Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′)
[2016·山东多校联盟]My life was running smoothly last year when the universe delivered wake－up calls one after another. First, I __1__ my job when the magazine I edited went bankrupt (倒闭的). A month later, my __2__ landed in the intensive care unit (重症监护室). It felt as though life were __3__ my layers.
Not knowing what else to do, I drove down to my parents' __4__. Their vulnerability (脆弱) terrified me. I __5__ my father at the hospital every day, trying to __6__ tears as I stood awkwardly by his bed. At home, I __7__， washed the dishes and answered the phone. One afternoon, I held my mother's hand as she wept. Suddenly, I felt __8__ to have the time to be with my parents, to __9__ them, which I wouldn't have been able to do __10__ I hadn't lost my job.
