完形填空

   In this world, there are more than 365 million people whose native language is English ．Of this number of people, only about 275 million 1 in the Untied States and Great Britain ．The 2 60 million live in Australia, 3 , New Zealand, South Africa, some Pacific islands, and other places 4 British people settled．5 of the time, one English speaker 6 understand another．But in every 7 country, people added new words 8 their vocabularies （词汇） to name animals, plants, and other things that were 9 to the first British people who 10 there ．British settlers in Australia 11 the word “kangaroo” for an 12 they had never seen 13 from the language of the people who were 14 to Australia ．And the British who 15 to South Africa took “trek”, meaning a long journey by ox wagon （四轮运货牛车）, 16 the language of the Dutch people 17 settled in the same place．

   English speakers of 18 every country know what a kangaroo 19 and use the word “track” to 20 “difficult journey”．But some 21 “English” words are used only by the people who borrow or 22 them．A South African who talks about “kopjes” is speaking English, but only another South African 23 a Dutch person would know he is 24 of hills．Australian said, “There were some ropable people at the corroborate, ” only another Australian would 25 that he was talking about angry people at a party．

For the last couple of weeks, I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed（消耗） by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cooked a delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a lighthearted（轻松地） movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to meditation(沉思)for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!
The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes I felt alive again. To be honest, I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping（单脚跳） along the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result we restrain(限制) our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.
Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.
If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.
【小题1】The author felt depressed because she __________.

Once there was a very brilliant, creative and educated man. He gained much  36  while traveling throughout the world.  37 , he lost his legs and left arm in a tragic accident, leaving only a finger and thumb on his right hand. He became so depressed(沮丧的）that he was afraid he would spend his life 38  and would no longer be able to use his life in a(n)   39  way.
One day, he remembered how he had always loved getting  40  . He realized that he still had partial   41  of his right hand and could write with  42 . Then, he had an idea. “Why not write to other people who need encouragement?”
He  43  where he could find those who could be encouraged if they read his letters. He thought of people in  44 . Many of them had hope of regaining their  45 . Others would keep feeling depressed and remain put away for the rest of their lives. He decided that he must try to  46 them. So he wrote to a prison ministry about sending letters to the prisoners. The prison minister replied that writing to the prisoners would be  47 . However, it would be against prison rules for the prisoners to write back.
 48 with the intention, the man began sending 49 messages of God’s love, hope, strength, and encouragement. He wrote twice a week, testing his strength and ability to the limit. He poured his heart and soul  50 his words,  51  his experience, sense of humor, optimism, and faith.
It was difficult to write those letters, especially without hope of any  52 . Frequently, he felt discouraged, wondering if anyone  53  read his letters. However, this was his  54   chance，so he determined to continue.
At last, he received a letter from the prison officer, which said, “Please write on the best paper you can afford. Your letters are passed from cell (牢房) to cell until they almost fall to   55 !”
We all have unique experiences, abilities and talents. We can discover ways to reach others in need of encouragement and strength.