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,consulting firms,established law firms, and major
corporations, many are now well on their way to impressive careers.
By society`s standards, 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 last drink at their cheap but friendly
local bar, shook hands with longtime roomates, and moved out of
small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at
restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine equaled a college
year`s monthlyrent. They replaced their beloved old cars with
expensive new sports cars.
The thing is ,a
number of them have admitted that despite their success, they
aren`t happy. Some complain of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad
for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they hate. Some do not
respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and
empty. However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they
find themselves woeking to support the lifestyle to which they have
so quickly become accustomed.
People often speak
of trying a more satisfying path, and yet in the end the idea of
leaving their jobs to work for sth they believe in or the idea of
finding a position that would give them more time with their
families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it`s
impossible. They have loans, bills, a mortgage抵押贷款 to pay off,
retirement to save for. They recognize there`s sth missing in their
lives, but it`s hard to step off the track.
In a society that
tends to measure everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn
from a young age to consider the costs of our decisions in
financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs
involved in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the
kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore -- and the very ones that
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.distribute
B.hate C.applaud
D.neglect
29. A.calm
B.guilty C.warm
D.empty
30. A.family
B.government C.lifestyle
D.project
31. A.accustomed
B.appointed C.unique
D.available
32. A.yet
B.also C.instead
D.rather
33. A.let
out B.turn in C.give up
D.believe in
34. A.funfamental
B.practical C.impossible
D.unforgettable
35. A.take
off B.drop off C.put off
D.pay off
36. A.missing
B.inspiring C.sinking
D.shining
37. A.harmful
B.hard C.useful
D.normal
38. A.measure
B.suffer C.digest
D.deliver
39. A.disasters
B.motivations C.campaigns
D.decisions
40. A.assessed
B.involved C.covered
D.reduced
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