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1、At the age of forty-five, my usually well-ordered life became full of changes. After twenty-two years of working in a _ 36_, a plan to use less staff 37 the unemployment of over one hundred people. I being one of them. My once secure future became 38 . However, I was not a single parent, 39 the fami
2、ly did not depend only on my income(收入). My motto（格言）has always been “Change is good, change is progress, “ but when it 40 my livelihood, I had to change it to,“ 41 change and make the most of it. “ From the beginning, I 42 to look on this matter not as 43 luck, but as a welcome opportunity. I refus
3、ed to become sorry; 44 , I actively planned to do something new and different. Having a positive attitude made all the 45 in the way I pursued(追求) the future. First, I decided to 46 to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little 47 . Not bei
4、ng a graduate had 48 held me back in my career in the bank, but now it was a personal goal I longed to 49 . With a lot of determination, I went to evening classes, and became an adult 50 . In the class, I became more and more confident. During this time, I 51 that no matter what life throws in our w
5、ay, personal growth never stops. The second thing I did to improve my inner self was to reevaluate(重新评估) my 52 life. It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events. But now, my heart and life are completely around people I 53 . The loss of my job led to some 54 changes in my life. Revisiti
6、ng the past made 55 for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change, and am making the most of it. 36. A. factory B. company C. bank D. school 37. A. set aside B. led to C. made up D. took off 38. A. clear B. bright C. boring D. uncertain 39. A. so B. or C. if D. but 40. A. destroyed B. im
7、proved C. affected D. offered 41. A. Make B. Accept C. Bring D. Collect 42. A. chose B. considered C. happened D .pretended 43. A. special B. rare C. bad D. good 44. A. besides B. instead C. anyway D. however 45. A. difference B. decision C. effort D. use 46. A. attend B. turn C. return D. admit 47.
8、 A. time B. risk C. chance D. courage 48. A. sometimes B. ever C. always D. never 49. A. find B. arrive C. achieve D. discover 50. A. student B. teacher C. manager D. monitor 51. A. hoped B. realized C. believed D. suggested 52. A. new B. daily C. future D. past 53. A. care for B. join in C. stand f
9、or D. look at 54. A. normal B. positive C. confident D. unsure 55. A. change B. progress C. room D. promise 解题导语 生活中充满了变数，作者通过自己的经历告诉我们要接受并善于利用这些改变。 36. 解析：选 C。根据第三段中的 in my career in the bank 可知，作者曾在一家银行工作。 37. 解析：选 B。失业是裁员带来的结果，故选 led to（引起，导致） 。38. 解析：选 D。作者失业后，未来变得“不确定（uncertain） ” ，与 secure 形成对
10、比。 39. 解析：选 A。 由句意可知 the family did not depend on my income 是 I was not a single parent 的结果，故用 so。 40. 解析：选 C。但是当改变“影响（affect） ”到作者的生活时。 41. 解析：选 B。根据文章最后一句中的 I have accepted the change 可以看出，作者的人生格 言变成：接受并充分利用改变。 42. 解析：选 A。作者从开始就“选择（chose） ”把这次改变看作是一次机遇。 43. 解析：选 C。 注意前后句 notbut构成的对比，作者并没有把发生的事看作“不
11、幸 （bad luck） ” ，而是把它当作一次良机。 44解析：选 B。后一分句与 become sorry 意思相反，故选 instead, 表示“取而代之的事” 。45. 解析：选 A。有一种积极的态度在作者追求未来生活的道路上起了很大的作用。 make all the difference 的意思是“起大作用，大有作为” 。 46. 解析：选 C。 根据本句提到的 graduate many years later than I should have 可知，作者决 定“返回（return） ”大学，完成早该完成的学业。 47. 解析：选 D。下文的 With a lot of det
12、ermination 提示，像作者这样的年龄作出这样的决定 是需要很大的“勇气（courage） ”的。 48. 解析：选 D。 后面的转折连词 but 提示前句为一个双重否定句，意思是：没有大学文凭 并没有影响我在银行的职业生涯。 49. 解析：选 C。这是一个人人期望“达到（achieve） ”的目标。 50. 解析：选 A。前面提到作者想返回学校完成学业，这里是指作者去了夜大，成为一名成 人“学生（student） ” 。 51. 解析：选 B。通过上课作者越来越自信，同时也“意识到（realized） ” ，不管在人生的旅 途中会遇到什么，个人的成长是永无止境的。 52. 解析：选 D。根据 reevaluate 和最后一段的 Revisiting the past 可以判断，作者完善自我 的第二件事实重新评估“过去的（past） ”生活。 53. 解析：选 A。现在作者的心和生活完全是围绕着自己所“关心（care for） ”的人。 54. 解析：选 B。通读全文可以看出，作者已经把失业看成了人生的另一次机遇，失业让作 者的生活发生了一些积极的改变。第三段的 Having a positive attitude 也是提示。 55. 解析：选 C。make room for 意思是“为腾出空间” 。作者通过回顾过去为未来作了 更充分的准备。
