题目内容
第一节短文填词（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）.
A few years ago, I drove to a gas station. It was a fine day, I was feeling good. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me: “You don’t look well” That completely took me by ___1.___, I told him I had never felt 2. （well）. Without hesitation he told me I looked terribly bad and my skin appeared yellow.
When I left the gas station, 3. (feel) a little uneasy, I pulled over to the side of road and look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was everything all right? Had I __4.___ up a rare disease? Had I had hepatitis（肝炎）?
The next time I drove into the gas station, I figured out what 5. (happen). The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, the light 6. (reflect) off the walls made someone inside look as __7._ they had hepatitis. I wondered how many folks had reacted the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger 8. (change) my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single negative observation had a profound effect 9. the way I felt and acted.
A little while later I saw how funny the incident was. I wonder how many other people that the man had told were ill 10. he realized that the gas station had a paint job.
1.surprise
2.better
3.feeling
4.picked
5.had happened
6.reflected
7.though/if
8.change
9.on
10.before
【解析】
试题分析：文章介绍加油站的工作人员告诉作者他的脸色很差，这让作者一天情绪都不好，后来又去了加油站，作者发现是那里刚刚粉刷了黄色，所以作者感叹别人的消极评论对一个人的影响多么大。
1. sb by surprise让某人大吃一惊，所以填surprise。
2.
3.加油站的时候，我感觉有点不轻松。所以用现在分词做状语：feeling。
4. up染病，所以填picked。
5.加油站，我明白发生了什么？这里使用had happened，表示过去的过去发生的动作。had happened。
6.反射的光线使人们看起来好像得了肝炎。用过去分词做定语reflected。
7. though/if好像，故答案为though/if
8. sb. do sth.让某人做某事，填change。
9. a….effect on，所以填on.
10.加油站粉刷过了之前这个人还告诉多少其他的人。使用连词“在…之前”before。
考点: 考查短文填词
