There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were 41 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an 42 price of $28, which was popular just then with 43 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the 44 was perfect. John 45 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 46 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 47 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and 48 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and 49 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 50 his behavior. When I mentioned this 51 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 52 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned 53 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran 54 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 55 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another. John and I both know we should never 56 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 57 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 58 what is on the inside with what is on the outside. For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different 59 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 60 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:C
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:C
小题20:A
小题1:本题考查动词。其他的大衣都显得没精打采，惟独这件衣服趾高气扬。hold up 举起；与前面的drooped相对。
小题2:本题考查形容词。做得很漂亮，商标是第五大街的，价钱让人难以置信，只卖28美元。
小题3:本题考查名词。那时在小伙子们中很流行。14岁的儿子试穿，自然是对孩子们来说的。
小题4:本题考查名词。衣服合身极了。fit合适的衣服。
小题5:本题考查动词。第二天约翰就穿着它去上学了。
小题6:本题考查副名词。一边在椅子背儿上把衣服仔细地叠起来。自己喜欢的东西，自然小心对待。
小题7:本题考查名词。在接下来的几周内，约翰慢慢地变了。结合下文“变得听话而不再故意作对，遇事能心平气和地商讨而不再强词夺理。他变得更明事理、更有礼貌，也更体贴人了。他也乐于讨人欢喜。”可知答案。也可根据51题后的what caused the changes。
小题8:本题考查动词。 见47题解析。
小题9:本题考查形容词。见47题解析。
小题10:本题考查介词。他会很慷慨地把自己的磁带借给弟弟，并告诫他如何有良好的行为举止。lecture sb on/about sth 告诫某人有关某事。
小题11:本题考查名词。当我对他的一个老师提起这件事，并说我不知道这是为什么时，她笑着说：“一定是（must）因为他的大衣！”incident 指小事件或附带事件。
小题12:本题考查情态动词。见51题解析。
小题13:本题考查代词。另一个老师告诉他，她要给他一个好成绩，不仅仅因为他理应获得，还因为她喜欢他的大衣。It代替a good mark。
小题14:本题考查介词。在图书馆里我们遇见了一位朋友，他已经很长时间没有看见我们的孩子了。run into偶然碰见；遭遇。
小题15:本题考查动词短语。看着约翰长高的个子，品评着他大衣的样式，这位朋友不禁问道：“这是约翰吗？”[look up at ]抬头向上看……。
小题16:本题考查动词。约翰和我都知道不应该以貌取人。mistake for把…错认为…。
小题17:本题考查副词。“可穿着优雅为世人看，在思想上、言语上、行动上实践优秀的标准，以达到内外的和谐统一，这又另当别论”。与上文是转折关系。
小题18:本题考查动词。match sth to sth 将...和...搭配起来。
小题19:本题考查名词。尝试不同的生活方式就如同试衣服一样简单。approaches to sth……的方法/方式。
小题20:本题考查连词。where 引导定语从句在句中作状语。“整个世界、整个未来在你面前展开，犹如一幅巨大的画卷，那里的每一扇门都敞开着。”