阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
For years, I had suffered from depression. I never seemed to be happy with my life, especially when I ___21___ it to someone else's. I frequently felt I was not living up to either my own ___22___ or the worlds expectations.
Then, the week before Thanksgiving, every chair in the church has a paper bag underneath. All were expected to pick up one ___23___ and take them to a grocery store and fill them with some basic food items to be ___24___ to local chanty. Then, at the evening, a team of volunteers placed all the ___25___ bags, of food at the front of the church.
Included in the event was a sheet with ___26___, asking us to think of 100 things we were thankful for. This was a (n）___27___to help us focus on gratitude. ___28___ I heard some kids next to me ___29___ each other to see who could fill in all 100 the fastest. My ___30___ nature pushed me to fill in blanks with any ___31___ in my life that I was thankful for. To my own ____32____, I filled in the list in four minutes. Then I joined the others ___33___ the bags according to their categories before they were donated to the ___34___.
One day not long afterward , I found myself sinking into my ___35___ depression when I remembered the ___36___. I took it out and read through it and ___37___ that not only did I have a lot to be thankful for but that the things I had written on that list ___38___ my talents , hobbies, faith , and people who had greatly ___39___ me.
___40___to have an attitude of gratitude has made me more than happy and filled me with joy.
21. A. introduced B. compared C. exposed D. applied
22. A. achievement B. nature C. potential D. patience
23. A. randomly B. regularly C. alternatively D. considerately
24. A. returned B. issued C. allocated D. donated
25. A. circulated B. addressed C. filled D. supplied
26. A. credits B. blanks C. inspirations D. suggestions
27. A. celebration B. amusement C. communication D. exercise
28. A. Accidentally B. Furthermore C. Otherwise D. Necessarily
29. A. remind B. challenge C. support D. observe
30. A. sympathetic B. creative C. competitive D. contradictory
31. A. situation B. chance C. promotion D. awareness
32. A. disappointment B. curiosity C. advantage D. astonishment
33. A. distributing B. clarifying C. sorting D. decorating
34. A. rich B. needy C. special D. worried
35. A. guilty B. familiar C. temporary D. apparent
36. A. list B. activity C. motivation D. report
37. A. pretended B. claimed C. imagined D. realized
38. A. ruled out B. dropped out C. brought out D. worked out
39. A. surprised B. touched C. promised D. concerned
40. A. Choosing B. Offering C. Demanding D. Declining
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. A
For years, I had suffered from depression. I never seemed to be happy with my life, especially when I ___21___ it to someone else's. I frequently felt I was not living up to either my own ___22___ or the worlds expectations.
Then, the week before Thanksgiving, every chair in the church has a paper bag underneath. All were expected to pick up one ___23___ and take them to a grocery store and fill them with some basic food items to be ___24___ to local chanty. Then, at the evening, a team of volunteers placed all the ___25___ bags, of food at the front of the church.
Included in the event was a sheet with ___26___, asking us to think of 100 things we were thankful for. This was a (n）___27___to help us focus on gratitude. ___28___ I heard some kids next to me ___29___ each other to see who could fill in all 100 the fastest. My ___30___ nature pushed me to fill in blanks with any ___31___ in my life that I was thankful for. To my own ____32____, I filled in the list in four minutes. Then I joined the others ___33___ the bags according to their categories before they were donated to the ___34___.
One day not long afterward , I found myself sinking into my ___35___ depression when I remembered the ___36___. I took it out and read through it and ___37___ that not only did I have a lot to be thankful for but that the things I had written on that list ___38___ my talents , hobbies, faith , and people who had greatly ___39___ me.
___40___to have an attitude of gratitude has made me more than happy and filled me with joy.
21. A. introduced B. compared C. exposed D. applied
22. A. achievement B. nature C. potential D. patience
23. A. randomly B. regularly C. alternatively D. considerately
24. A. returned B. issued C. allocated D. donated
25. A. circulated B. addressed C. filled D. supplied
26. A. credits B. blanks C. inspirations D. suggestions
27. A. celebration B. amusement C. communication D. exercise
28. A. Accidentally B. Furthermore C. Otherwise D. Necessarily
29. A. remind B. challenge C. support D. observe
30. A. sympathetic B. creative C. competitive D. contradictory
31. A. situation B. chance C. promotion D. awareness
32. A. disappointment B. curiosity C. advantage D. astonishment
33. A. distributing B. clarifying C. sorting D. decorating
34. A. rich B. needy C. special D. worried
35. A. guilty B. familiar C. temporary D. apparent
36. A. list B. activity C. motivation D. report
37. A. pretended B. claimed C. imagined D. realized
38. A. ruled out B. dropped out C. brought out D. worked out
39. A. surprised B. touched C. promised D. concerned
40. A. Choosing B. Offering C. Demanding D. Declining
【答案】21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. B 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. A 37. D 38. C 39. B 40. A
