A. ambitious B. appeals to C. contacts D. expect E. easily F. works G. c

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问题     A. ambitious B. appeals to C. contacts D. expect E. easily
    F. works G. consulting H. recruit I. turns to J. settled
    K. except L. harshly M. texting N. like O. typical
    A young consultant’s life is tiring. A【C1】______ week starts before dawn on Monday, with a rush to the airport and a flight to wherever the client is based. He can expect to stay in hotels at least three nights a week, gorging on minibar peanuts and gloomily【C2】______ a distant lover. "It’s quite normal to spend a year living out of a suitcase," sighs one London-based consultant.
    So the job【C3】______"insecure overachievers"—a phrase widely used in the industry—"who are always worried that they haven’t done enough work," jokes a consultant. Some 60-65% of consultants are recent college-leavers. Most drop out within a few years and take more【C4】______ jobs elsewhere in the business world, where their experience and【C5】______ allow them to slot in several levels above their less-travelled counterparts.
    The elite consultancies have offices in big cities, which is where ambitious young people want to live. The best-paid jobs are in places【C6】______ London and New York. Such cities are also where the culture and dating opportunities are richest.
    Such attitudes are frustrating for firms in Portsmouth or Peoria. But consultancies benefit from it. They【C7】______ bright young things in the metropolis and then hire out their brains to firms in the sticks. This is one reason why consultants have to travel so much.
    The system【C8】______, more or less, for everyone. Firms in the provinces get to borrow talent they could not【C9】______ hire. And young consultants get to experience life in the real world before returning to the capital to party with their friends at the weekend. They have it all,【C10】______ enough sleep. [br] 【C2】

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答案 M

解析 此处需填动词的现在分词,与前面的gorging并列作状语。词库中的现在分词有consulting和texting,逗号前的主句部分提到“每周至少三天住在酒店”,空格后所接宾语为“远方的恋人”,只有texting“发短信”符合这一语境,填入后表示“闷闷不乐地给远方的恋人发短信”。
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