In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were . His chances of surviving were small. when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much than he was when he started, but alive. His of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness —how he to catch fish, how he evaporated (蒸发) sea water to fresh water—is very interesting. But the thing that my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no in continuing the struggle. He was starved and worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice. When people these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in desperate circumstances in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on difficulties. “I tell myself I can it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, up courage…” I wrote that down after I read it. It me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my . The truth is, our circumstances are only bad to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you through the rough situations with a little more courage. 小题1: A．full B．rich C．few D．enough 小题2: A．And B．Yet C．Still D．Thus 小题3: A．thinner B．stronger C．worse D．healthier 小题4: A．attitude B．assumption C．instruction D．account 小题5: A．assisted B．tended C．managed D．intended 小题6: A．make B．absorb C．select D．replace 小题7: A．attacked B．caught C．froze D．cheated 小题8: A．operation B．taste C．message D．point 小题9: A．firmly B．completely C．hardly D．generally 小题10: A．deal B．defend C．survive D．observe 小题11: A．similarly B．differently C．gradually D．commonly 小题12: A．pull B．take C．break D．give 小题13: A．for the lack of B．in the face of C．in exchange for D．as a result of 小题14: A．handle B．carry C．follow D．inspect 小题15: A．rolling B．using C．building D．making 小题16: A．defeated B．recommended C．introduced D．struck 小题17: A．far B．long C．ever D．even 小题18: A．feelings B．senses C．ideas D．influences 小题19: A．related B．measured C．contributed D．compared 小题20: A．see B．cut C．get D．think