题目内容：

I was out for my usual morning run and found myself in the late-summer heat, thirsty. If only I had taken a______bottle. After I stopped under a bridge to shelter myself from the sun for a moment of______, I saw two young,______men standing next to their sleeping bags. One smiled and gently______his hand as if he were about to say hello,  but he didn’t say a word. He wasn’t asking for______. I smiled and raised my hand, too.

As I started back on my______, I thought about how much we all______to connect with other people. At that moment, this homeless man seemed to want to connect with someone else______he wanted food or money.

We have all had______of feeling separate and lonely. I once felt lonely being in a relationship that______an emotional connection. Feeling separated doesn’t have anything to do with being alone,______is about the human desire to feel______by being seen and valued by another person.

We all______from connection. That homeless man affected my day. After meeting him, I felt more grateful and it made me______all that I have. He made me feel concerned for him. I had the choice to move toward______or connection. Separation is looking at the homeless person and focusing on how______he looks. Connection is understanding that he influenced my day by______to me. I can______times in my life when, like him, I was in a situation I had never expected. There have been times when I felt down, and times when I needed someone to______what he was doing and say hello to me.

Pay attention today and notice whether you tend to move toward separation or toward connection. If your tendency is to spend time alone,______saying “yes” to invitations. Practice moving toward rather than away from people.

1.A. wine    B. water    C. glass    D. metal

2.A. peace    B. joy    C. shade    D. breath

3.A. handsome    B. homeless    C. disabled    D. tall

4.A. took    B. dropped    C. crossed    D. raised

5.A. anything    B. nothing    C. everything    D. all

6.A. wandering    B. walking    C. running    D. hiking

7.A. need    B. have    C. try    D. seek

8.A. other than    B. less than    C. rather than    D. better than

9.A. expectations    B. purposes    C. experiences    D. worries

10.A. lacked    B. contained    C. enjoyed    D. valued

11.A. or    B. and    C. so    D. but

12.A. amazed    B. connected    C. amused    D. entertained

13.A. benefit    B. recover    C. suffer    D. come

14.A. lose    B. question    C. recognize    D. appreciate

15.A. ignorance    B. separation    C. depression    D. desperation

16.A. kind    B. neat    C. unhappy    D. unclean

17.A. reaching out    B. giving in    C. turning    D. replying

18.A. forget about    B. keep up with    C. reflect on    D. return to

19.A. continue    B. accomplish    C. handle    D. stop

20.A. keep    B. practice    C. deny    D. imagine