My 14-year-old son,John,and I spotted the coat simultaneously. It was hanging at a( an) 1    clothing store. The coat had a black velvet collar,delightful tailoring,a Fifth Avenue label(标签) and a (an) 2   price of $28.

We looked at each other, saying nothing, 3   John's eyes shone. Dark,woolen topcoats were 4   just then with teenage boys,but could 5   several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better,bearing that touch of classic elegance.

John 6    his arms down into the heavy satin (缎子) lining of the sleeves and 7    the coat. He turned from side to side,eyeing himself in the mirror with a serious, studied 8    that soon changed into a smile. The 9   was perfect.

John wore the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile. "How did the kids like your coat?”I asked. "They love it," he said,carefully 10    it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat.

Over the next few weeks, the 11    came over John. Quiet, reasoned discussion 12    argument. He became more thoughtful and eager to 13   . "Good dinner,Mum," he would say every evening. One day when I suggested that he might start on homework before dinner,John said, "You are right, and I guess I will."

When I mentioned this 14    to one of his teachers and remarked that I didn' t know 15    caused the changes, she said with laughter, "It must be his coat! " At the library, we16    to meet a friend who had not seen our children for a long time." 17   this be John? " he asked, looking up to John's new height,assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand,one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never 18    a person's clothes for the real person within them. But there is something to be said for 19    a standard of excellence for the world to see,for practicing standard of excellence in thought, speech and behavior, and for 20    what is on the inside with what is on the outside.

(   ) 1. A. second-hand    B. expensive    C. big    D. cheap

(   ) 2. A. reasonable    B. unbelievable    C. special    D. average

(   ) 3. A. therefore    B. however    C. but    D. thus

(   ) 4. A. popular    B. new    C. unique    D. antique

(   ) 5. A. spend    B. cost   C. pay    D. take

(   ) 6. A. put    B. take    C. slid    D. move

(   ) 7. A. touched    B. buttoned    C. held    D. obtained

(   ) 8. A. gesture    B. expression    C. attitude    D. feeling

(   ) 9. A. color    B. price    C. fit    D. style

(   ) 10. A. pressing    B. taking    C. hanging    D. folding

(   ) 11. A. happiness    B. satisfaction    C. change    D. generosity

(   ) 12. A. made    B. replaced    C. took    D. changed

(   ) 13. A. please    B. understand    C. complain    D. apologize

(   ) 14. A. incident    B. accident    C. event    D. matter

(   ) 15. A. when    B. how    C. what    D. that

(   ) 16. A. happened    B. came    C. intended    D. decided

(   ) 17. A. Should    B. Would    C. Must    D. Could

(   ) 18. A. watch    B. judge    C. mistake    D. consider

(   ) 19. A. doing    B. showing    C. speaking    D. wearing

(   ) 20. A. comparing    B. connecting    C. combining    D. matching

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