the command of the driver and ran into a tree. Your replacement:
Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My family, my boss, even my doctor had told me this would happen, but I didn't listen. They said I was getting __ and focusing too much on the negative things that happened to me. \you don't learn to control how you __ to bad things that happen in your life, you are going to cause damage to your heart,\about are beyond your control. Getting caught in them is very __ for you physically and emotionally. You have to learn to let these things go and __ on things you can actually change.\his advice my number one __ right then. Unfortunately, I got caught in a traffic __ that very same day while driving home from work. This was the setting for the heart attack my doctor had __ me about. Instead of looking for a better outlet for my stress, I began to __ 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 mild heart attack.
Someone came to my aid and then __ me to the hospital. I have definitely learned that life is too short to worry about things you can't control. priority focus favorite destructive jam financial yell warned react threatened counter overwhelmed complain accompanied moan
Read the following passage carefully and choose the best word or phrase to fill in each blank.
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I was in a bad temper. It was just like the stress in my life that was (1) out of control. I could probably (2) it to financial stress. My company was cutting jobs and they were (3) each worker's performance. This was (4) in those days of rising competition and (5) companies. The companies were getting smaller because of the (6) 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 (7) and my 19-year-old daughter announced that she was leaving the house to move in with her boyfriend.
I am usually not a person of quick (8), but yesterday was different. I rode my bike to work (9); it's about 20 kilometers. I had stopped for a red light and then (10) when the light turned green. I had (11) the car coming from my right would stop, (12) it went right on through the red light and (13) hit me. I (14) had time to react. I grabbed my bike lock and threw it at his car, hitting his rear window and making a crack.
The driver stopped and got out of the car. I laid my bike down and picked up the bike lock from the ground for (15). Then he reached for his phone to call the police.
1. A.dashing B.flashing C.slipping D.running
2. A.attribute B.attach C.yield D.provide
3. A.stimulating B.appreciating C.fluctuating D.evaluating 4.A. reliable B.suitable C.inevitable D.stable 5. A.reducing B.lowering C.trembling D.shrinking 6.A. useless B.hopeless C.restless D.worthless
7. A.agreemen B.targument C.assignment D.employment 8.A. humor B.trouble C.temper D.patience 9. A.as often B.as usual C.as wel D.las such 10. A.progressed B.proceeded C.succeeded D.descended 11. A.assigned B.assessed C.asserted D.assumed 12. A.but also B.but instead C.even though C.in spite 13. A.closely B.nearby C.nearly D.hardly 14. A.only B.rarely C.barely D.simply
15. A.objection B.protection C.reaction D.prevention
Translate the following sentences into English.
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1. 在会上，除了其他事情，他们还讨论了目前的经济形势。(among other things)
2. 我对大自然了解得越多，就越痴迷于大自然的奥秘。(the more... the more...)
3. 医生建议说，有压力的人要学会做一些新鲜有趣、富有挑战性的事情，好让自己的负面情绪有发泄的渠道。(recommend that... should...)
4. 那个学生的成绩差，但老师给他布置了更多的作业，而不是减少作业量。(instead of; cut down)
5. 相比之下，美国的父母更趋向于把孩子的成功归因于天赋。(attribute to)
6. 教师首先要考虑的事情之一是唤起学生的兴趣，激发他们的创造性。(priority; stimulate)
Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
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1. His research is concerned, among other things, with the battle against AIDS in the developing countries.
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