2010届高中英语高考总复习25分钟限时阅读天天练--第40天.docVIP

2010届高考总复习25分钟限时阅读天天练--第40天 第一部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） ks5u I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it??1???me and my family a fabulous(极好的) life style. I’d worked for the same company for twenty year sand 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, but,?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?411?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 on, 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. A. promised??????????B. afforded???????? ????C. showed?????? ? ??D. left A. Therefore?????????B. Anyhow?????????? ?C. Otherwise?? ? ??D. However A. quickly?????????? ??B. gently???????????? ?C. partly????????? ? ?D. easily A. until????????????? ?B. after????????????? ??C. as????????????? D. so A. failed?????????? ?? ?B. finishe