Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times．I c

Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times．I could not find  1  work and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree．

       To my   2   I was driving a school bus to   3   my family．I had been through five   4with a company and one day they   5   to say I did not get the job．I went to the bus barn, feeling   6  ．

       Later that afternoon,   7   doing my rounds through a quiet suburban neighborhood I had an inner wave   8   from deep inside me and I thought “Why has my   9   become so hard?” “Give me a sign, I asked, a physical sign, not some inner   10   type of thing．”

       Immediately after this internal（内心的） scream I   11   the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she   12   she handed me an earring saying I should keep it   13   somebody looked for it．The   14   was stamped metal, painted black and said “BE HAPPY”．Then it struck me．I had been putting all of my   15   into what was wrong with my life   16   than what was right!

       One night there was a phone call for me from the   17   at a large hospital．She asked me whether I   18  do a report for 200 hospital workers．I said  19   and got the job．

       My day with the hospital workers   20   very 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

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1—5 ACDBC   6—10 CBACB    11—15 ADCAC   16—20 ADBCA