单选题
Losing a job or not being able to find one almost always brings unwelcome changes. If you"ve lost a job, the first feeling is often one of shock. On top of the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed.
There may be good feelings too—it"s nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning, to spend more time with children, or to have more time to think—a better job may be just around the corner. But, unless a better job does turn up, chances are the days start getting longer and the time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating. They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely.
Despite all these problems, unemployment can be a chance for a fresh start. You can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it. You can use the time to plan how to find a new job, learn a new skill, develop your hobbies, see if you can run your own business, do some voluntary work in your community or meet new people. It"s up to you.
单选题
Unemployment almost always brings changes that are ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节理解。将解题点定位在第一段第一句“Losing a job or not being able to find one almost always brings unwelcome changes”。文中的unwelcome“不受欢迎的”；unpleasant“令人不愉快的”，unsuitable“不合适的”，untenable“不能维持的”，unworthy“不值得的”。根据语境可知，答案是A。
单选题
According to the passage, when a person has first lost a job, more often than not, he feels ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节理解。根据文章第一段第二句“If you"ve lost a job，the first feeling is often one of shock.”与选项C相符，C选项more often than not...意为“往往，多半”，相当于often。所以，答案是C。
单选题
According to the passage, possible good feelings include the following EXCEPI" being able to ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节理解。根据文章第二段第一句“There may be good feelings too—it"s nice to be able to lie in bed in the morning, to spend more time with children, or to have more time to think—a better job may be just around the comer.”可知，A、B、D三项均是失业后的好的感受。因此，答案是C。
单选题
According to this passage, unemployment may ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节理解。根据第一段最后一句“On top of the loss of income, many people find the whole routine of their life is shattered, their contact with other people reduced, their ambitions halted and their identity as a worker removed.”及第二段最后一句“They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely.”可知，失业使人们的正常生活方式完全被打乱了。因此，答案是B。
单选题
The unemployed become finally disillusioned when they ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查推理判断。根据“But, unless a better job does turn up.... They feel irritable and depressed, often isolated and lonely.”可知，除非找到好的工作，否则他们将感到沮丧，常常感到孤立和孤独。所以，答案是B。
单选题
According to the passage, continuing unemployment may cause ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节理解。根据第二段第二句及第三句“But, unless a better job does turn up, chances are the days start getting longer and the time becomes harder to fill. Many people pass through periods of difficulty in sleeping and eating.”可知，除非找到好的工作，不然日子都会变长，时间变得很难打发。很多人都是通常睡觉和暴饮暴食来打发。因此，答案是B。
单选题
By "a chance for a fresh start" the author means ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义理解。根据文章第三段的第一句“Despite all these problems, unemployment can be a chance for a fresh start.”可知，尽管失业会带来很多问题，但是这也是一个可以让你重新开始的机会。紧接着介绍失业会让人们得到什么。所以，失业也是有利的。因此，答案是C。
单选题
Unemployment provides a chance for you to rethink ______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查细节理解。根据文章第三段的第二句“You Can discover that it provides an opportunity to sort out or rethink what you want from life and how best you can get it.”可知，失业会给你提供一个重新考虑：你想从生活中得到什么，和怎么样最好地得到这些东西。所以，答案是B。
单选题
The sentence "it"s up to you" means "you are the person who ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词义理解。文章提到人们能做或可做之事；但究竟做什么还要“取决于你自己”。be up to“由……决定”。所以，答案是A。