Question

Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I   31  asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so   32 . He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then the young man asked me why I   33  seemed to be so cheerful.
His question reminded me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about   34  you want to approach life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”
“Let me give you an example.   35  teaching here, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day, I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I   36  the freeway and turned onto College Drive, only another quarter mile ahead to the college. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine   37  turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.”
“  38  getting there I called AAA and arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. The secretary asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, smiling.”
“ ‘Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?’ She was   39 . ‘What do you mean?’ ’’ “I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car   40  have broken down   41  along the freeway. It didn’t.   42 , it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway,   43  walking distance 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    44 . I smiled back and headed for class.” So ended my story.
I scanned the sixty faces in my class. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be   45 . Somehow, my story had touched them.

【小題1】

A．calmly B．seriously C．cheerfully D．curiously

【小題2】

A．bad B．good C．exciting D．scary

【小題3】

A．often B．a(chǎn)lways C．usually D．seldom

【小題4】

A．how B．why C．where D．that

【小題5】

A．As well as B．As to C．In exchange for D．In addition to

【小題6】

A．entered B．left C．found D．hit

【小題7】

A．wouldn’t B．shouldn’t C．couldn’t D．won’t

【小題8】

A．While B．In C．Before D．After

【小題9】

A．surprising B．a(chǎn)stonishing C．puzzled D．shaken

【小題10】

A．could B．can C．would D．must

【小題11】

A．somewhere B．a(chǎn)nywhere C．nowhere D．wherever

【小題12】

A．However B．Instead C．Though D．So

【小題13】

A．between B．in C．within D．beyond

【小題14】

A．left B．understood C．paused D．smiled

【小題15】

A．clear B．a(chǎn)sleep C．tired D．interested

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】D
【小題6】B
【小題7】A
【小題8】D
【小題9】C
【小題10】A
【小題11】B
【小題12】B
【小題13】C
【小題14】D
【小題15】B

解析【小題1】C。上個(gè)星期一，在上課之前，我愉快地（cheerfully）問(wèn)我的學(xué)生周末過(guò)得怎么樣。
【小題2】B。一個(gè)年輕人說(shuō)他的周末從來(lái)沒(méi)這么好（good）過(guò)。
【小題3】B。然后這個(gè)年輕人又繼續(xù)問(wèn)我，為什么我總是（always）看起來(lái)這么愉快。
【小題4】A。每天早晨當(dāng)你醒來(lái)，你就有權(quán)利選擇想要怎樣（how）度過(guò)這一天。
【小題5】D。In addition to除了。除了在拉斯維加斯大學(xué)教課，我也在亨德森社會(huì)學(xué)院教課。
【小題6】B。leave離開(kāi)。我出高速公路以后轉(zhuǎn)到學(xué)院路。
【小題7】A。我又試著發(fā)動(dòng)了一次，但是引擎根本轉(zhuǎn)不起來(lái)。
【小題8】D。after之后。我一到學(xué)校就啊地叫了起來(lái)，課后才安排拖車來(lái)把我和我的車拖走。
【小題9】C�！� ‘你的車都拋錨了，今天還是你的幸運(yùn)日？’ 她疑惑不解（puzzled），‘你是什么意思？’ ”
【小題10】A。我的車可能（could）在高速公路的任何一處拋錨。但是它沒(méi)有。
【小題11】B。anywhere任何地方。解析見(jiàn)上題。
【小題12】B。而是（Instead）在一個(gè)最理想的地方拋錨
【小題13】C。within在……之內(nèi)。下了高速公路，到這兒只有幾步路遠(yuǎn)。
【小題14】D。那個(gè)秘書(shū)瞪大了眼睛，然后笑（smile）了。
【小題15】B。asleep瞌睡的。盡管還是一大早，卻沒(méi)有一個(gè)看起來(lái)有困意。