For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) ___21
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For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) ___21___my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity ___22___.
We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an ___23___ winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The ___24___ of the ice and snow ___25___ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. ___26___ it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to___27___ the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty ___28___ to do.
We had a partner come in to help us try to ___29___ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was ____30____ that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio ____31____ we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a ____32____experience.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost ____33____ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer ____34____ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that ____35____ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.
We picked the ____36____ option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, ____37____ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ____38____ had. If the adversity we were ____39____ had not happened, we probably would ____40____ be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient.
21. A. promoted B. influenced C. destroyed D. prevented
22. A. suffer B. escape C. win D. work
23. A. awkward B. awesome C. agreeable D. awful
24. A. size B. height C. weight D. temperature
25. A. collapsed B. limited C. pressed D. struck
26. A. Before B. Unless C. Although D. When
27. A. replace B. reduce C. recycle D. remove
28. A. worthwhile B. tough C. rewarding D. annoying
29. A. examine B. test C. secure D. restore
30. A. something B. enough C. all D. nothing
31. A. for B. but C. or D. so
32. A. vain B. valid C. disastrous D. treasured
33. A. displayed B. arranged C. piled D. presented
34. A. predict B. conduct C. instruct D. quit
35. A. approached B. crossed C. cleared D. comforted
36. A. latter B. former C. easier D. further
37. A. evaluated B. redesigned C. organized D. reserved
38. A. desperately B. hopefully C. eventually D. previously
39. A. faced with B. concerned about C. cautious about D. aware of
40. A. ever B. already C. even D. still
【答案】
For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) ___21___my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity ___22___.
We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an ___23___ winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The ___24___ of the ice and snow ___25___ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. ___26___ it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to___27___ the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty ___28___ to do.
We had a partner come in to help us try to ___29___ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was ____30____ that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio ____31____ we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a ____32____experience.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost ____33____ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer ____34____ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that ____35____ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.
We picked the ____36____ option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, ____37____ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ____38____ had. If the adversity we were ____39____ had not happened, we probably would ____40____ be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient.
21. A. promoted B. influenced C. destroyed D. prevented
22. A. suffer B. escape C. win D. work
23. A. awkward B. awesome C. agreeable D. awful
24. A. size B. height C. weight D. temperature
25. A. collapsed B. limited C. pressed D. struck
26. A. Before B. Unless C. Although D. When
27. A. replace B. reduce C. recycle D. remove
28. A. worthwhile B. tough C. rewarding D. annoying
29. A. examine B. test C. secure D. restore
30. A. something B. enough C. all D. nothing
31. A. for B. but C. or D. so
32. A. vain B. valid C. disastrous D. treasured
33. A. displayed B. arranged C. piled D. presented
34. A. predict B. conduct C. instruct D. quit
35. A. approached B. crossed C. cleared D. comforted
36. A. latter B. former C. easier D. further
37. A. evaluated B. redesigned C. organized D. reserved
38. A. desperately B. hopefully C. eventually D. previously
39. A. faced with B. concerned about C. cautious about D. aware of
40. A. ever B. already C. even D. still
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