四、完形填空
At the age of forty-five, my well-ordered life became full of changes. After twenty-two years of working in a 1, a plan to use fewer staff(员工) led to the unemployment(失业) of over one hundred people, and I was one of them.
Suddenly my once secure(稳定的) future became ______ 2 ______ . Luckily, I was not a single parent, ______ 3 ______ the family did not depend only on my income(收入). My thought has always been “Change is good; change is progress.” But when it ______ 4 ______ my life, I had to change it too. From the beginning, I chose not to look at this matter as bad luck, but as a ______ 5 ______ chance. I refused to become sorry. Instead, I ______ 6 ______ planned to do something new and different.
Having a positive attitude(积极的态度) made all the difference in the way I 7 the future. First, I decided to 8 to college and graduate many years later than I should have. Doing this at my age needed more 9. Not being a graduate had never held me back in my career in the bank, but now it was a personal goal I was looking forward to 10. With a lot of determination(决心), I went to evening classes and became an adult 11. During this time, I realized whatever life throws at us, personal growth never 12.
The second thing I did to improve myself was to reevaluate(重新评估) my 13 life. It used to be filled with endless and sometimes meaningless events. But now, my heart and life are completely around people I 14.
The loss of my 15 led to some positive changes. Revisiting the past brings hope for the future. I realize that I have accepted the change, and I am making the most of it.
()1. A. factory B. bank C. company D. hospital
()2. A. uncertain B. bright C. hopeful D. clear
()3. A. if B. or C. so D. but
()4. A. separated B. improved C. influenced D. marked
()5. A. perfect B. final C. usual D. bad
()6. A. politely B. actively C. luckily D. simply
()7. A. described B. shared C. faced D. controlled
()8. A. hurry B. travel C. fly D. return
()9. A. trouble B. money C. courage D. pressure
()10. A. choosing B. achieving C. setting D. providing
()11. A. student B. teacher C. manager D. doctor
()12. A. regrets B. follows C. appears D. stops
()13. A. past B. present C. colourful D. common
()14. A. call for B. care for C. stand for D. look for
()15. A. job B. joy C. life D. study

1.B 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.C 10.B
11.A 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.A

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述作者失业后积极转变，将困境化为成长机会的经历），再逐空结合上下文线索、词汇词义辨析、逻辑关系及固定搭配分析选项。例如第1空可通过后文“in my career in the bank”的线索确定答案；第3空需判断前后句的因果逻辑选连词；其余空结合语境和词汇含义排除干扰项，选出贴合文意的选项。
【解析】
1. 选B：根据第三段“Not being a graduate had never held me back in my career in the bank”可知，作者曾在银行工作，故选B。
2. 选A：失业后原本稳定的未来变得不确定，uncertain符合语境，故选A。
3. 选C：前句“我不是单亲家庭”和后句“家庭不依赖我的收入”是因果关系，so表因果，故选C。
4. 选C：句意为“当变化影响我的生活时，我也必须改变自己的想法”，influenced（影响）符合文意，故选C。
5. 选A：作者不将失业视为坏运气，而是看作完美的机会，perfect（完美的）贴合语境，故选A。
6. 选B：作者拒绝遗憾，积极计划做新的事，actively（积极地）符合态度，故选B。
7. 选C：积极的态度改变了作者面对未来的方式，faced（面对）符合搭配，故选C。
8. 选D：作者决定回到大学完成学业，return（返回）与to搭配表“回到”，故选D。
9. 选C：这个年纪上大学需要更多勇气，courage（勇气）符合语境，故选C。
10. 选B：实现个人目标，achieving（实现）与goal搭配，故选B。
11. 选A：上夜校后成为成年学生，student（学生）符合身份，故选A。
12. 选D：作者意识到无论生活如何，个人成长不会停止，stops（停止）符合文意，故选D。
13. 选A：作者重新评估过去的生活，past（过去的）对应后文“Revisiting the past”，故选A。
14. 选B：现在作者的生活围绕自己关心的人，care for（关心）符合语境，故选B。
15. 选A：失业（失去工作）带来了积极变化，job（工作）贴合主题，故选A。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.A 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.C 10.B 11.A 12.D 13.A 14.B 15.A
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词汇词义辨析、上下文逻辑推理
【点评】
本文为记叙文，围绕作者失业后的积极转变展开，考查学生的阅读理解、词汇运用及逻辑推理能力，需结合上下文线索和语境判断选项，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5