At the age of forty?five，my usually well?ordered life became full of changes. After twenty?two years of working in a ____，a plan to use less staff _ _ the unemployment of over one hundred people，I being one of them.
My once secure future became ____.However，I was not a single parent，____ the family did not depend only on my income. My motto has always been “Change is good；change is progress”，but when it ____ my livelihood，I had to change it to “____ change and make the most of it.” From the beginning，I ____ to look at this matter not as ____ luck，but as a welcome opportunity. I refused to become sorry；___ ，I actively planned to do something new and different.
Having a positive attitude made all the ____ in the way I pursued (追求)the future. First，I decided to ___ to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age took more than a little ____.Not being a graduate had ____ held me back in my career in the bank，but now it was a personal goal I longed to ___.With a lot of determination，I went to evening classes and became an adult ___.In the class，I became more and more confident. During this time，I ____ that no matter what life throws in our way，personal growth never stops.
The second thing I did to improve my inner?self was to reevaluate(重新评估)my ____ life. It used to be filled with endless and meaningless events. But now，my heart and life are completely around people I ___.
The loss of my job led to some ____ changes in my life. Revisiting the past made ___ for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change and am making the most of it.
1.A.factory B．company C．bank D．school
2.A.set aside B．led to C．made up D．took off
3.A.clear B．bright C．boring D．uncertain
4.A.so B．or C．if D．but
5.A.destroyed B．improved C．affected D．offered
6.A.Make B．Accept C．Bring D．Collect
7.A.chose B．considered C．happened D．pretended
8.A.special B．rare C．bad D．good
9.A.besides B．instead C．anyway D．however
10.A.difference B．decision C．effort D．use
11.A.attend B．turn C．return D．admit
12.A.time B．risk C．chance D．courage
13.A.sometimes B．ever C．always D．never
14.A.find B．arrive C．achieve D．discover
15.A.student B．teacher C．manager D．monitor
16.A.hoped B．realized C．believed D．suggested
17.A.new B．daily C．future D．past
18.A.care for B．join in C．stand for D．look at
19.A.normal B．positive C．confident D．unsure
20.A.change B．progress C．room D．promise
1.C
2.B
3.D
4.A
5.C
6.B
7.A
8.\C
9.B
10.A
11.C
12.D
13.D
14.C
15.A
16.B
17.D
18.A
19.B
20.C
【解析】
试题分析：本文主要讲述的作者失去了在银行的工作之后，并没有以消极的态度对待生活，而是乐观生活。他重新回到了学校学习，积极面对困难和挑战，最终生活变得比以前更加的快乐了。本文让我们知道了，只有我们保持了乐观的态度，才能够收获生活中意想不到的惊喜。
1.C考查名词辨析。A.工厂。B.公司。C.银行。D.学校。13空后面提到了held me back in my career in the bank说明了我的工作是在银行。所以答案选C。
2.前文提到a plan to use less staff 而后文又说到了the unemployment of over one hundred people，说明了很多人都已经被解雇了，前后文是构成的一个因果关系。所以答案选B。
3. once secure future，所以后面的应该是和secure相反的一个词。根据选项，答案选D。
4. was not a single parent，说明了作者并不是一个单生家长，所以家里的负担并不仅仅只是在他一个人身上。这里是一种因果关系，所以答案选A。
5.
6. make the most of it.，作者要将改变的作用最大化，说明了作者对change是一种非常积极的态度，应该是接受了改变，且最后一句提到了tI have accepted the change。所以答案选B。
7. as；后文提到了but as，说明了是要在而这种选其一。所以答案选A。
8. opportunity，那么空白处应该是与它相反的，应该是一个消极的词，所以答案选C。
9. refused to become sorry，作者表示自己拒绝对生活遗憾。所以这里应该选择一个表示转折替代的连词。答案选B。
10.
11. many years later than I should have说明作者没有从大学毕业，不过在多年之后，作者又重新返回了大学。答案选C。
12.
13. now it was a personal goal具有转折意义且后文是表示现在，那已经成为了一个个人目标，说明了前文应该是一个表示否定的词。答案选D。
14. now it was a personal goal，说明现在那已经是我一个个人的目标，有待实现的。根据选项意思，答案是C。
15. went to evening classes，我参加了晚上的课程，所以变成了一名学生。答案选A。
16.
17.
18.
19.考查形容词辨析。A.正常的，普通的。B.积极的。C.确信的。D.不确定的。第十段提到了Having a positive attitude made，同样根据整篇文章，作者失去工作后，积极的态度使得生活也发生了一系列的积极的改变。答案选B。
20. room for表示为…提供空间。本句表示作者认为，重新思考过去，能够为未来发展提供更多的空间。答案选C。
考点：考查故事叙述性短文填空。
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