Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. He was a natural motivator. He told people how to look on the positive side of the situation.

One day I went up to Michael and asked him, " How can you be a positive person all of the time?"

Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood."

"Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

Several years later, Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital. I saw Michael about six months after the accident.

Michael told me, "When they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."

" There was a big burly（魁偉的）nurse shouting questions at me.”

"She asked if I was allergic（過敏的）to anything.”

“'Yes’, I replied.'”

“The doctors and nurses stopped to wait for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."

“Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead!’"

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

LIVE IS ABOUT THE LITTLE CHOICES WE MAKE EVERY DAY

 

51. What does it mean “In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'”?

A. He realized how seriously he was injured from their expressions.

B. He was so seriously injured that he lost consciousness for a while.

C. He knew the doctors and nurses had decided to give up saving him.

D. In the doctors’ eyes all the patients in danger are going to die.

52. What was the real reason why Michael said that he was allergic to gravity?

A. Falling down from the high place made him become afraid of gravity since then.

B. He was allergic to nothing so he decided to make people laugh at his answer.

C. He used humour to show his determination to live and cheer up the medical staff.

D. It is gravity that caused the accident from the aspect of physics.

53. Michael survived at last due to ____________.

A. the fact that the injuries he received were not deadly.

B. the doctors’ skill and his positive attitude.

C. his good luck and his right choice.

D. the developed medical equipment and staff

54. What’s the moral of Michael’s story?

A. Life is full of choices and we shouldn’t be misled to the wrong way.

B. Unlucky things can even happen to the most optimistic person.

C. A positive attitude can make us live a full life.

D. Perseverance can help us to win the success at last.

55. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Make the right choice in your life   B. Change your life into a better one

C. Life and the choices                     D. Life is all about choices

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