20142015学年度高二英语同步课堂课时练人教版选修7Unit5　Travellingabroad.doc

Unit 5　Travelling abroad 一、完形填空 Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times.I could not find __1__ work and I found life especially difficult. To my shame I was driving a school bus to make ends __2__.I had lost my apartment.I had been through five __3__ with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job.I went to the bus barn like a zombie (僵尸) with __4__. Later that afternoon, while __5__ my rounds through a quiet suburban neighborhood I had an inner __6__—like a primal scream—arising from deep inside me and I thought, “Why has my __7__ become so hard？” Immediately after this internal scream I __8__ the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me an earring, saying I should keep it in case somebody claimed it.The earring was stamped metal, painted black and said “BE HAPPY”． At first I got __9__—yeah, yeah, I thought.Then it __10__ me.I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then to make a list of 50 things I was grateful for.One night there was a phone call from a manager at a large hospital __11__ me if I would do a one-day seminar for 200 hospital workers.I said yes and got the job. My day with the hospital workers went very well.I got a standing ovation (热烈鼓掌) and many more days of work.Till this day I __12__ that it was because I changed my __13__ to gratitude. I spent the next year conducting training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and __14__ I succeeded. “THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE” has been my motto for years now and yes, it completely __15__ my life. 1．A.satisfying 　B．precious　　C．funny　　　D．useful 2．A.connect B．meet C．break D．control 3．A.relations B．positions C．interviews D．situations 4．A.movement B．comment C．excitement D．disappointment 5．A.catching B．following C．doing D．changing 6．A.trouble B．wave