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A few years ago, I had a job that almost destroyed me.My 1 was that I loved my job too much and couldn’t get 2 of it.Working for the President was better than any other 3 that I’d ever had.In the morning, I couldn’t 4 to get to the office.At night, I left it unwillingly.Part of my mind 5 at work even when I was at 6 with my kids at night.
Not 7 , all other parts of my life shriveled(枯萎)into a dried raisin.I lost touch with my 8 , seeing little of my wife or my two sons.I lost contact with my old friends.I even 9 to lose contact with myself.Then one evening, I 10 home to tell the boys I wouldn’t make it back in time to say good night.I’d already missed five 11 this week.Sam, the younger of the two, said that was 12 , but asked me to wake him up 13 I got home.I explained that I’d be back so late that he would have gone to sleep 14 ;it was probably better if I saw him the next morning.But he 15 .I asked him why.He said he just wanted to know I was there, at home.To this day, I can’t 16 exactly what happened to me at that moment.Yet I suddenly knew I had to 17 my job.
After I said in public that I had quit my job, I received a number of 18 .Most were sympathetic, but a few of my journalists were 19 .They wrote to tell me angrily that I shouldn’t think myself virtuous(有道德的). 20 work was virtuous;leaving an important job to spend more time with my family was not.
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(1) |
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A. |
happiness
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B. |
disease
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C. |
problem
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D. |
fight
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(2) |
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A. |
little
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B. |
all
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C. |
enough
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D. |
part
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(3) |
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A. |
joy
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B. |
invitation
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C. |
job
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D. |
trouble
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(4) |
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A. |
hope
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B. |
help
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C. |
stop
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D. |
wait
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(5) |
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A. |
remained
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B. |
held
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C. |
blocked
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D. |
settled
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(6) |
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A. |
lunch
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B. |
home
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C. |
school
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D. |
breakfast
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(7) |
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A. |
really
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B. |
likely
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C. |
surprisingly
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D. |
usually
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(8) |
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A. |
parents
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B. |
teachers
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C. |
family
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D. |
friends
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(9) |
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A. |
began
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B. |
wanted
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C. |
chose
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D. |
proved
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(10) |
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A. |
wrote
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B. |
phoned
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C. |
ran
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D. |
drove
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(11) |
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A. |
bedtimes
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B. |
kisses
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C. |
nights
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D. |
calls
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(12) |
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A. |
bad
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B. |
OK
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C. |
great
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D. |
easy
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(13) |
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A. |
however
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B. |
whenever
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C. |
whatever
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D. |
wherever
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(14) |
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A. |
as well
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B. |
on purpose
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C. |
in time
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D. |
long before
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(15) |
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A. |
agreed
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B. |
insisted
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C. |
managed
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D. |
refused
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(16) |
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A. |
find
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B. |
feel
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C. |
require
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D. |
explain
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(17) |
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A. |
value
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B. |
leave
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C. |
keep
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D. |
take
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(18) |
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A. |
papers
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B. |
notes
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C. |
letters
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D. |
reports
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(19) |
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A. |
angry
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B. |
sad
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C. |
pleased
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D. |
excited
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A. |
Timeless
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B. |
Hard
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C. |
Valuable
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D. |
Important
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