Question

According to specialists, body language speaks louder than words. However, isn’t it true that words_______with them great strength or influence Such was the case with the _______of Maude, a woman who learned that there is no wrong time to say the ______ thing.

It was a cold, rainy day in March. Across the room in the cap department of the store ______ Maude worked, sat Laura, a woman about Maude’s age. Other workers didn’t _______Laura; they thought her to be unfriendly. And Maude______ 

But one day, she made up her mind to say something kind to Laura.  _______, she managed, “Do you know, Laura, that I’ve worked in this room with you for several years. _______whenever I looked at you, I see your head silhouetted(显出轮廓的）_______ the window there behind you. I think you have the prettiest profile and hair that I have ever seen on ______ .” Her words were not sincere but friendly. She _____ it. Laura looked up and began to cry, “That’s the _______kind word people have _______said to me in all the years I’ve worked here,” she said.

Maude discovered that Laura’s unfriendly _______and ways weren’t because of pride but ______ . The two women soon became friends. Other workers soon began to ______ Laura in their activities, and she was like a flower that, for the first time, ______ enough sunlight. The right words, _______in kindness, changed a life.

Think about the ______ of your words now. There is no wrong time to say the proper thing. And there is no better _______than now.

1.A. transport B. allow C. recognize D. carry

2.A. words B. feelings C. explanation D. opinion

3.A. believable B. reasonable C. right D. good

4.A. when B. where C. while D. which

5.A. like B. change C. help D. remember

6.A. argued B. cared C. agreed D. supported

7.A. Luckily B. Finally C. Gradually D. Hopefully

8.A. But B. So C. As D. And

9.A. near B. towards C. through D. against

10.A. someone B. anybody C. those D. these

11.A. expressed B. made C. noticed D. meant

12.A. first B. formal C. fair D. favorable

13.A. never B. ever C. still D. once

14.A. action B. attitude C. ideas D. opinion

15.A. shyness B. weakness C. coldness D. carelessness

16.A. show B. connect C. include D. prefer

17.A. received B. accepted C. discovered D. demanded

18.A. respected B. treated C. spoken D. noticed

19.A. pleasure B. weight C. pressure D. power

20.A. chance B. result C. time D. choice

Answer 1