题目内容：

 

       阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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

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

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

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

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

       My day with the hospital workers   20very 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