1 . Around twenty years ago I was living in York. _____ I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree,I could not find _____ work.
I was _____ a school bus to make ends meet and _____ with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had _____ five interviews(面试) with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not _____ the job. “Why has my life become so _____?”I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to _____ a little girl, she handed me an earring _____ I should keep it ______ somebody claimed (认领) it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it ______ me—I had been giving all of my ______ to what was going wrong with my ______ rather than what was right!I decided then and there to make a ______ of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to ______ more things to the list.That night there was a phone call for ______ from a lady who was a director at a large ______.She asked me if I would ______ a oneday lecture on stress(压力) management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My ______ there went very well, and before long I got a wellpaid job.To this day I know it was because I changed my way of ______ that I completely changed my life.
1. 2. A.successful | B.extra | C.satisfying | D.convenient |
3. A.driving | B.repairing | C.taking | D.designing |
4. A.working | B.travelling | C.discussing | D.living |
5. A.prepared for | B.attended | C.asked for | D.held |
6. 7. A.hard | B.busy | C.serious | D.short |
8. A.wave at | B.drop off | C.call on | D.look for |
9. A.ordering | B.promising | C.saying | D.showing |
10. A.in case | B.or else | C.as if | D.now that |
11. A.hurt | B.hit | C.caught | D.moved |
12. A.feelings | B.attention | C.strength | D.interests |
13. A.opinions | B.education | C.experiences | D.life |
14. A.list | B.book | C.check | D.copy |
15. A.connect | B.turn | C.keep | D.add |
16. A.her | B.a passenger | C.me | D.my friend |
17. A.hospital | B.factory | C.restaurant | D.hotel |
18. A.listen to | B.review | C.give | D.talk about |
19. A.plan | B.choice | C.day | D.tour |
20. A.operation | B.speaking | C.employment | D.thinking |