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.
18（）
A.accomplished
B.trained
C.experienced
D.practiced
参考答案：D
解析：
Finding something positive in a negative situation needs to be______.“在逆境中寻找值得肯定的东西需要不断______”，接下来淡到具体做法，诸如指出事情积极的一面，鼓励受挫的孩子等。可见空白处需填入一个含有“做……”意思的词。[A]accomplish“完成”、[B]train“训练”、[C]experience“经历”、[D]practice“实践”。根据题句意思和所处语境，选practice合适。单看题句，似乎train也说得通，但结台下文，就不对了，因为下文说的不是如何培养训练孩子们，而是我们应该怎样做。