Unit 3 Travel Journal using language课时作业

一、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和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。

　　When I was just out of college, I managed to get my dream job as a trader in New York City on the floor of the American Stock（股票）exchange.

　　Though it was a proud___1___,the job was simply too physically___2___一I must stand in a crowd every day, which often___3___me in a mindset（心态）that held me back.

　　Manhattan is a walking town and it's difficult to___4___when you have a disability. Taxis are expensive and riding the subway___5___dozens of steep steps to get below___6___.This left me only one___7___-the bus.

　　One night, after the___8___for my job, I was aching with self-pity___9___it started to rain on my walk to the bus stop. I became more and more___10___without an umbrella, thinking I'd never___11___it in this city. Telling myself, "this city is just too hard" and "maybe it is just not possible for a guy like me".

　　And then,I___12___the most beautiful, short moment. A couple came rolling by on roller skates,hand___13___hand as they skated what seemed like the tango. They were all wet but they saw the___14___as an opportunity and romance.

　　I suddenly became grateful for waiting in the rain because I___15___have missed this beauty___16___if I had been in a taxi or on the subway.This,although___17___,was an important moment on my journey to discovering the___18___of achieving health and happiness. When I change my mindset,___19___for a moment, to what is possible and work to get rid of the self-limiting beliefs that___20___my daily actions, I will be on the road to a healthier, happier life.

1. A. adjustment B. achievement C. agreement D. treatment

2. A. tiring B. boring C. relaxing D. disappointing

3. A. reminded B. expected C. took D. left

4. A. go up B. get around C. set off D. show up

5. A. requests B. supports C. requires D. surrounds

6. A. ground B. street C. town D. city