It took about three weeks for me to become mute. In 2007, I visited a client as a financial adviser and _____ a virus. I had a sore throat. My doctor _____ me it would soon return to normal.
________ , it got worse, I could no longer make phone calls and started carrying a little whiteboard to write everything down； I tried to work with people I already knew, who were likely to be more ________ with me； but explaining financial details to _______ investors with marker pen was a big challenge.
At home? my wife and teenage sons _______ as best they could. Soon I was using a computer that read out phrases typed into it
My situation ______ when I was offered a tuition-assisted place at Iowa State University. I _______ myself by accepting a job in the student services office. Forced to _______ with people face to face, I started to have fun with computer voices.
In 2010, I read a news story about a waitress who'd had her voice _____ with the help of a doctor in Cleveland. It had to be worth a ______. Dr Milstein ______ me to do some vocal exercises to stretch the muscles in my neck and to my astonishment I started to make __________.It was the first time I'd heard my voice in three and a half years.
Then I did more exercises, my voice becoming more ______ ； Milstein asked me to go over to the window and ______ the friends across the street. I was afraid at first, ___I damaged my voice, but he kept _____ me. Friends at university heard my voice for the first time and even when I was alone, I talked to myself.
I don't regret those years of _______. I spent more time with my boys and had time to ______ where I'd gone wrong as a husband and parent. That time _____ my rough edges. I prefer who I am now.
1.A.picked up B.touched on C.went about D.brought in
2.A.shocked B.bothered C.convinced D.condemned
3.A.Therefore B.Moreover C.Eventually D.Instead
4.A.casual B.patient C.cautious D.satisfied
5.A.shallow B.potential C.explicit D.stubborn
6.A.withdrew B.resisted C.declined D.adjusted
7.A.worsened B.softened C.brightened D.ripened
8.A.challenged B.applauded C.abandoned D.sacrificed
9.A.correspond B.compete C.compare D.communicate
10.A.regained B.controlled C.registered D.modified
11.A.praise B.try C.bonus D.reward
12.A.instructed B.appointed C.allowed D.enabled
13.A.comments B.chokes C.sounds D.rhythms
14.A.aggressive B.offensive C.confident D.unique
15.A.head for B.yell at C.glance down D.shrink from
16.A.even if B.as though C.now that D.in case
17.A.dragging B.pulling C.pushing D.kicking
18.A.silence B.enquiry C.twist D.reform
19.A.reveal B.reflect C.classify D.confirm
20.A.sharpened B.maintained C.accumulated D.smoothed
—What's wrong? It seems that you are losing control of the situation.
—_____ Don't stick your nose into my business.
A.Let me alone! B.I have no idea.
C.Are you kidding? D.Take your time!
—What's your opinion of the new medical insurance policy?
—_____,if I were you, I would not accept it.
A.Generally speaking B.That is to say
C.To be honest D.To my surprise
—May you live longer, grandpa!
—Thank you! It's the favorite wish I _____.
A.should have waited for B.must have waited for
C.may have waited for D.could have waited for
The argument doesn't hold much _____ that family backgrounds offer graduates an ad vantage in the career competition nowadays.
A.belief B.ground C.concept D.truth
Our capacity for innovation is not strong, and our weakness _____ core technologies for key fields remains a vital problem.
A.in response to B.in line with
C.in face of D.in terms of
