阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Around
twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times.I could not find 1work and I found this especially difficult as
I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree.
To my 2I was driving a school bus to 3my family.I had been through five 4with a company and one day they 5to say I did not get the job.I went to the bus barn, feeling
6.
Later
that afternoon, 7doing
my rounds through a quiet suburban neighborhood I had an inner wave 8from deep inside me and I thought “Why has
my 9become so hard?”
“Give me a sign, I asked, a physical sign, not some inner 10type of thing.”
Immediately
after this internal(内心的) scream I 11the
bus over to drop off a little girl and as she 12she handed me an earring saying I should
keep it 13somebody looked
for it.The 14was stamped metal, painted black and said “BE
HAPPY”.Then it struck
me.I had been
putting all of my 15into
what was wrong with my life 16than
what was right!
One
night there was a phone call for me from the 17at a large hospital.She asked me whether I 18do a report for 200 hospital workers.I said 19and got the job.
My day
with the hospital workers 20very
well.I got a great
welcome and many more days of work.To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude to
gratitude.
1.A.satisfying B.probable C.particular D.considerate
2.A.joy B.luck C.shame D.surprise
3.A.meet B.supply C.provide D.support
4.A.meetings B.interviews C.conferences D.reports
5.A.came B.hoped C.called D.expected
6.A.excited B.worried C.disappointed D.frightened
7.A.though B.while C.unless D.until
8.A.rise B.shout C.raise D.cry
9.A.work B.situation C.life D.position
10.A.sound B.voice C.noise D.thought
11.A.pulled B.carried C.brought D.held
12.A.took off B.put off C.gave
off D.got off
13.A.as long as B.now that C.in
case D.as soon as
14.A.earring B.watch C.necklace D.bag
15.A.money B.ideas C.energies D.strength
16.A.rather B.other C.more D.less
17.A.nurse B.work C.patient D.manager
18.A.should B.would C.must D.ought
19.A.no B.hello C.yes D.nothing
20.A.went B.looked C.seemed D.appeared