Itwasarainyday.Iwasridingonabusdowntowntogoto

问题详情：

   It was a rainy day. I was riding on a bus downtown to go to _41_. I was sitting next to a man in a business suit and didn’t __42__ much attention until we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same __43__ to get a morning paper.

   The man running the stand was __44__ having a bad day. He was __45__ and unsmiling as we bought our papers, which only __46__ more gloom (抑郁) to my day. The businessman caught my eye and __47__. He then continued to smile __48__, thank the newsstand proprietor for the __49__ and for being open on such a morning to make sure we were able to get our papers. __50__, he expressed his appreciation for something most of us would take for granted and pleasantly wished him a pleasant day.

   The news man __51__ only with a cold look. The businessman then pleasantly wished him a pleasant day. As we __52__, I asked this man why he had __53__ to be pleasant to the newsman when he obviously didn’t care about and didn’t respond to his __54__ and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said, “Why would I let someone else __55__ what I say and what I feel or what kind of day I’m going to have?”

   We then __56__ to go to our respective work places. To this day, I don’t know anything about that businessman. But I’ve never __57__ the words he said or his smile seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day. That happened 25 years ago, but the __58__ this had on my life has lasted. I never had a __59__ to thank him personally, but the way in which I choose to look at life as a result of those words is his legacy to me and my thanks to him.

   We cannot control people and situations that come to us, but we can always control our response to them. And in such __60__ decisions lie our control and personal power to make a positive difference. And it’s something anyone and everyone can do.

41. A. school             B. church                    C. work              D. hospital

42. A. pay                 B. draw              C. make              D. attract

43. A. market              B. stand                     C. office               D. library

44. A. curiously             B. gradually           C. eventually                 D. obviously

45. A. rude                B. modest             C. angry             D. kind

46. A. referred             B. added                    C. devoted           D. applied

47. A. shouted                   B. waved                    C. confirmed         D. smiled

48. A. quickly              B. luckily             C. brightly           D. loudly

49. A. book              B. paper                    C. present            D. food

50. A. In short              B. After all            C. As a result         usual

51. A. responded                B. objected            C. appealed          D. disagreed

52. A. ran out              B. left behind                 C. turned away        aside

53. A. attempted                 B. continued          C. intended           D. expected

54. A. excitement         B. assessment          C. impression      D. appreciation

55. A. affect                     B. manage                  C. control                D. enjoy

56. A. separated                B. disappeared         C. traveled               D. drove

57. A. forgiven            B. shared              C. evaluated          D. forgotten

58. A. effort              B. lesson              C. effect              D. pain

59. A. wish               B. chance              C. right               D. power

60. A. nervous                   B. proper              C. fortunate           D. positive

【回答】

41-45 CABDA    46-50 BDCBA   51-55 ACBDC  56-60 ADCBD

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空