完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中,选出可以填人空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are reasons why a middle-aged woman who has been away from the work for her children’s sake decides to go back to work. The  16 reason for me was: years ago my job was that of a bookkeeper(会计)----- it was then that I worked for  17  , and now with my children working, I wanted to do something  18  , something new and exciting.
Money wasn’t too important now, as my husband made a very  19  living for us. But what should I do? What sort of   20  should I look for? I knew I needed to be  21  as to what I became involved with. I am not a "quitter"(容易放弃的人) and so I hoped to  22  becoming responsible to an employer in a job that might turn out to be a mistake for me.
While I made painful efforts thinking over what to do, I was  23  of a past incident where I needed to replace my original engagement ring  24  the gold was wearing thin. My husband and I shopped and shopped for one,  25 we went, even when we were on vacation.  26  this nonstop searching got my poor  27  to ask, "Just what kind of ring do you want, what exactly are we looking for?" My reply was, "I honestly don’t  28, but when I see the correct setting, I will know it." That was the  29  I felt about the new career I wished to start; I didn’t have an exact idea as to what I wanted to do, but knew there was a perfect fit for me, if I would  30  be patient.
Fortunately, that summer while I  31  my twenty-fifth high school class reunion(重聚), I heard a former classmate  32  what she did for a living. She was a travel agent, and she and her husband had just  33 from a trip to Hawaii where they acted as guides for a group of travelers. WOW, that  34  like fun, considerably more fun and exciting than being a  35  : I know what to take up!
16. A. possible                  B. obvious             C. believable              D. good
17. A. money                B. fun                   C. children                   D. employers
18. A. valuable              B. reasonable         C. worthy                     D. different
19. A. interesting           B. comfortable              C. successful             D. meaningful
20. A. pleasure                     B. place                 C. job                     D. man
21. A. careful                B. useful           C. joyful                 D. painful
22. A. finish                 B. miss                  C. avoid                       D. forget
23. A. recalled                     B. reminded           C. warned                    D. robbed
24. A. where                 B. while                C. if                D. as
25. A. nowhere             B. somewhere        C. wherever                  D. everywhere
26. A. Actually              B. However           C. Finally                     D. Once
27. A. children                     B. classmates         C. employer                  D. husband
28. A. care                    B. know                C. understand            D. find
29. A. way                    B. time                  C. style                        D. thought
30. A. really                 B. ever                  C. just                          D. certainly
31. A. joined                 B. left                   C. started                  D. attended
32. A. complaining        B. explaining         C. describing            D. considering
33. A. returned                     B. rested                C. came                        D. stayed
34. A. looked                B. seemed              C. sounded                   D. felt
35. A. travler                B. wife                  C. employer                  D. bookkeeper