Unit 3 Inventors and inventions using language课时作业

Ⅰ.完形填空

　　 Several years ago, I quit my job to chase my dream of writing a book, but that book was __1__repeatedly. Everybody was asking, "How's the book coming？" I was so __2__ .

　　 My friends got together one day and I blurted out (脱口而出), "I don't know my purpose in life." The outburst was met with __3__and stares. Finally, Pam said, "I don't know, either." She was in a job she __4__ . Teresa said, "Me either." I was sure that Bette would have a(n) __5__ . She was suffering from cancer and, surely she had figured things out since she was facing a likely terminal outcome. __6__ , she shook her head.

　　Two years passed and, during that time, I sold my __7__ , Teresa went back to school, Pam switched __8__ , and Bette kept on living as best as she could.

　　Actually, for those two years, Bette lived a __9__life than any of us. She built a butterfly garden in her neighbourhood. She spent time with her family, went hiking,__10__and lived.

　　My book was finally __11__and Bette made it to my first big signing. A day or two later, she was back in the __12__as she was seriously ill. I left on tour for several weeks, and when I __13__ , she was close to __14__ .

　　 The day came when her brother called to let me know Bette had __15__ . He asked me to write her obituary (讣告). I thought about how she'd filled every moment with as much joy as she could find. That obituary wasn't a list of __16__ . It was the story of a woman who lived. __17__what life threw at her, she lived.

　　That was when I__18__ what I'd learned through her passing. She defined her purpose in life by simply living her life. That's all any of us are here to do. In the end, the only thing that __19__is that we breathe in our time here and fill it with__20__ .

篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过朋友的人生经历意识