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.
8（）
A.how
B.when
C.where
D.as
参考答案：C
解析：
这是一道语法题，要求填入连接词。分析该句的结构，我们可以看出此处是一个非限定性定语从句，其先行词是含有地点意思的point，填入的词能替代at this point，所以不可能是表示方式的how，也不是表示时间的when，as表示“正如……”，明显逻辑上讲不通，只有where符合语法语意的要求。point在句中的准确意思是(at this)point of being pessimistic。
