This economy has really got a lot of people moving and not always by a choice they wanted to make. My wife and I now find ourselves among those unfortunates feeling that 1 . At the end of last year, our customers just 2 .  We had to make the painful decision to 3 our office and put our house up for 4 . We haven’t lived in it for two years yet and expected it would be the 5 one for a long time. How 6 this world economic mess is changing our lives! As I get older, I find moving less adventurous and more 7 . This time, we’re in the process of moving without knowing where we’ll 8 next. Job searching has been thrown into the quagmire(困境) of an unsettled life. Both my wife and I had been feeling pretty 9 from all this. I’ve been challenged to find the positive in all this down that’s 10 us. But then it happened while I watched my wife 11 things up. She’s an absolute whiz(能手) when it comes to packing. I took delight in watching her 12 just the right boxes for 13 in front of her and filling in the 14 with pillows and towels. I began feeling something like a wind lift me up and sail me through my own 15 of the packing and loading. Some friends will be helping us with the 16 . I’ve told them that they’re not 17 friends but gaining some new vacation spots. I have 18 that we’ll get through this transition finally. We all will always have work to do, by choice or 19 , and we can also consciously make the effort to create a sense of 20 in a new place. 小题1: A．pressure B．pleasure C．heat D．chance 小题2: A．stayed up B．turned up C．dried up D．came up 小题3: A．open B．close C．visit D．paint 小题4: A．help B．comparison C．decoration D．sale 小题5: A．last B．next C．only D．special 小题6: A．little B．quickly C．frequently D．well 小题7: A．dangerous B．common C．stressful D．interesting 小题8: A．return B．arrive C．study D．prepare 小题9: A．relaxed B．excited C．ashamed D．depressed 小题10: A．improving B．encouraging C．beating D．killing 小题11: A．packing B．washing C．pulling D．dividing 小题12: A．bring up B．keep up C．size up D．set up 小题13: A．others B．nothing C．another D．everything 小题14: A．cars B．gaps C．tanks D．holes 小题15: A．boat B．share C．wish D．promise 小题16: A．settling B．cooking C．cleaning D．moving 小题17: A．valuing B．losing C．inviting D．making 小题18: A．idea B．faith C．feeling D．opinion 小题19: A．otherwise B．indeed C．worse D．rather 小题20: A．panic B．connection C．humor D．home