2014广东省高考英语专项训练——完型填空：四十三.docVIP

完形填空 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。 A 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 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 __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 B. afforded C. showed D. left 【答案】B ( ) 2. A. Therefore B. Anyhow C. Otherwise D. However 【答案】D ( ) 3. A. quickly B. gently C. partly D. easily 【答案】B ( ) 4. A. until B. after C. as D. so 【答案】C ( ) 5. A. failed B. finished C. tried D.