先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift.

    It was happiness.

    One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my 1 because of its high speed.

    Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life 2 arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. 3 slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 4every day.

    However, it's easier to 5 than to do. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness completely. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a normal(正常的)mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates get 6 about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; they don't have a mobile phone but 7 have, and so on. But I only 8 life. I was lucky to realize from an accident: It is a waste of our life to focus on(关注)what you have 9. We should always think of what we have had.

    Happiness depends on(取决于)what we have! It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel 10. Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激)and taking pleasure in what you really have.

    I'm Dave. I'm from the west of Ireland. When I finished university, I1to leave Ireland to find work. Although I2home. I enjoyed living in London for two years. But after that, I felt I needed a3. so I bought a ticket to Ecuador ,a country that many of my friends were talking about. Two months later,4was in Quito，a beautiful city high up in the mountains. First，I explored(考察)the city. Next，I decided to walk on the Camino Real，the most important Inca road. It was hard work. 5the views(景色)were really wonderful. During the walk，there were more and more clouds and it was6to see. Suddenly I heard some magical Irish music. It 7me of home. “How could it be?”I just 8believe it. I thought l was dreaming. The next day, when I came down for breakfast at my hotel. I9found out the truth. 10 was practicing Irish music at the hotel garden(花园). It was an American tourist who was making the magical music of my home!

    A train stopped at a small station. An old man on the train1out of the window and2a woman. The woman was selling cakes，and many people from3train were buying them. The old man wanted to buy a cake，4 the woman was standing far from him. It was raining hard and he didn't want to go out of the train.

    Suddenly he saw a boy. The boy was walking on the platform(站台)5 from him. So he shouted，“Come here，boy.Do you know6each of the cakes is？”“Five cents(美分)，”the boy answered. The old man gave the boy 7cents and asked him to buy 8“One is for me，and the other is for you.”

    Some time 9the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the old man five cents and said，“Sorry，there was only 10”

    London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs 1the city from west to east. So the city has 2 parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places. The3in London is good. In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot 4 the city is near the sea. People say London is a foggy city and it often rains. It is true. Last year, when I 5 in London, I met one of the thickest fogs in years. You could hardly see your hand in front of your face. Cars and buses moved 6 with their lights on. When evening fell, the weather got even 7. The fog was as thick as milk.8 the buses and cars stopped. I happened 9 an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there 10.

    I like 1. Every Sunday I get up 2 and go to a 3 by bike three kilometers away from my home. This morning, my wife 4 to go with me. We go by car and then walk to the 5. We begin to fish.6 two hours I catch nothing. "Why don't you let me 7?" my wife asks. "All right." I 8. She 9 six big fish in half an hour. "I 10 go home first and I will cook them for lunch. You can 11 the bus home," she says. I stay by the river 12 catch only an old shoe. I 13 a little angry with myself.14 is the fish man in the family? My wife 15 I?