五、任务型阅读。根据短文内容，按要求回答问题。
Around 20 years ago I was living in Seattle. I couldn't find a satisfying job. I had been through many job interviews with no luck. I was driving a school bus and living with friends to save money.
One day, while driving through a countryside neighborhood, I felt anger inside me and thought. "Why has my life become so hard?!" Then I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl. As she passed, she handed me an earring. It had the words "BE HAPPY" painted on it.
It hit me. I had been paying attention to what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided to make a list of 50 things I was thankful for.
At first, it was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to list 75. That night I got a phone call from the manager (经理) of a large hospital. About a year earlier, I had designed a college course on how to deal with stress. She asked me if I would do a one-day seminar (研讨会) for 200 hospital workers. I said yes and got a job.
My day with the hospital workers was great. The seminar was successful and I got many more days of work. I know that I was successful that day because I changed my attitude (态度) to gratitude (感恩).
I spent all the next year doing training workshops all around Seattle and then decided to fly to Scotland. One month later I met my wonderful Scottish wife and best friend of 15 years now.
1. How was the writer's life according to the first paragraph?
2. What influence did the words on the earring have on the writer?
3. What was the writer's job after he got the earring?
4. What actually changed the writer's life?
5. When your life is not going well, what do you do to get out of it?