题目内容
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白的选项。
My wife and I were walking through the parking lot at the supermarket the other day. We noticed a huge truck ________ about a foot into the next parking space. There was plenty of room in its own space, ________ the driver had chosen to park very poorly and made sure that ________ could use the space next to his.
My first ________ was “Why do people act like such idiots (白痴)?”
“What a ________ that people have to do things like that.” My wife said.
I stopped and looked around at the rest of the parking lot. There were a good five hundred ________ and 99% of them were parked well. Their drivers had shown the ________ necessary to park in a way that still ________ other people to park.
“Think about it,” I said. “Only one ________ parks poorly and we start using ‘people’ to describe the driver.” The ________ of the matter is that we forget about the thousands of people who behave themselves when we see one person doing something ________.
I’ve been ________ for many years, and the percentage of good drivers is always ________ than the percentage of poor drivers. “People” don’t necessarily drive poorly, but individuals do.
My wife and I almost didn’t ________ the many cars that were parked well because the car that was parked poorly caught our ________. It is true that we’re far less ________ to see the positive side of things if we keep ________ on the negative. Once we fall into this trap, how many of the wonderful things in the world will we ________?
Our lives are ours to live, and the ________ we see our world is up to us. Remember: the rude person truly is a(n) ________, and not really worth the time or effort we spend thinking about him or her.
1.A. hungB. repairedC. parkedD. prevented
2.A. whenB. butC. becauseD. so
3.A. somebodyB. anybodyC. allD. nobody
4.A. conclusionB. requestC. responseD. sight
5.A. shameB. mistakeC. wonderD. fool
6.A. driversB. roomsC. peopleD. cars
7.A. politenessB. satisfactionC. clevernessD. respect
8.A. refusedB. warnedC. askedD. allowed
9.A. groupB. personC. partD. kind
10.A. resultB. truthC. causeD. purpose
11.A. rudeB. politeC. niceD. serious
12.A. drivingB. travelingC. teachingD. thinking
13.A. fewerB. largerC. moreD. smaller
14.A. noticeB. ignoreC. recognizeD. admire
15.A. careB. worryC. breathD. attention
16.A. willingB. likelyC. contentD. eager
17.A. focusingB. relyingC. puttingD. carrying
18.A. destroyB. valueC. missD. desire
19.A. attitudeB. wayC. modelD. method
20.A. problemB. questionC. exceptionD. example