3 . It was a sunny day when I quit my job to travel. As a contract administrator(合同管理员)for a shipping company, I’d spent 2012 _______in Washington DC. While it was a well-paid job, even a_______career, it was not what I wanted, I wanted to _______stories and see the world.
The _______of this decision were sown(播种)in 2010, when I graduated from college and moved to Spain to teach English. I spent my spare time travelling around Europe, writing it all in my blog. After two years, my teaching contracts_______, so I moved back to work in Washington DC.
Writing, on the other hand, continued to make me_______. And during those two years in Spain, my blog had_______many readers. But I faced a _______ decision: quit and pursue writing full-time, or keep a good job.I knew that _______to the world of writing and travelling was the right choice,________ I began planning my next move. This time, my________was New Zealand.
Every night________I came home from my job I work on my blog. I spent a year________my blog and setting up freelance(自由职业者)writing contracts, so that I would have guaranteed paid work once I quit. A few months later, I was invited to explore Jordan for a few weeks. I knew the time had come to________the final preparations. I planned out my trips, ________my flights and sold my car (my last strong tie to my old life)before________. And finally, I was on my way to New Zealand.
Since quitting my job, I’ve sailed off the coast of Italy and Greece; dived in Bali; ridden horses across western Mongolia; slept________the stars on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Not once have I________my decision to leave my job in Washington DC. Through all this, I have achieved my________of becoming a writer. I gave up a comfortable life to pursue personal happiness—________proving that dreams really do come true, if you work for them.
1. A.studying | B.teaching | C.working | D.travelling |
2. A.terrible | B.wrong | C.vital | D.good |
3. A.write | B.remember | C.understand | D.read |
4. A.plants | B.seeds | C.crops | D.branches |
5. A.started | B.continued | C.ended | D.failed |
6. A.qualified | B.delighted | C.bored | D.tired |
7. A.protected | B.demanded | C.attracted | D.selected |
8. A.strange | B.tough | C.normal | D.simple |
9. A.returning | B.sending | C.donating | D.leading |
10. 11. A.destination | B.situation | C.occasion | D.description |
12. A.since | B.because | C.until | D.when |
13. A.turning up | B.getting up | C.cutting up | D.building up |
14. A.reject | B.make | C.test | D.apply |
15. A.sold | B.bought | C.booked | D.earned |
16. A.setting off | B.settling down | C.calming down | D.turning around |
17. 18. A.explained | B.shared | C.regretted | D.imagined |
19. A.reason | B.example | C.memory | D.goal |
20. A.narrowly | B.awfully | C.widely | D.hopefully |