It amazed me—every time I saw Joe，he was smiling.It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light，or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank，and the service stopped just before he got there.Joe ___ smiled.It made me wonder why he seemed so ____ every day.

Having observed Joe with other people，I ____ something else also.Joe asked people how they were doing，and really seemed to listen to their ____.If someone were hurting，he had __7__ for him and kind words，and offered to ____ in any way he could.

It made me think...What if I tried to smile more？A(n) ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store.I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even ___ smiled back at me.Some even ____！The little kid in the cart(購(gòu)物車(chē)) who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking...and，you guessed it.He made a shy little attempt at a smile.The man in the handicapped(殘疾的) cart ____ a person to reach something...I could get that for him.The smile even transferred over to him，and he ____me.

As I drove home，I was smiling.I ____ what I had just learned，and when someone passed me and gave me a(n) ____，I smiled at him.He looked puzzled.

Now I know a smile is a small thing，but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day？I couldn’t believe how ___ I felt.Nothing in my life had changed，____ maybe it had.For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits，but those around me as well.

1.A.work? B．happen

C．matter? D．last

2.A.order B．debt

C．hand? D．line

3.A.always B．eventually

C．immediately? D．still

4.A.naughty? B．happy

C．active? D．humourous

5.A.decided B．judged

C．noticed? D．considered

6.A.answers? B．complaints

C．excuses D．comments

7.A.guidance? B．respect

C．sympathy? D．protection

8.A.perform? B．attempt

C．bother? D．help

9.A.experiment? B．life

C．project? D．program

10.．A.meet? B．touch

C．know? D．contact

11.A.glared? B．greeted

C．approached? D．escaped

12.A.spare? B．long

C．hard? D．great

13.A.stopped? B．tried

C．kept? D．enjoyed

14.A.persuaded? B．accepted

C．supported? D．needed

15.A.thanked? B．changed

C．encouraged? D．invited

16.A.worried about? B．thought about

C．talked over? D．looked over

17.A.gesture? B．address

C．call? D．ticket

18.A.normal? B．great

C．reasonable? D．complicated

19.A.so B．for

C．but? D．till

20.A.release? B．admire

C．display? D．lift

 

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.D

【解析】

1.

解析　根據(jù)首句“Joe微笑面對(duì)一切”可知，即使發(fā)生對(duì)他不利的情況他也感覺(jué)無(wú)關(guān)緊要。matter符合語(yǔ)境。

2.2】　D

解析　在銀行辦理業(yè)務(wù)一般要排隊(duì)(in line)等候。

3.3】　A

解析　文章開(kāi)頭談到每次看到Joe的時(shí)候他都在微笑著，下文也有提示“...why he seemed so ____ every day.”所以此處填always。

4.4】　B

解析　微笑說(shuō)明心情愉快，因此此處填happy。

5.5】　C

解析　根據(jù)下句的描述可知，通過(guò)觀察Joe與人交往，作者注意到了一些事情。此處notice也與前面的observe一致。

6.6】　A

解析　answer與前面的ask對(duì)應(yīng)。問(wèn)別人問(wèn)題，且傾聽(tīng)他人的回答。

7.7】　C

解析　根據(jù)“If someone were hurting...”和kind words可知，他應(yīng)是同情受到傷害的人。have sympathy for...對(duì)……同情。

8.8】　D

解析　Joe是一個(gè)有同情心的人，在別人受到傷害時(shí)總是幫助(help)別人。

9.9】　A

解析　此處的experiment和前面的try相呼應(yīng)。作者準(zhǔn)備嘗試著微笑。

10.0】　C

解析　根據(jù)上文“...I went to the grocery store.”可知，商店中的很多人應(yīng)是彼此不認(rèn)識(shí)的。

11.1】　B

解析　當(dāng)“我”向不認(rèn)識(shí)的人微笑時(shí)，有些人不但還以微笑，甚至和“我”打招呼。greet符合語(yǔ)境。

12.2】　C

解析　根據(jù)上下文可知，作者舉了一個(gè)孩子的例子。又根據(jù)下文“He made a shy little attempt at a smile.”可知，他應(yīng)是正在為難母親。因此hard符合語(yǔ)境。

13.3】　A

解析　根據(jù)下文“He made a shy little attempt at a smile.”可知，小孩應(yīng)是停止糾纏母親。

14.4】　D

解析　輪椅上的殘疾人一般是需要?jiǎng)e人幫忙拿東西，所以此處填needed。

15.5】案　A

解析　根據(jù)上文“I could get that for him.”可知，他對(duì)作者表示感謝。

16.6】　B

解析　經(jīng)過(guò)一番試驗(yàn)后作者在回家的路上開(kāi)始回憶自己的收獲。think about考慮，符合語(yǔ)境。

17.7】　A

解析　根據(jù)常識(shí)可知，遇到的人應(yīng)是相互打招呼，gesture符合語(yǔ)境。

18.8】　B

解析　根據(jù)上一段的描述可知，通過(guò)這次試驗(yàn)作者感到非常愉快。

19.9】　C

解析　由空格前“在我的生活中什么也沒(méi)有發(fā)生改變”和空格后“也許改變了什么”可知，前后構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選but。

20.20】　D

解析　微笑雖然是一件很小的事情，但是能夠鼓舞自己和周?chē)娜恕?/span>

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