2014届高三英语二轮【完形填空突破-3真2模含解析】12
[2013·江苏卷]
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I used to believe in the American Dream，which meant a job，a mortgage(按揭)，credit cards, success.I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us __36__ chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell __37__．I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and$56.I __38__ the countryside for some place I could rent for the __39__ possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road __40__ the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was __41__， full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner, r ented it，and __42__ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me，__43__ slowly, they started teaching me the __44__ of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets，candles，and tools，and began __45__ around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a __46__ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of __47__.
