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.
9（）
A.celebrate
B.choke
C.linger
D.repress
参考答案：B
解析：
此处的考点为根据上下文把握词语的含义。题句是一个并列结构，and后面的instead“而”表示对 比，它提示我们空白处需要填入一个在意思上与smell the rose相对立的词，这样就排除了含有褒义的[A]celebrate“庆祝，颂扬”；[C]linger“逗留(在某地)，消磨(时间)”，ED]repress“抑制，压制”，均不符合句意；[B] choke意为“窒息”，在此处指陷入悲观的情绪不能自拔。