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         on their way to impressive careers. By society’s     , 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       drink at their cheap but friendly local bar, shook hands with Longtime roommates, and     out of small apartments into high buildings. They made reservations at restaurants where the cost of a bottle of wine    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      that despite their success, they aren’t happy. Some        of unfriendly coworkers and feel sad for eight-hour workweeks devoted to tasks they      . Some do not respect the companies they work for and talk of feeling tired and  __ . However, instead of devoting themselves to their work, they find themselves working to support the  __  to which they have so quickly become  ____ .
People often speak of trying a more satisfying path, and       the end the idea of leaving, their jobs to work for something they       or finding a position that would give them more time with their families almost always leads them to the same conclusion; it’ s       . They have loans, bills, a mortgage（抵押贷款）to      , retirement to save for. They recognize there’s something   ___   in their lives, but it’s   __   to step off the track.
In a society that tends to   __   everything in terms of dollars and cents, we learn form a young age to consider the costs of our   __   in financial terms. But what about the personal and social costs   __   in pursuing money over meaning? These are exactly the kinds of us tend to ignore — and the very ones we need to consider most.

A．much B．never C．seldom D．well

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

A．last B．least C．second D．best

A．cycled B．moved C．slid D．looked

A．shared B．paid C．equaled D．collected

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

A．complain B．dream C．hear D．approve

A．distribute B．hate C．applaud D．neglect

A．calm B．guilty C．warm D．empty

A．family B．government C．lifestyle D．project

A．accustomed B．appointed C．unique D．available

A．yet B．also C．instead D．rather

A．let out B．turn in C．give up D．believe in

A．fundamental B．practical C．impossible D．unforgettable

A．take of B．drop off C．put off D．pay off

A．missing B．inspiring C．sinking D．shining

A．harmful B．hard C．useful D．normal

A．measure B．suffer C．digest D．deliver

A．disasters B．motivations C．campaigns D．decisions

A．assessed B．involved C．covered D．reduced