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For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) _____...
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For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) _______my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity _______.
We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an _______ winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The _______ of the ice and snow _______ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. _______ it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to_______ the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty _______ to do.
We had a partner come in to help us try to _______ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was ________ that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio ________ we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a ________experience.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost ________ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer ________ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that ________ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.
We picked the ________ option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, ________ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ________ had. If the adversity we were ________ had not happened, we probably would ________ be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient.
1.A.promoted B.influenced C.destroyed D.prevented
2.A.suffer B.escape C.win D.work
3.A.awkward B.awesome C.agreeable D.awful
4.A.size B.height C.weight D.temperature
5.A.collapsed B.limited C.pressed D.struck
6.A.Before B.Unless C.Although D.When
7.A.replace B.reduce C.recycle D.remove
8.A.worthwhile B.tough C.rewarding D.annoying
9.A.examine B.test C.secure D.restore
10.A.something B.enough C.all D.nothing
11.A.for B.but C.or D.so
12.A.vain B.valid C.disastrous D.treasured
13.A.displayed B.arranged C.piled D.presented
14.A.predict B.conduct C.instruct D.quit
15.A.approached B.crossed C.cleared D.comforted
16.A.latter B.former C.easier D.further
17.A.evaluated B.redesigned C.organized D.reserved
18.A.desperately B.hopefully C.eventually D.previously
19.A.faced with B.concerned about C.cautious about D.aware of
20.A.ever B.already C.even D.still
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