四.完形填空 I was out for my usual morning run and found myself in the late­summer heat, thirsty. If only I had taken a __1__ bottle. After I stopped under a bridge to shelter myself from the sun for a moment of __2__ , I saw two young , __3__ men standing next to their sleeping bags. One smiled and gently __4__ his hand as if he were about to say hello, but he didn't say a word. He wasn't asking for __5__. I smiled and raised my hand, too. As I started back on my __6__ , I thought about how much we all __7__ to connect with other people. At that moment, this homeless man seemed to want to connect with someone else __8__ he wanted food or money. We have all had __9__ of feeling separate and lonely.I once felt lonely being in a relationship that __10__ an emotional connection. Feeling separated doesn't have anything to do with being alone, __11__ is about the human desire to feel __12__ by being seen and valued by another person. We all __13__ from connection. That homeless man affected my day. After meeting him, I felt more grateful and it made me __14__ all that I have. He made me feel concerned for him. I had the choice to move toward __15__or connection. Separation is looking at the homeless person and focusing on how __16__ he looks. Connection is understanding that he influenced my day by __17__ to me. I can __18__ times in my life when, like him, I was in a situation I had never expected. There have been times when I felt down, and times when I needed someone to __19__ what he was doing and say hello to me. Pay attention today and notice whether you tend to move toward separation or toward connection. If your tendency is to spend time alone , __20__ saying “yes” to invitations. Practice moving toward rather than away from people. 1 . A.wine B . water C . glass D . metal 2 . A.peace B . joy C . shade D . breath 3 . A.handsome B . homeless C . disabled D . tall 4 . A.took B . droppedC . crossed D . raised 5 . A.anything B . nothingC . everything D . all 6 . A.wandering B . walkingC . running D . hiking 7 . A.need B . haveC . try D . seek 8 . A.other than B . less thanC . rather than D . better than 9 . A.expectations B . purposesC . experiences D . worries 10 . A.lacked B . containedC . enjoyed D . valued 11 . A.or B . andC . so D . but 12 . A.amazed B . connectedC . amused D . entertained 13 . A.benefit B . recoverC . suffer D . come 14 . A.lose B . questionC . recognize D . appreciate 15 . A.ignorance B . separationC . depression D . desperation 16 . A.kind B . neatC . unhappy D . unclean 17 . A.reaching out B . giving inC . turning D . replying 18 . A.forget about B . keep up withC . reflect on D . return to 19 . A.continue B . accomplishC . handle D . stop 20 . A.keep B . practiceC . deny D . imagine