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  The writer Devin with his friend Johnson went to his friend's favourite newsstand. Johnson24      the sales?man selling the newspapers gently,but in return he re?ceived poor25       . The salesman never even looked up at his customer when Johnson26      the latenight edition. Accepting the27      ,Johnson politely smiled and wished the salesman a pleasant weekend. The salesman made an unclear sound and seemed28      that the two men had completed their business. As the two friends walked down the street,Devin asked, " Does he always treat you so 29       ?"

  "Yes,30       ，he does," Johnson responded. "And are you always so 31        and friendly to him?" "Yes,I am!" Johnson32      as they turned a corner. "Why are you so nice when he is so unfriendly to you?" Johnson 33      ,"Because I don't want him to decide how I am go?ing to 34       .”

  Who35      how you are going to act? Is it your cir?cumstances or the difficult people in your life that deter?mine your36       ？When we allow our conflicts to 37        us,we behave as if getting rid of our difficulties is our on?ly priority.38      ,it doesn't really matter how we treat one another.  For example,we'll say, "This 39      is causing me problems right now so I don't care about excising 40      ,selfcontrol,and loving kindness. Inste

I want to let him know how 41        I am because of his tion."

  We forget our difficulties will eventually weaken,the way we handle conflicts will influence our 42       long time. Will you only respond to the momentary ci or will you be more concerned about the 43        of what kind of person you are becoming? Who decides how will behave when the pressure is on?

24. A. praised   B. paid C. invited   D. greeted

25. A. service   B. harvest   C. instructions   D. scores

26. A. printed   B. requested   C. completed   D. took

27. A. newspaper   B. record   C. radio   D. food

28. A. encouraged   B. disappointed   C. relieved   D. worried

29. A. separately   B. seriously   C. quickly   D. rudely

30. A. obviously   B. originally   C. unfortunately   D. finally

31. A. content   B. smart   C. energetic   D. kind

32. A. struggled   B. hesitated   C. continued   D. watched

33. A. ordered   B. wondered   C. advised   D. explained

34. A. work   B. act   C. arrive   D. write

35. A. decides   B. imagines   C. answers   D. doubts

36. A. responses   B. appearance   C. growth   D. progress

37. A. wound   B. control   C. cheat   D. kill

38. A. Instead   B. Again   C. Therefore   D. Besides

39. A. exam   B. person   C. trip   D. enemy

40. A. pressure   B. power   C. duty   D. patience

41. A. proud   B. glad   C. angry   D. fearful

42. A. lives   B. experiments   C. friendship   D. team

43. A. time   B. value C. use   D. nationality 

Answer 1

[文章大意]生活中我们总是会遇到令人不快的人和事，重要的是我们如何让自己不受这些人和事的影响。

24. D由第一段第~ 、二句"…went to…newsstand. Johnson …he received poor..."可知，他友好地与售货员打招呼，但是没有享受到很好的服务。

25. A 参考上一题解析。

26. B在Johnson要求买晚报的时候，售货员甚至连头都没有抬一下。

27. A接过报纸之后，Johnson礼貌地笑了一下，然后祝他周末愉快。

28. C 根据上文这个售货员的行为判断，等他们买完了报纸之后，这个售货员似乎大松了J口气。

29. D Devm问："他是否一直对你不友好？"与上文Johnson礼貌的态度形成对比。

30. C Johnson回答说："非常遗憾，他一直都这样。"

31. D 从上文gently和politely可判断，Johnson对这个售货员一直很友善。

32. C 由上下文他们的对话可知，他们一边走一边接着聊。

33. D Johnson解释说："因为我不想让他来决定我的行为。"

34. B 参考上一题解析。下文的"...going to act?"是提示。

35. A 根据第二段末尾提示decide可知，此句意为"谁决定你的行为呢？"

36. A 是你所处的环境还是你生活中难缠的人决定你的反应呢？

37. B 从上句determine可知，当这些冲突控制我们时，我们首先会选择表现得好像要摆脱这种窘境。

38. C 与上句构成因果关系。因此，我们如何对待别人就会显得无关紧要。

39. B 此处指"这个人"。

40. D 与下文selfcontrol和kindness并列。

41. C 与之相反的是，我想让他知道我对他的行为感到愤怒。

42. A 我们处理冲突的方式会长时间地影响我们的生活。

43. B 你会仅仅对瞬间危机做出反应还是更在乎你的人生价值呢？