Optimism is the art of always seeing the glass half full (1) half empty, finding something positive in even the most (2) of situations and last but not least the ability to expect the best even if the chances are (3) . It enables you to try new things, deal with failure as a learning experience (4) a stopping point. In general optimism gives you a reason to live. The world would be a better place if it was full of optimism, (5) unfortunately the trend in today’s youth is (6) the opposite way. Today it is (7) to be pessimistic. One could spend hours discussing how we arrived at this point, (8) our youth refuses to smell the roses and instead prefers to (9) themselves on their own pessimistic (10) .
Optimism is not an (11) gift but rather a learned behavior (12) . Like most behaviors optimism is best learned by watching examples, (13) you. The first step in creating a generation of people with a positive outlook on life, is to (14) life on the bright side yourself. (15) it would be wrong to (16) your child from all negativity, it is important that you are not the (17) of doubts and worries. Finding something positive in a negative situation needs to be (18) Show how to make the best of things by always (19) the positive, by encouraging your child after a(n) (20) and by explaining over and over that failure is just a part of progress.
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A.dreadful
B.compulsory
C.alarming
D.sophisticated
参考答案：A
解析：
承接前半句“……即便是在最______情况下也总是看到积极的一面”，根据句子的含义，应该填入一个带有否定意义的词。[A]dreadful“糟糕的，可怕的”，符合句意。又如：It reveals the dreadful living and working condition among the poor of New York City.“这揭示出纽约城贫民的恶劣生活和工作状况”；[B]compulsory“强制性的”，如：a nine-year compulsory schooling“九年义务制教育”；[C]alarming“惊人的”，如：Rainforests are shrinking at an alarming rate.“雨林正在以惊人的速率不断减少”；[D]sophisticated“复杂的，先进的”，如：sophisticated weapons“尖端武器”，a sophisticated man“老于世故的人”。