题目内容：

    It was my first year of graduate school and my professor was standing on the platform. He was telling us about a ________he made years ago.

About a decade earlier, my professor had been a sales manager at a large company. They were ________a national campaign and preparing for a major brand launch. My professor was________the operation.

For almost two months before the launch day, he was ________all over the country to talk with major partners.________crossing the country on flights, he was also trying to ________his department. For weeks he would have meetings all day, answer________and phone calls all night, and________three or four hours of sleep.

The week before the big launch day, his body________. He had to be rushed to the hospital. Major organs had started to________from the long-term stress. He spent the next eight days in hospital, ________to do anything as the launch day came and went.

Imagine that your ________and energy are a bucket of water. In your daily life, there are things that ________your bucket up. These are inputs like sleep, nutrition, laughter, and other forms of ________. There are also forces that drain(使排出) the water from your bucket. These are________like stress from work or school, relationship problems, or other forms of anxiety.

The forces that drain your bucket aren’t all ________. To live a productive life, it can be important to have some things________out of your bucket. Working hard in the gym, at school, or at the office allows you to produce something ________. But positive outputs are still outputs and they drain your energy ________. These outputs are gradual. Even a little leak can result in significant water loss________ time.

1.A. prediction    B. decision    C. fortune    D. mistake

2.A. at the end of    B. in the middle of    C. at the mercy of    D. on the way to

3.A. sponsoring    B. leading    C. assisting    D. adopting

4.A. researching    B. driving    C. flying    D. inspecting

5.A. Before    B. Though    C. While    D. Since

6.A. run    B. promote    C. expand    D. observe

7.A. emails    B. charges    C. problems    D. doors

8.A. pull in    B. squeeze in    C. take in    D. bring in

9.A. give up    B. give in    C. give out    D. give away

10.A. disappear    B. suffer    C. function    D. fail

11.A. ready    B. unwilling    C. eager    D. unable

12.A. health    B. status    C. success    D. reputation

13.A. break    B. pack    C. fill    D. cover

14.A. rest    B. recovery    C. entertainment    D. accommodation

15.A. restrictions    B. consequences    C. examples    D. outputs

16.A. uncontrollable    B. unpredictable    C. uncomfortable    D. unfavorable

17.A. flowing    B. slipping    C. escaping    D. growing

18.A. typical    B. valuable    C. casual    D. exotic

19.A. suddenly    B. surprisingly    C. partly    D. thoroughly

20.A. over    B. beyond    C. after    D. before