，可知經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)快速地影響著我們的生活
小題7:上下文，根據(jù)后文可知作者情況并沒有好轉(zhuǎn)，因此是感到有壓力
小題8:這次我們已經(jīng)處于不知道下次會(huì)到哪里去的搬家的過程中了。所以選擇arrive指到達(dá)哪里
小題9:上下文。根據(jù)上一句Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life.可知，作者處于困境之中，所以會(huì)感到沮喪。
小題10:句意理解。find the positive in all this down that’s     us從中可知，此處填的動(dòng)詞是all this down 蕭條，經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)對(duì)我的影響，AB明顯不符合題意，D過分夸張，C,beat指打擊，挫敗。
小題11:上下文。根據(jù)下一句when it comes to packing可知，
小題12:句意理解，本句意為我很開心看著她給面前的所有的東西都挑選合適的箱子（判斷出那些是適當(dāng)?shù)南渥樱゜ring up 養(yǎng)育  keep up持續(xù)  set up建立
小題13:同上
小題14:考查名詞辨析。意為在空隙中填一些墊子和毛巾。
小題15:名詞辨析。此處意為我感到有一種東西就像風(fēng)一樣，激勵(lì)了我，幫我順利完成我自己的那份包裝和裝載的任務(wù)。Share意為應(yīng)當(dāng)承擔(dān)或者完成的份額。
小題16:上下文，上文作者講到一直在搬家，所以此處指的是朋友可以幫忙搬家。
小題17:上下文理解。因?yàn)樽髡甙峒遥x開了朋友，所以對(duì)朋友說(shuō)，你們沒有失去我這個(gè)朋友，只是多了一些可以去旅游的地點(diǎn)了。
小題18:句意理解。句意為我相信，我們最終會(huì)熬過/度過這段過渡期的
小題19:句意理解。 不論是自己的選擇還是其他方面的原因，我們總會(huì)有工作可以做的
小題20:上下文理解。因?yàn)樽髡咭恢痹诎峒遥运胱罱K能在新的地方創(chuàng)造出家的感覺。
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A．Customers are not allowed to cancel their order.
B．Foreigners will receive their products in two weeks.
C．ChinaSprout promises to ship any order in one day.
D．ChinaSprout will send the order confirmation in two days.
小題3:Customers in foreign countries will receive ____.
A．their orders usually by shipB．their products mainly by air
C．their order confirmations by faxD．their shipping information by phone

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