第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20）
A few years ago, I had a job that almost destroyed me. My  36_ was that I loved my job too much and couldn’t get  37  of it. Working for the company was happier than any other  38  . In the morning, I couldn’t  39  to get to the office. At night, I left it unwillingly（不愿意地）. Part of my mind  40__ at work even when I was at  41__ with my kids at night.
Not  42 , all other parts of my life shriveled (枯萎) . I nearly  lost  contact (交谈、联系) with my___43__ , seeing little of my wife or my two sons. I lost contact with my old friends. I even  44 __ to lose contact with myself. Then one evening, I  45  home to tell the boys I wouldn’t go back in time to say good night. I’d already missed five  46__ this week. Sam, the younger of the two, said that was  47 , but asked me to wake him up  48__ I got home. I explained that I’d be back so late that he would have gone to sleep  49_ ,  and it was probably better if I saw him the next morning. But he  50_ . I asked him why. He said he just wanted to know I was there, at home. To this day, I can’t  51  exactly what happened to me at that moment. Yet I suddenly knew I had to  52  my job.
After I said in public that I had given up my job, I received a number of  53 . Most people understood me, but a few people  were  54__. They wrote to tell me that I shouldn’t think myself virtuous (有道德的). They  think  leaving an important job to spend 55__  time with my family was  not  virtuous..
36. A. happiness     B. disease      C. problem    D. fight
37. A. enough     B. all         C. little      D. part
38. A. joy              B. invitation   C. job        D. trouble
39. A. hope        B. wait      C. stop       D. help
40. A. remained     B. held       C. blocked      D. stopped
41. A. lunch       B. breakfast    C. school     D. home
42. A. surprisingly  B. likely     C. really     D. usually
43. A. parents     B. teachers      C. family     D. friends
44. A. proved     B. wanted       C. chose     D. began
45. A. wrote      B. phoned       C. ran        D. drove
46. A. bedtimes      B. kisses     C. nights        D. calls
47. A. bad         B. easy       C. great      D. OK
48. A. however      B. whenever   C. whatever    D. wherever
49. A. as well     B. on purpose C. in time          D. long before
50. A. agreed     B. insisted      C. managed    D. stopped
51. A. understand   B. feel        C. remind          D. get
52. A. get              B. leave      C. keep      D. take
53. A. papers     B. notices          C. letters     D. reports
54. A. angry      B. happy     C. pleased      D. excited
55. A. little        B. more      C. less        D. important