This economy has really got a lot of people moving and not always by a choice they wanted to make. My wife and I now find ourselves among those unfortunates feeling that
1 . At the end of last year, our customers just
2 . We had to make the painful decision to
3 our office and put our house up for
4 . We haven’t lived in it for two years yet and expected it would be the
5 one for a long time. How
6 this world economic mess is changing our lives!
As I get older, I find moving less adventurous and more
7 . This time, we’re in the process of moving without knowing where we’ll
8 next. Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life. Both my wife and I had been feeling pretty
9 from all this. I’ve been challenged to find the positive in all this down that’s
10 us.
But then it happened while I watched my wife
11 things up. She’s an absolute whiz(能手) when it comes to packing. I took delight in watching her
12 just the right boxes for
13 in front of her and filling in the
14 with pillows and towels. I began feeling something like a wind lift me up and sail me through my own
15 of the packing and loading.
Some friends will be helping us with the
16 . I’ve told them that they’re not
17 friends but gaining some new vacation spots.
I have
18 that we’ll get through this transition finally. We all will always have work to do, by choice or
19 , and we can also consciously make the effort to create a sense of
20 in a new place.
| 小题1: | | A．pressure | B．pleasure | C．heat | D．chance |
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| 小题2: | | A．stayed up | B．turned up | C．dried up | D．came up |
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| 小题3: | | A．open | B．close | C．visit | D．paint |
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| 小题4: | | A．help | B．comparison | C．decoration | D．sale |
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| 小题5: | | A．last | B．next | C．only | D．special |
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| 小题6: | | A．little | B．quickly | C．frequently | D．well |
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| 小题7: | | A．dangerous | B．common | C．stressful | D．interesting |
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| 小题8: | | A．return | B．arrive | C．study | D．prepare |
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| 小题9: | | A．relaxed | B．excited | C．ashamed | D．depressed |
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| 小题10: | | A．improving | B．encouraging | C．beating | D．killing |
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| 小题11: | | A．packing | B．washing | C．pulling | D．dividing |
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| 小题12: | | A．bring up | B．keep up | C．size up | D．set up |
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| 小题13: | | A．others | B．nothing | C．another | D．everything |
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| 小题14: | | A．cars | B．gaps | C．tanks | D．holes |
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| 小题15: | | A．boat | B．share | C．wish | D．promise |
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| 小题16: | | A．settling | B．cooking | C．cleaning | D．moving |
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| 小题17: | | A．valuing | B．losing | C．inviting | D．making |
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| 小题18: | | A．idea | B．faith | C．feeling | D．opinion |
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| 小题19: | | A．otherwise | B．indeed | C．worse | D．rather |
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| 小题20: | | A．panic | B．connection | C．humor | D．home |
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