阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it21 me and my family a fabulous (极好的) lifestyle. I’d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director.22, one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was 23 explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there 24 they talked on and all I could think was, “I’ve 25.” I’d been so well respected
26I was of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very 27 place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (僵尸). I could 28 things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (积极的) in everything 29 me.
Then, in late June, my youngest son’s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he’d been very sad when I 30 the same final, so he was 31 when I told him I’d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me 32 him on was unbelievable, From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my some and their passions (激情). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son’s band—I 33 went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so 34. My life had been so much devoted to 35 for so long, and I felt 36 that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
37 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose —– I was someone’s mum! I felt a sense of being 38 Again. Now I feel more positive about my professional 39and I’m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how 40 it is to achieve real balance in life.
2 A. promised B. afforded C. showed D. left
正确答案：B
