On the morning of May 18, 2010, Enzo Piscopo’s alarm clock went off, signaling the start of another workday. Moments later, unbearable pain shot through his back.
“I 21 so loud that I probably woke up the whole neighborhood,”he says. He became paralyzed(瘫痪的) from the waist down. Doctors said he’d likely never 22 again.
The last three years have been a challenging, but equally 23 , journey for Enzo, a Coca-Cola employee since 1996. He has gone through great pain, relearned everyday tasks and got used to life in a 24 .
“These lessons have made me the happiest I’ve ever been,”Enzo says. Nearly every day, someone asks Enzo how he can be so 25 after such a life-changing 26 . It is a question, he admits; he’s asked himself more than a few times.
One particular 27 changed Enzo. A few weeks after his injury, he was talking to his wife in his hospital room, 28 focusing on what he had, he fixed his attention on what he thought he’d 29 .
His wife told him the things that mattered most to them were 30 intact(完好无损的), and that they would continue to follow their dreams and do everything they 31 to do, including traveling.
“That conversation 32 me that I have the most wonderful wife and four beautiful and healthy kids,” he says.
Enzo, who returned to work three months after his injury, 33 that happiness is a choice. “You can find millions of 34 to either be happy or unhappy. The choice is yours. Many people who seemingly have everything are 35 , while some of the 36 people in the world are deeply happy. The 37 is focusing on the things that really matter. Today I made an effort to 38 all the ‘little things’ that make me happy. I still want to 39 and grow as a person in all aspects of my life, 40 I’m now enjoying the abundance(丰富) of things I already have much more.”
21.A. screamed B. asked C. talked D. laughed
22.A. speak B. read C. walk D. work
23.A. comfortable B. dangerous C. boring D. rewarding
24.A. hospital B. vehicle C. house D. wheelchair
25.A. optimistic B. energetic C. sweet D. smart
26.A. chance B. journey C. injury D. success
27.A. conversation B. operation C. colleague D. friend
28.A. Instead of B. In case of C. As for D. Except for
29.A. created B. lost C. got D. explained
30.A. never B. still C. also D. even
31.A. need B. pretend C. agree D. love
32.A. reminded B. warned C. promised D. advised
33.A. doubts B. remembers C. hopes D. insists
34.A. results B. truths C. reasons D. questions
35.A. excited B. pitiful C. careful D. tired
36.A. wisest B. poorest C. prettiest D. busiest
37.A. skill B. gift C. key D. fact
38.A. change B. show C. enjoy D. ignore
39.A. relax B. refuse C. forget D. improve
40.A. but B. or C. though D. Unless