15. One of the most effective ways to reduce         is to talk about feeling with someong you trust.

A. production           B. stress            C. energy         D. passive

16. If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to         on the sea?

A. float           B. drown           C. shrink          D. split

17. These comments came           specific questions often asked by local newamen.

A. in memory of       B. in response to        C. in touch with      D. in possession of

18. Listening to music at home is one thing, going to hear it      live is quite another.

A. perform          B. performing         C. to perform         D. being performed

19. Creating an atmosphere       employees feel part of a team is a big challenge.

A. as      B. whose          C. in which         D. at which

20. 一Why don't you consider a trip to, say, Beijing or Hangzhou?

一         .

A. I wouldn’t mind that             B. Then we’ll get there quickly

C. Let’s call it a day                D. It’s not a requirement

第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

    阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)

中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

Since finishing my studies at Harvard and Oxford. I've watched one friend after another land high-ranking, high-paying Wall Street jobs. As executives(高级管理人员) with banks, cotasuiung firms, established law firms, and major corporations, many are now  21  on their way to impressive careers. By society’s  22  , they seem to have it made.

On the surface, these people seem to be very lucky in life. As they left student life behind, many had a    23   drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with Iongtime roommates, and  24  out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at

restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine  25  a college year's monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old car with expensive new sports cars.

The thing is, a number of them have    26  that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some    27   of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they   28  . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and  29 . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support  the  30  to which they have so quickly become  31 .

People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and   32   the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they   33   or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it’ s   34   . They have loans, bills, a mortgage（抵押贷款）to   35  , retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something   36   in their lices , but it’s   37   to step off the track.

In a society that tends to   38   everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our   39   in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs   40   in pursuing money over meaning? Theae are exactly the kinds of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.

21. A. much        B. never        C. seldom       D. well

22. A. policies       B. standards     C. experiments   D. regulations

23. A. last          B. least         C. second       D. best

24. A. cycled        B. moved       C. slid          D. looked

25. A. shared        B. paid         C. equaled      D. collected

26. A. advertised     B. witnessed     C. admitted     D. demanded

27. A. complain      B. dream        C. hear         D. approve

28. A