Question

Choose the best answer and complete the passage （选择最恰当的选项完成短文）

A Simple Act of Gratitude tells a story of one man’s journey to change his life. The book begins one December when the future looks __________ for John Kralik. His small law business is struggling（艰难的）. He’s in the process of divorcing（离婚）his second wife. He doesn’t have much of a relationship with his two sons. He’s living in a small, cheap flat, roasting in the summer and freezing in the winter. His ideal dreams for his law business and his ______________to become a judge are out of reach.

On New Year’s Day, John goes hiking in the mountains near his California home. He gets lost and is stepping around in the wilderness when he hears a voice say, “ ______________you learn to be thankful for the things you have, you will not receive the things you want.” After thinking a while, he comes up with an idea. He decides to find one person to thank each day and write them a thank - you note. By the end of the year, he will have written 365 notes. They would be the way out of his disappointment.

At first, John has trouble finding things to be thankful for. But day by day, he________people to thank for large and small things. He writes thank-yous for gifts and kindnesses. He writes notes to his sons. Writing thank-yous makes him realize he needs to change the way he views life and the people in it. He writes to college friends and doctors, Starbucks clerks, his daughter’s teacher and his apartment manager. He writes to anyone who __________ his life in even the smallest way. Almost immediately, surprising things begin to happen. He begins to have the benefit of a changed attitude. By the end of the book, his life isn’t______________ , and he still doesn’t have everything he wants.

But he realizes that writing thank-you notes is a good thing to do and makes the world a better place.

1.A.beautiful B.dark C.attractive D.primary

2.A.decision B.talent C.choice D.desire

3.A.If B.Though C.Until D.When

4.A.takes up B.turns out C.breaks down D.thinks of

5.A.touches B.widens C.provides D.beats

6.A.perfect B.meaningful C.tough D.strange

Answer 1