Question

     It is really hard to imagine what it is like to hear that you’ve lost your job．

     They called it a “black Friday” when the first 50 people were   21   without warning． We had been    22   by another firm． The demission(解雇)didn’t hit me right away, but I knew it 23  would． A warm-hearted boss whispered into my ear,“    24   yourself , you will be on their list．”

     The whole message seemed   25    ． As a rising department head, I had learned to   26   well act properly． All my efforts and contributions(贡献)got me  27    and job satisfaction in return． That idea guided me through all years of steady advancement．

But the demission did fall． I could hardly  28   with it when the phone call finally came． At 45, with a child in college, I was completely   29    ． Suddenly I found out that I was doing a poor job   30    myself, I visited different people, had various interviews, and

  31   hours of waiting and answering the same question: yes, I was fired; no , not for my own   32    ; yes , I’m eager to find work ; no I won’t   33    just any job． My goal was to land a position   34    to the lost one． But nothing was happening．

It was cold, the job market was even colder． I was becoming  35    about day-to-day living expenses． 36     my wife listened patiently to my complaints and the   37    of friends was extremely useful, I didn’t want to  38    them or face well-meaning but unanswerable questions．

With anxiety   39    , I changed my mind and decided to try any kind of work I could find． Then one day,   40     was finally with me again．

21．A．saved	B．injured	C．punished	D．fired
22．A．turned away	B．given away	C．taken over	D．handed over
23．A．soon	B．never	C．secretly	D．nearly
24．A．Persuade	B．Prepare	C．Enjoy	D．Hide
25．A．exciting	B．reasonable	C．impossible	D．irregular
26．A．change	B．perform	C．speak	D．feel
27．A．health	B．safety	C．worry	D．danger
28．A．meet	B．quarrel	C．agree	D．deal
29．A．helpless	B．promising	C．powerful	D．useless
30．A．selling	B．studying	C．fooling	D．proving
31．A．saved	B．lasted	C．experienced	D．killed
32．A．impression	B．suggestion	C．fault	D．manners
33．A．refuse	B．look for	C．find	D．take
34．A．different	B．difficult	C．easy	D．similar
35．A．anxious	B．curious	C．happy	D．angry
36．A．Unless	B．Although	C．Because	D．Since
37．A．attitude	B．support	C．importance	D．quality
38．A．frighten	B．lose	C．comfort	D．worry
39．A．coming	B．going	C．disappearing	D．appearing
40．A．luck	B．fate	C．future	D．fame

Answer 1

21―25DCABC     26―30BBDAA      31―35CCDDA     36―40BBDCA