大学英语练习选词填空Unit 7

1、Passage 1I was 1 a bad temper. It was just like the stress in my life that was running out of control. I could probably attribute it to 2 stress. My company was cutting jobs and they were evaluating each workers performance. This was 3 in those days of rising competition and shrinking companies. The

2、 companies were getting smaller because of the hopeless economic conditions. I knew I was being considered as one of the workers they would let go though I had been overworking. Or maybe it was my home life. My wife and I had gotten in an argument and my 19-year-old daughter announced that she was l

3、eaving the house to move in with her boyfriend.I am usually not a person of quick 4 , but yesterday was different. I rode my bike to work as usual; its about 20 kilometers. I had stopped 5 a red light and then 6 when the light turned green. I had 7 the car coming from my right would stop, but instea

4、d it went right on through the red light and nearly hit me. I 8 had time to react. I grabbed my bike lock and threw it at his car, 9 his rear window and making a crack.The driver stopped and got out of his car. I 10 my bike down and picked up the bike lock from the ground for protection. Then he rea

5、ched for his phone to call the police.1、proceeded 4、financial 3、inevitable 7、temper 6 for8、in 2、assumed 10、barely 5、hitting 10、laidPassage 2My family, my boss, even my doctor had told me this would happen, but I didn't_1_

6、. They said I was getting overwhelmed and  _2_too much on the negative things that happened to me. "If you don't learn to control how you react to bad&

7、#160;things that happen in your life, you are going to cause _3_to your heart," said my doctor. "So many of the situations you complain about are beyond yo

8、ur control. Getting caught in them is very destructive for you_4_  and emotionally. You have to learn to let these things go and focus on things you can ac

9、tually change." I, undoubtedly, should have made his _5_ my number one priority right then. Unfortunately, I got caught in a traffic jam that very same day whil

10、e driving home from work. This was the setting for the heart attack my doctor had warned me about.  _6_of looking for a better outlet for my stress, I 

11、;began to yell at the car in front of me. Then the muscle fibers of my heart began beating like a bag of worms instead of pumping blood. Fortunately, it was only a _7_ heart attack. Someone came to my aid and then  _8_ me to the hospital. I have_9_  learned that life is too short to&