题目内容：

For our family vacations when our children were younger, we often went river rafting. Rafting meant we could be together as a family,________with the beauty of nature, and meet other people. Plus, it was ________, and being on the river meant our family never had to ask that ________of questions: “What are we going to do today?” It was always clear — ________the boat and paddle downstream! This was our method for strengthening family bonds with less ________.

We also found that the river is always a great ________. For example, sometimes your boat goes through a particularly difficult rapid and you find yourself thrown out of the boat and into the water. When this happens, sometimes you get caught in a ________, where the water is churning（搅动）back upstream. What do you do? The natural tendency is to crazily attempt to swim ________, but in this situation, the water is circulating backward, ________you are actually swimming against the current. This is very dangerous; it is quite possible to ________yourself and be unable to get out of the hole. Unfortunately, people have ________this way. However, if you give up swimming and ________, the water pulls you in and for an instant takes you upstream. Usually, this is enough for you to be ________“spit out” of the hole.

A ________situation came up in a recent coaching meeting I had with a high-ranking engineer of a Fortune 100 company, who described his week as feeling as though he were “swimming upstream.” The more ________he felt, the harder he worked, and the less time he spent with his managers, and with his family. He was unaware that he had become so ________in fighting the daily battles that he had completely________the larger stream, the more vital ________of his leadership role.

Be aware of ________you place your attention. If you become distracted, keep returning to your point of ________.

1.A. interact    B. go    C. live    D. breathe

2.A. inspiring    B. cautious    C. adventurous    D. conscious

3.A. most curious    B. deadliest    C. most interesting    D. greatest

4.A. get in    B. get down to    C. get off    D. get round

5.A. time    B. communication    C. cooperation    D. effort

6.A. teacher    B. mother    C. soldier    D. leader

7.A. mess    B. center    C. hurry    D. hole

8.A. safely    B. downstream    C. away    D. past

9.A. or    B. and    C. but    D. so

10.A. exhaust    B. hurt    C. justify    D. refresh

11.A. disappeared    B. fought    C. died    D. behaved

12.A. relax    B. reflect    C. lie    D. watch

13.A. calmly    B. quickly    C. shockingly    D. amazingly

14.A. positive    B. strange    C. similar    D. confusing

15.A. anger    B. pressure    C. motivation    D. attraction

16.A. involved    B. trapped    C. lost    D. bathed

17.A. lost track of    B. turned blind to    C. lost sight of    D. looked down upon

18.A. calls    B. priorities    C. appeals    D. promises

19.A. where    B. how    C. why    D. when

20.A. target    B. achievement    C. condition    D. focus