完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分满分30分）ItwasarainydayandIwasridingonabusdowntowntogotowork.Iwas36nexttoamaninabusinesssuitandJpaidlittleattention37webothgotoffatthesamestopan

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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分 满分30分）

It was a rainy day and I was riding on a bus downtown to go to work. I was_36_next to a man in a business suit and J paid little attention_37_ we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same news-stand to get a morning_38_.

The man running the stand was obviously having a_39_day. He was rude and unsmil­ing as we bought our papers，which only_40_ more gloom (郁闷) to my day. The business­man_41_my gloomy feeling and smiled brightly，_42_the news-stand owner for the paper and for being open on such a( n) _43_to make sure we were able to get our papers.

    As we_44_away，I asked this man why he was so_45_to the newsman when he didn't _46_his expression of thanks and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said "Why would I let someone else _47_what I say and what I feel?"

    We then_48_to go to our own work places. To this day，I still don't know who that businessman was，or_49_he worked. He appeared briefly in my life and disappeared just as_50_. But I've never forgotten the words he said and his_51_which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.

That was a good 25 years_52_，but the effect this had on my life has lasted. I_53_had a chance to thank him personally，but the way I look at life has changed _54_those words. I have learnt that we cannot control people and_55_that come to us， but we can always control our response to them. 

1. A. whispering       B. sitting      C. driving         D. weeping

2. A. since            B. after        C. unless          D. until

3. A. paper            B. suit         C. call            D. coffee

4. A. good             B. nervous      C. bad             D.long

5. A. provided         B. offered      C. added           D. returned

6. A. breathed         B. called       C. noticed         D. took

7. A. thanking         B. envying      C. asking          D. blaming

8. A. evening          B. afternoon    C. morning         D. midnight

9. A. turned           B. passed       C. drove           D.ran

10. A. cruel           B. serious      C. pleasant        D. rude

11.A. stick to         B. refer to     C. get used to     D. respond to

12.A. explain          B. understand   C. control         D. correct

13. A. attempted       B. sought       C. continued       D. separated

14. A. where           B. why          C. whether         D. how

15. A. gently          B. quickly      C. regularly       D. strangely

16.A. humor            B. smile        C. business        D. help

17. A. ago             B. before       C.later            D. after

18. A. often           B. seldom       C. once            D. never

19. A. in search of    B. in memoryof C. for the purpose of D. as a result of

20. A. situations   B. statements   C. possibilities    D. positions

 

Answer 1

 

1.B 2.D3. A4. C5. C  

6. C7. A8. C9. A10. C     

11.D 12.C 13.D14. A15. B    

16. B17. A18. D19. D20. A

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