Question

  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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

It was a rainy day and I was riding on a bus downtown to go to work. The windows on the bus were    36    and we couldn’t see outside. Everyone was in low spirits. I was sitting next to a man in a business suit and didn’t pay much attention    37    we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same newsstand to get a (an)    38        paper.

The man    39    the stand was obviously having a bad day. He was    40    and unsmiling as we purchased our papers, which only added more gloom (郁闷)  to my day. The businessman     41    my eyes and I saw him smiling brightly,        42    the newsstand owner for the paper and for being open on such a morning to        43    we were able to get our papers.

As we    44    away, I asked this man why he had continued to be    45        to the newsman when he obviously didn’t respond to his expression of     46    and friendliness. The businessman grinned at me and said, “Why would I let someone else        47    what I say and what I feel or what kind of day I’m going to have?”

We then    48   to go to our respective work places. To this day, I don’t know who that businessman was,    49    he worked, or anything else about him. He appeared    50    in my life and disappeared just as quickly. But I’ve never forgotten the words he said or the way of his    51   which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.

I have learned that we cannot control people and    52    that come to us, but we can always control our response to them. And in such    53    decisions lie our control and personal    54    to make a positive difference. And it’s something    55    can do.

36. A. closed              B. broken         C. covered                  D. cleaned

37. A. until                        B. when            C. unless            D. since

38. A. evening              B. morning                 C. express               D. fashion

39. A. holding            B. arranging         C. watching                D. running

40. A. embarrassed      B. crazy              C. rude                      D. excited

41. A. noticed             B. caught              C. understood          D. sensed

42. A. thanking          B. praising            C. reminding         D. scolding

43. A. make out        B. make up        C. make sure             D. make clear

44. A. looked               B. ran               C. drove                    D. turned

45. A. emotional        B. pleasant           C. helpful                  D. sensitive

46. A. appreciation      B. excitement      C. disappointment       D. sincerity

47. A. spoil                B. overlook          C. manage                 D. influence

48. A. traveled            B. decided         C. separated               D. agreed

49. A. why                B. where             C. when                     D. how

50. A. briefly              B. finally             C. regularly            D. eventually

51. A. humor             B. generosity        C. manner                D. smile

52. A. solutions            B. operations              C. situations              D. positions

53. A. negative                  B. positive           C. quick                  D. immediate

54. A. hobby            B. energy              C. power                 D. secret

55. A. everyone          B. nobody            C. someone             D. no one

Answer 1

A