阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

After a decade at the publishing company, I was fired. I had worked so hard for so long. I was always doing my job , clawing my way up the ladder. And ? Doing these things had me in the end, very little of lasting value. I wondered what would happen if I let it all go—didn’t look for a job, didn’t keep my ambition.

My husband thought it was a great idea. “Just .” he said. As a serious windsurfer, he suggested I try the sport as a path to clarity. I had windsurfed before , but only in water. I didn’t like high winds. I didn’t like going fast—that was . But I wanted to abandon the past. My was to do nothing but read and windsurf every day. I wanted to feel the fear and do it anyway. I wanted to learn how to ride the currents, and I couldn’t think of a better way than to myself to the invisible, ever-shifting wind.

I decided to sail at Swell City, a favorite outpost on the Washington side of the Columbia. That July to be one of the windiest months on record. I grew to find that what I was doing did for my standing in the world. It won me no friends．Then again, I was .

One day, a friend and her l5-year-old son came, and after I explained my , he said the simplest but most profound thing: “It’s all in the . ” This kid had windsurfed only three times , he knew the secret. “If you go out there knowing you’re going to it, you will, ”he continued. “But if you go out there afraid you’ll get hurt , you will. ” I smiled at him. Wasn’t that the same problem I’d encountered in life? I’d always been terrified l wouldn’t reach the goal or the job. I knew I had to let that fear go. And slowly I did.

The wind wanted nothing from me. It cared not at all about my ambition or accomplishments. It me that the beauty of life is in the trying. And that’s where I am: still trying for the turnaround in life and in the .

1.A．breathlesslyB．hopelesslyC．aimlesslyD．carelessly

2.A．what forB．how comeC．so whatD．why not

3.A．encouragedB．praisedC．impressedD．earned

4.A．modestB．secretC．previousD．frustrated

5.A．continueB．stopC．travelD．read

6.A．violentB．deepC．calmD．icy

7.A．scaryB．toughC．boringD．amazing

8.A．promiseB．jobC．regretD．plan

9.A．devoteB．helpC．treatD．limit

10.A．turned outB．set outC．picked outD．carried out

11.A．anythingB．everythingC．nothingD．something

12.A．satisfiedB．terrifiedC．touchedD．embarrassed

13.A．problemB．guiltC．dreamD．fantasy

14.A．healthB．action 、C．attitudeD．behavior

15.A．soB．yetC．orD．for

16.A．shakeB．makeC．nameD．serve

17.A．merelyB．preciselyC．approximatelyD．rarely

18.A．loseB．quitC．offerD．land

19.A．warnedB．remindedC．challengedD．puzzled

20.A．marriageB．familyC．skyD．wind

I’d appreciate _______if you could come and help me once more and I always appreciate _______me with my English in the past.

A. this; you to help B. that; your helping

C. it; you to help D. it; your helping

When I entered the room, I found my father in the sofa and in a magazine.

A. seated; absorbed B. sit; absorb

C. sitting; absorbing D. sat; absorbed

This is the first time that the organization has named a color after a _______ from a film.

A. person B. figure C. character D. celebrity

Nowadays, a lot of children have less time to play and communicate with their peer due to extra studies. ________, it is difficult to develop their character and social skills.

A. Consequently B. Occasionally

C. Eventually D. Dramatically

To______, she keeps on exercising every day as well as________.

A. lose weight; goes on a diet

B. lose her weight; going on a diet

C. lose weight; going on a diet

D. lose her weight; go on a diet

According to police _____, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.

A. appointments B. accounts

C. agreements D. assistance

As is known to us all, success usually results from diligence while laziness and copying others _____ can lead to losses and failure.

A. blindly B. automatically

C. awfully D. annually

The article written by the famous economist is really _______. None of us can understand it.

A. attractive B. accessible

C. abstract D. absolute

It is wise to put milk on a shelf close to the bottom because it is especially _______ to temperature changes

A. flexible B. sensitive

C. fundamental D. positive