Write the article. Run for classes. Haven' t finished the readings. House cleaning. Assignmentto 1 in two hours. Out of breath, time, and still late.
That's been me for the past three weeks. And then yesterday, as my fingers 2 hit thekeyboard, I 3 to look outside. Through the half open blinds of my kitchen window, I caughtthe bright glow(光线) of sunshine 4 through the freshly cleaned air and shining 5 theyellow-green leaves of a tree. It could have been the four days of continual rain and gray gloomyskies, or my own self, 6 endless activity. I don't know what it was, 7 I just sat therelooking at the dancing sunrays. Not a 8 in my head. No crowded feelings of approaching work, or people or even friends. Just watching. I felt my body 9 And after a long time ... felt calm. The break passed. I went back to my 10 But something about the rhythm of the day 11 . It was the difference between rushing to catch the bus and riding on your own horse. Later that evening, I 12 how we' d come to inhabit ( 居住 ) a place where rest and moments of peace were means to be 13 If you weren' t tired out, overworked or well near 14 --you didn' t 15 to enjoy moments of peace. 16 me of the poem Leisure, written by W.H. Davies in the early 20th century. It is more More 17 today than ever before. No time to stand beneath the boughs(树干), And stare as long as sheep and cows. No time to see the woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. And then we' re 18 as to why as a creature we' re so upset. If we can' t be 19 with ourselves, how can we hope to find a common 20 we can inhabit with others? 1. A. submit B. do C. handle D. sacrifice 2. A. patiently B. quickly C. anxiously D. peacefully 3. A. stopped B. meant C. desired D. happened 4. A. breaking down B. streaming down C. jumping down D. falling down 5. A. through B. from C. by D. on 6. A. fond of B. particular about C. tired of D. proud of 7. A. or else B. but C. therefore D. however 8. A. clue B. hesitation C. pause D. thought 9. A. relax B. drop C. die D. weaken 10. A. kitchen B. room C. article D. class 11. A. started B. continued C. occurred D. changed 12. A. wondered B. hoped C. imagined D. supposed 13. A. adapted B. earned C. encouraged D. arranged 14. A. comfort B. collapse C. encouragement D. death 15. A. desire B. declare C. deserve D. demand 16. A. informs B. reminds C. keeps D. convinces 17. A. enjoyable B. remarkable C. applicable D. fashionable 18. A. shocked B. discouraged C. settled D. confused 19. A. at peace B. at ease C. in disagreement D. in discomfort 20. A. time B. range C. distance D. space