1 . I believe I have a personal duty to make a positive impact on society. I’ve tried to ________ this goal by choosing a career in public service. As a physician dealing with the challenge of infectious diseases, I consider my job a ________ which allows me to help ease the suffering of humankind. I have three principles to ________ my life, which I always think about.
Firstly, I have a strong thirst for ________. I regard myself as a(n) ________ student. I keep learning every day—from taking care of a patient to an experiment in the lab. Because of this, I ________ get bored. I think I will never know as much as I ________. This is what keeps the ________ of knowledge hot. And it is why I would ________ my job every day even if I cannot get high income.
Secondly, I believe in fighting for ________. I sweat over all the stuff, without feeling ________ for it. One of the byproducts of being a perfectionist is anxiety. But this anxiety creates a ________ tension that drives me to fulfill my limited potential. Without this ________, I wouldn’t be perfect.
Thirdly, I believe that my goal to be a physician is to ________ humankind. I have spent my ________ on public service. Most of it involved research, the care of ________ and the public health policy on AIDS. However, when I chose to ________ it in the 1980s, many of my col- leagues couldn’t understand it.
I think, to control this terrible disease ________ I must be guided by these principles: continually thirsting for knowledge, accepting nothing ________ of excellence and knowing that the ________ of society is more important than my gains.
1. A.find | B.ignore | C.change | D.accomplish |
2. A.gift | B.game | C.program | D.solution |
3. A.form | B.check | C.guide | D.prove |
4. A.power | B.knowledge | C.adventure | D.evidence |
5. A.hard-working | B.helpful | C.attractive | D.clever |
6. A.personally | B.rarely | C.generally | D.suddenly |
7. A.want | B.promise | C.admit | D.refuse |
8. A.necessity | B.excuse | C.recovery | D.pursuit |
9. A.do | B.lose | C.record | D.forget |
10. A.agreement | B.balance | C.excellence | D.fairness |
11. A.embarrassed | B.curious | C.amused | D.regretful |
12. A.common | B.healthy | C.serious | D.harmful |
13. A.prospect | B.wisdom | C.tension | D.method |
14. A.employ | B.introduce | C.unite | D.serve |
15. A.reputation | B.career | C.doubt | D.luck |
16. A.children | B.elders | C.patients | D.students |
17. A.escape from | B.get over | C.give out | D.concentrate on |
18. A.randomly | B.occasionally | C.successfully | D.immediately |
19. A.full | B.short | C.worthy | D.typical |
20. A.good | B.standard | C.variety | D.arrival |