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     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  41  on their way to impressive careers. By society’s  42  , 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  43  drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with longtime roommates, and  44  out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine  45  a college year’s monthly rent. They replaced their beloved old cars with expensive new sports cars. The thing is, a number of them have   46  that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some  47   of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they  48  . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and  49 . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the  50  to which they have so quickly become  51 . People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and  52   in the end the idea of leaving their jobs to work for something they   53   or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion: it’s  54  . They have loans, bills, a mortgage（抵押贷款）to  55  , retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something   56   in their lives, but it’s   57   to step off the track. In a society that tends to   58   everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn from a young age to consider the costs of our  59   in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs   60   in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of costs many of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most. 41. A. much                         B. never                       C. seldom                     D. well 42. A. policies                  B. standards                 C. experiments             D. regulations 43. A. last                        B. least                        C. second                    D. best 44. A. cycled                          B. moved                  C. slid                         D. looked 45. A. shared                   B. paid                         C. equaled                    D. collected 46. A. advertised               B. witnessed               C. admitted                  D. demanded 47. A. complain                B. dream                   C. hear                        D. approve 48. A. distribute                B. hate                         C. applaud                   D. overlook 49. A. calm                         B. guilty               C. warm                            D. empty 50. A. family                   B. government              C. lifestyle                   D. project 51. A. accustomed                   B. appointed                 C. unique                     D. available 52. A. yet                         B. also                         C. instead                    D. rather 53. A. let out                      B. turn in                     C. give up                    D. believe in 54. A. fundamental            B. practical                  C. impossible               D. unforgettable 55. A. take off                  B. drop off                   C. put off                    D. pay off 56. A. missing                  B. inspiring                  C. sinking                    D. shining 57. A. harmful                  B. hard                        C. useful                      D. normal 58. A. measure                 B. suffer                             C. digest                      D. deliver 59. A. disasters                 B. motivations              C. campaigns                      D. decisions 60. A. assessed                 B. involved                   C. covered                   D. reduced 答案：41-45 DBABC  46-50 CABDC  51-55 AADCD  56-60 ABADB

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