Years ago,I would wake up two or three times each night because of terrible pains.Having watched my father die of cancer,I 1 that I also had a cancer.So I went to a clinic.A doctor examined me,gave me some medicine and cleared my mind of 2 that I had a cancer.He suggested I should relax.After hearing these words,I felt 3 and acted on the doctor's 4 .
One day while I was looking over an accumulation of old 5 on matters that were past and gone,I threw them into the wastebasket one by one. 6 I stopped and said to myself,“Bill,why don't you do the 7 thing with your worries that you are doing with these notes?” That idea gave me immediate 8 —gave me the feeling of a weight being lifted from me.From that day,I have made it a(n) 9 to throw into the wastebasket all the 10 that I can no longer do anything about.
Then one day while my wife was wiping the dishes happily,another idea 11 to me.I thought,“Look,Bill,how 12 your wife is.Had she thought of washing the pile of dirty dishes like a barn these years,she would have been 13 by the thought.The reason my wife doesn't 14 washing the dishes now is that she washes only one day's dishes at a time.” I saw what my 15 was.I was trying to wash today's dishes and yesterday's dishes and 16 the dishes that weren't dirty yet.
I saw how 17 I was.I used to stand in front of people,telling other people how to live,yet I myself was leading a tense,worried,hurried existence.I felt 18 of myself.
Worries don't 19 me any more.I now throw yesterday's anxieties into the wastebasket,and I have 20 trying to wash tomorrow's dirty dishes today.
1.A.declared B.feared
C.acknowledged D.confirmed
2.A.dissatisfaction B.misfortune
C.doubt D.threat
3.A.relieved B.optimistic
C.content D.depressed
4.A.opinions B.experience
C.promises D.advice
5.A.books B.papers
C.notes D.clothes
6.A.Suddenly B.Gradually
C.Eventually D.Obviously
7.A.meaningful B.same
C.important D.unique
8.A.anxiety B.confusion
C.strength D.inspiration
9.A.rule B.order
C.difference D.plan
10.A.habits B.achievements
C.failures D.problems
11.A.returned B.happened
C.occurred D.appealed
12.A.determined B.pleased
C.surprised D.puzzled
13.A.encouraged B.disappointed
C.defeated D.surprised
14.A.enjoy B.mind
C.consider D.avoid
15.A.thought B.embarrassment
C.excuse D.trouble
16.A.even B.still
C.mainly D.partly
17.A.foolish B.intelligent
C.modest D.abnormal
18.A.conscious B.ashamed
C.proud D.terrified
19.A.convince B.oppose
C.excite D.bother
20.A.admitted B.delayed
C.stopped D.regretted