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.
小题1: | A.whispering | B.sitting | C.driving | D.weeping |
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小题2: | A.since | B.after | C.unless | D.until |
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小题3: | A.paper | B.suit | C.call | D.coffee |
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小题4: | A.good | B.nervous | C.bad | D.long |
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小题5: | A.provided | B.offered | C.added | D.returned |
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小题6: | A.breathed | B.called | C.noticed | D.took |
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小题7: | A.thanking | B.envying | C.asking | D.blaming |
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小题8: | A.evening | B.afternoon | C.morning | D.midnight |
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小题9: | A.turned | B.passed | C.drove | D.ran |
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小题10: | A.cruel | B.serious | C.pleasant | D.rude |
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小题11: | A.stick to | B.refer to | C.get used to | D.respond to |
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小题12: | A.explain | B.understand | C.control | D.correct |
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小题13: | A.attempted | B.sought | C.continued | D.separated |
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小题14: | A.where | B.why | C.whether | D.how |
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小题15: | A.gently | B.quickly | C.regularly | D.strangely |
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小题16: | A.humor | B.smile | C.business | D.help |
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小题17: | A.ago | B.before | C.later | D.after |
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小题18: | A.often | B.seldom | C.once | D.never |
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小题19: | A.in search of | B.in memoryof | C.for the purpose of | D.as a result of |
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小题20: | A.situations | B.statements | C.possibilities | D.positions |
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