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山东省泰安市2019届高三英语第一次模拟考试试卷(含小段音频)
It was many years ago. I was a college 1 with a degree but no job. My substitute teaching work had dried up and I was getting 2. I had a family to feed and little money left.3, my oldest brother had been able to get me a4 at the local lumber mill where he worked. While I was 5 , my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊).The job 6 barely above minimum wage. The work was hard and back breaking. It was full of 7 , lifting, and carrying heavy wood for eight hours a day. Splinters(木屑)were soon my best pals and every day I went home 8and exhausted.
When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and 9 in the cold air. I found myself using more band aids(创可贴)and duct tape than I ever 10 I would just to keep my hands working. The turn over rate at the mill became so 11 that at the end of two years only four other people had 12 there longer than I had. Every morning I would 13myself out of bed and go to work knowing it was going to be another 14 day. I tried my best to keep my 15 up but many times during those years I found myself saying, “Why me, God? Why am I having to 16 this? Why has my life not turned out the 17 I dreamed it would?” I never got an 18 .
It is only now many years later that I have a hint of 19 I had to go through those tough times. I think that it is the “Why Me?” times of our lives in which we 20 the most.
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