In1982StevenCallahanwascrossingtheAtlanticaloneinhissailboatwhenitstrucksomethingandsank.Hegotintoalifeboatbuthissupplieswere 21.Hischancesofsurvivingweresmall. 22 whenthreefishermenfoundhim76dayslaterhewasalive—much 23 thanhewaswhenhestartedbutalive.
His 24 ofhowhesurvivedisfascinating.Hiscleverness—howhe 25 tocatchfishhowheevaporated(蒸发)seawaterto 26 freshwater—isveryinteresting.
Butthethingthat 27 myeyewashowhemanagedtokeephimselfgoingwhenallhopeseemedlostandthereseemedno 28 incontinuingthestruggle.Hewasstarvedand29 worn-out.Givingupwouldhaveseemedtheonlypossiblechoice.
Whenpeople 30 thesekindsofcircumstancestheydosomethingwiththeirmindsthatgivesthemthecouragetokeepgoing.Manypeoplein 31 desperatecircumstances32 inorgomad.Somethingthesurvivorsdowiththeirthoughtshelpsthemfindthecouragetocarryon 33 difficulties.
"ItellmyselfIcan 34 it"wroteCallahaninhisbook.-ComparedtowhatothershavebeenthroughI'mfortunate.Itellmyselfthesethingsoverandover 35 upcourage..."
Iwrotethatdownafter1readit.It 36 meassomethingimportant.AndI'vetoldmyselfthesamethingwhenmyowngoalsseemed 37 offorwhenmyproblemsseemedtooterrible.AndeverytimeI'vesaiditIhavealwayscomebacktomy 38 .
Thetruthisourcircumstancesareonlybad 39 tosomethingbetter.Butothershavebeenthroughthemuchworsethatisincomparisonwithwhatothershavebeenthroughyou'refortunate.Tellthistoyourselfoverandoveragainanditwillhelpyou 40 throughtheroughsituationswithalittlemorecourage.
1.A.full B.rich C.few D.enough
2.A.And B.Yet C.Still D.Thus
3.A.thinner B.stronger C.worse D.healthier
4.A.attitude B.assumption C.instruction D.account
5.A.assisted B.tended C.managed D.intended
6.A.make B.absorb C.select