完形填空,阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。
On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo PiscoPo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.
“I ________ so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,” he says. He became paralyzed (使瘫痪,使麻痹) from the waist down, Doctors said he’d likely never ________ again.
The last three years have been a challenging, but equally ________ , journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1966. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a ________ .
“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,” Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so ________ after such a life-changing ________ . It’s a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular ________ changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room. ________ focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d ________.
His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were ________ intact (完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they ________ to do, including traveling.
“That conversation ________ me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kid,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, ________ that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of ________ to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are ________ , while some of the ________ people in the world are deeply happy. The ________ is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I make an effort to ________ all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to ________ and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, ________ I’m now enjoying the abundance of things I already have much more.
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A.asked |
B.screamed |
C.talked |
D.laughed |
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A.speak |
B.read |
C.walk |
D.work |
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A.comfortable |
B.dangerous |
C.boring |
D.rewarding |
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A.hospital |
B.vehicle |
C.house |
D.wheelchair |
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A.optimistic |
B.energetic |
C.sweet |
D.smart |
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A.chance |
B.journey |
C.injury |
D.success |
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A.conversatio |
B.operation |
C.colleague |
D.friend |
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A.Instead of |
B.In case of |
C.As for |
D.Except for |
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A.created |
B.lost |
C.got |
D.explained |
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A.never |
B.still |
C.also |
D.even |
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A.need |
B.pretend |
C.agree |
D.love |
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A.reminded |
B.warned |
C.promised |
D.advised |
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A.doubts |
B.remembers |
C.hopes |
D.insists |
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A.results |
B.truths |
C.reasons |
D.questions |
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A.excited |
B.pitiful |
C.careful |
D.tired |
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A.wisest |
B.poorest |
C.prettiest |
D.busiest |
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A.skill |
B.gift |
C.key |
D.fact |
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A.change |
B.show |
C.enjoy |
D.ignore |
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A.relax |
B.refuse |
C.forget |
D.improve |
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A.but |
B.or |
C.though |
D.unless |
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