阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Ten years ago, I had just started my first job as a Medical Representative in a small town in India—but was 1 every moment of it. I had the 2 to promote and get sales regardless of whether there was a need for my drugs or not. To make matters worse, I was 3 from my original plan of pursuing (追求) a Ph.D in biology. All these thoughts were crowding through my mind, as I was driving my scooter around the town visiting one doctor after another. At one of the traffic lights, I hit a red and had to wait for the signal to turn green. I noticed that there was a huge rock lying near the square—a result of somebody's carelessness. Yet nobody thought it 4 to get out of the vehicles and move the rock to the edge of the road where it would lie, harmless. Suddenly I noticed a young kid crawling his way across the other side of the road. He must have had a serious infection of polio (小儿麻痹症) when he was a baby. He was crawling on both his hands and 5 his body behind him. This guy came up to the rock with a look on his face showing that he did not believe in his handicap (残疾). He was looking at that rock with 6 —as if saying to the stone "You are an instrument of my will." He 7 to push the rock to the side of the road. I can never forget that look of pride on his face, showing that he has 8 something that able-bodied people like me were avoiding doing. And looking at this kid for this brief time, I was reminded how small my troubles were in respect to his and how much I was worrying about them. Since then I have never 9 . I did pursue my dream of finishing a Ph.D in the biological sciences. To that unknown messenger of hope and 10 , this is the ovation (鼓掌) I wish to give—though belatedly.
(1)
A .
expecting
B .
regretting
C .
missing
D .
wondering
(2)
A .
pressure
B .
desire
C .
pleasure
D .
chance
(3)
A .
passing
B .
developing
C .
departing
D .
starting
(4)
A .
difficult
B .
dangerous
C .
possible
D .
worthwhile
(5)
A .
dragging
B .
shaping
C .
lifting
D .
folding
(6)
A .
anxiety
B .
determination
C .
confusion
D .
amazement
(7)
A .
planned
B .
failed
C .
learnt
D .
managed
(8)
A .
recalled
B .
considered
C .
preserved
D .
accomplished
(9)
A .
calmed down
B .
given up
C .
broken in
D .
worked out
(10)
A .
cooperation
B .
generosity
C .
courage
D .
enthusiasm
答案:(1)B;(2)A;(3)C;(4)D;(5)A;(6)B;(7)D;(8)D;(9)B;(10)C;