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I teach economics at a university three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I 21 asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. The young man then asked me 22 I always seemed to be so cheerful.
“Every morning when you get up, you have a 23 about how you want to 24 life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you a(n) 25 ,” I continued. “Besides teaching here, I also 26 at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day I 27 those 17 miles to Henderson. I 28 the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the 29 . But just then my car 30 . So I put my flashers on, grabbed my 31 , and marched down the road to the college.
As soon as I got there I called AAA and 32 a tow truck(牽引車) to meet me at my car after class. The 33 there asked me what had happened.” This is my 34
Day,” I replied, smiling. She was 35 and asked “What do you mean?” “I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. 36 , it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking 37 of here. I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class.” The secretary’s eyes opened wide, and then she 38 . So ended my story. I scannd the sixty faces in my economics class. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had 39 them.
An Indian wise man once said, “Who you are 40 louder to me than anything you can say.” I suppose it must be so.
21. A. sadly | B. cheerfully | C. readily | D. quickly |
22. A. what | B. when | C. how | D. why |
23. A. choice | B. promise | C. dream | D. decision |
24. A. approach | B. realize | C. save | D. get |
25. A. hand | B. chance | C. example | D. class |
26. A. hire | B. play | C. ride | D. teach |
27. A. covered | B. drove | C. ignored | D. walked |
28. A. entered | B. witnessed | C. exited | D. avoided |
29. A. college | B. house | C. freeway | D. company |
30. A. sped | B. died | C. slowed | D. sank |
31. A. books | B. clothes | C. tools | D. seat |
32. A. picked up | B. called for | C. held back | D. arranged for |
33. A. student | B. teacher | C. president | D. secretary |
34. A. last | B. limited | C. lucky | D. busy |
35. A. frightened | B. puzzled | C. interested | D. funny |
36. A. Instead | B. Therefore | C. However | D. Besides |
37. A. distance | B. park | C. stick | D. length |
38. A. cried | B. shouted | C. smiled | D. escaped |
39. A. resembled | B. instructed | C. touched | D. exchanged |
40. A. reflects | B. agrees | C. shapes | D. speaks |
【回答】
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知識點:日常生活類
題型:完型填空