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限时训练 第 完形填空 For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not. I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the 2 turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very uncertain 3 . The weeks ahead weren’t 4 . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, 5 I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a 6 dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same 7 as I was before. You know that feeling when you wake up in 8 ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting 9 . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any 10 . So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to 11 . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me 12 . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you 13 ! I put my 14 into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who 15 to give up his dream. | 
