Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate．He is always in a good 36 and always has something 37 to say．
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the 38 how to look on the positive side of the situation．Seeing this style really made me 39 , so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don' t 40 ．You can' t be positive all the time．How do you do it?"
Michael replied, each morning I 41 and say to myself 'Mike, you have two 42 today．You can choose to be in a 43 mood or be in a bad mood．' I 44 to be in a good mood．Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a 45 or choose to learn from it．I choose to learn from it．"
"Yeah, right．It isn't that easy．" I protested．
"Yes it is, " Michael said．"Life is all about choices．You choose how you react 46 situations and how people will affect your mood．You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood．The bottom line is: It's your choice 47 you live life．"
Several years later, I heard Michael was involved in a serious 48 , falling off 60 feet from a communications tower．After l8 hours of surgery, and weeks of intensive 49 , Michael recovered．When I asked him what had 50 his mind as the accident took place．
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well being of my soon-to-born daughter," Michael replied．"Then, as I 51 on the ground, remembered I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to 52 ．I chose to live．"
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also 53 his amazing attitude．
I learned from him 54 every day we have a choice to live fully． 55 is everything．
36．A．mood B．sense C．feeling D．emotion
37．A．active B．positive C．reactive D．negative
38．A．trainee B．interviewee C．employee D．bee
39．A．moved B．interested C．precious D．curious
40．A．take it B．hold it C．make it D．get it
41．A．make up B．take up C．wake up D．bring up
42．A．roads B．choices C．ways D．methods
43．A．good B．pretty C．nice D．smart
44．A．decide B．choose C．feel D．require
45．A．cook B．receiver C．victim D．leader
46．A．by B．against C．with D．to
47．A．what B．that C．how D．which
48．A．thing B．incident C．accident D．state
49．A．help B．care C．rest D．holiday
50．A．gone through B．broken through C．looked through D．read through
51．A．sat B．lay C．stood D．lied
52．A．move B．leave C．die D．remove
53．A．so long as B．in case of C．instead of D．because of
54．A．what B．how C．that D．which
55．A．Attitude B．Choice C．Person D．World
