Question

Jerry is a popular manager of a restaurant. It was his attitude  36  made the waiters follow him. He was a natural motivator (鼓舞人心的人). If a(n)  37  was having a bad day, Jerry was always there, telling him/her how to look on the  38  side of the situation.

This attitude really made me  39 , so one day I asked him, “I don’t get it! No one can be a positive person  40 . How can you manage it?”

“Every time something bad happens, I can choose to  41  it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining and I can  42  the positive side of life. Why don’t we just do that later?” Jerry said.

Jerry told me an unusual story out of his experience. One day he left the back door of his restaurant  43  and was robbed by three men. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from  44 , slipped off the combination (开启号码的号码组合). The robbers got angry and  45 him.

46 , Jerry was found quickly and taken to the hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of care, Jerry  47  with fragments (碎片) of the bullets (子弹) still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the  48 . I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place. “Did you lose consciousness? Weren’t you  49 ?” I asked.

“No,” Jerry said, “ 50  when I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared.”

“A nurse asked if I was allergic (过敏的) to anything. ‘Yes’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped  51  as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘ 52 !’”

“Over the laughter, I told them, ‘Please  53  on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”

Jerry survived  54  the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. Attitude, after all, is  55 .

36. A. which                 B. that                          C. what                        D. why

37. A. adviser             B. performer                 C. actress                   D. employee

38. A. right                   B. dark                         C. same                        D. positive

39. A. regretful             B. curious                     C. bored                       D. content

40. A. up to now          B. all the time               C. now and then            D. sooner or later

41. A. insist on              B. get close to               C. refer to                    D. learn from

42. A. point out             B. pick up                    C. build up                   D. take up

43. A. open                   B. closed                      C. shut               D. locked

44. A. happiness            B. eagerness                  C. nervousness              D. anger

45. A. shot                    B. killed                             C. beat                         D. hit

46. A. Immediately        B. Fortunately            C. Obviously                D. Suddenly

47. A. died                   B. disappeared                     C. recovered                 D. escaped

48. A. robbery                     B. murder                     C. sickness                    D. meeting

49. A. astonished           B. delighted                  C. excited                     D. frightened

50. A. so                      B. and                          C. but                          D. or

51. A. to work                     B. working                   C. to talk                      D. talking

52. A. Pills                   B. Flowers                    C. Bullets                     D. Cakes

53. A. operate               B. focus                       C. rely                         D. carry

54. A. instead of            B. in spite of                 C. in place of                D. thanks to

55. A. something           B. none                        C. everything                D. any

Answer 1

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