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Over the past year my family and I have had some very tough times.It also seems as if when you’re __1__,you think of people who are in similar situations.How do you become __2__ when everything and everyone around you is negative(消极的)?

My wife and I were __3__.We wanted to change our lives and ultimately became __4__ for our family and friends to show them that life is truly what you make it in any given situation.

I was at work and my wife __5__me in a panic(惊慌)over car trouble.I comforted her with words like “be strong” “everything will be alright” etc.

That evening she made a joke that when I was comforting her earlier I sounded repetitive and that is why the words __6__ with her throughout the day.__7__,my son (19 months old) was stretching to reach a cup of milk she made for him but left high up on the table.Out of __8__,he fell to the floor and yelled with a little baby lisp “BE NICE”.We both looked at each other and couldn’t stop laughing.It stuck with us and we decided to put it on a T­shirt for him.

My wife was going on a trip to New York with my mother.I printed a __9__ for her with a custom design I made.It read “BE NICE” with a little bee picture.I wanted to see if people would __10__ to the shirt.

Wouldn’t you know,it __11__.At the customer service desk my wife encountered a woman that smiled and said,“I like your shirt.I wish everyone around here had that __12__.” The customer service gave my wife a better seat than the one she booked.

1.A.struggling  B.complaining  C.preparing  D.failing

2.fident  B.positive  C.healthy  D.successful

3.A.left over  B.tested out  C.mixed up  D.fed up

4.A.a support  B.a source

C.an example  D.an achievement

5.A.visited  B.found  C.reported  D.called

6.A.grew  B.came  C.stuck  D.played

7.A.Unfortunately  B.Coincidentally

C.Accidentally  D.Consequently

8.A.pain  B.anger  C.frustration  D.curiosity

9.A.shirt  B.skirt  C.cap  D.scarf

10.A.sign  B.approach  C.respond  D.wave

11.ged  B.worked  C.won  D.lasted

12.A.design  B.style  C.sense  D.attitude

B

You have probably heard about the threat the carbon dioxide poses to the

environment.But you may not have heard about the biggest threat __13__ the Himalayan:soot(黑烟)clouds.These soot clouds contain __14__ is known as “black carbon”,__15__ comes from wood fires.The soot is settling on the glaciers(冰川),absorbing sunlight and causing the ice to melt at a faster __16__. 

“This is a huge problem which we are ignoring,”Syed Hasnain of the Energy and Resources Institute in Delhi,India,told the Guardian.About 30 percent of the world’s black carbon __17__ from China and India,but until recently not even the UN officially recognized it __18__ an environmental threat.This month,the UN environment program has called for reduction in black carbon output.The solution for cutting black carbon emissions is very __19__:Simply replace the old wood stoves used by many people in the Himalayan region.That would go a long way toward __20__ soot from settling on the “world’s roof”-one of Earth’s most precious treasures.

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