I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so   1  .

    As I was sitting at my desk, I   2   it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her   3  .

Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I   4  to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,    5    to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have  6     of a birthday this year. As always,    7   , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I   8   .

    After I hung up, I couldn’t   9   the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.    10    feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I   11   gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise   12   me I’d done the right thing and were a generous   13   for the little effort it had taken.

    When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a   14   friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   15    my own!

Isn’t that the way it is   16   we take the time and make the   17   to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who   18   .”

    Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with   19   to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to   20   . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

1. A. special           B. positive         C. nervous          D. proud

2. A. explained     B. complained           C. remembered       D. informed

3. A. family            B. training         C. work             D. school

4. A. decided       B. continued            C. agreed               D. refused

5. A. surprised     B. disappointed     C. bored                D. prepared

6. A. much          B. many             C. little               D. few

7. A. though            B. besides          C. therefore            D. otherwise

8. A. admitted      B. called               C. succeeded            D. apologized

9. A. experience        B. imagine          C. shake                D. understand

10. A. Almost           B. Even             C. Never                D. Still

11. A. luckily          B. finally              C. unhappily            D. hardly

12. A. convinced        B. advised          C. promised         D. reminded

13. A. response     B. contribution     C. reward               D. share

14. A. careless     B. lonely               C. weak             D. curious

15. A. troubled     B. taken                C. wasted               D. made

16. A. when         B. where                C. why              D. how

17. A. suggestion       B. friend               C. effort               D. call

18. A. tries            B. receives         C. expects          D. cares

19. A. opportunities    B. dreams           C. choices          D. regrets

20.A. someone       B. something            C. everyone         D. Everything

I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so   1  .

As I was sitting at my desk, I   2   it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her   3  .

Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I   4   to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,   5   to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have   6   of a birthday this year. As always,   7  , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I   8  .

After I hung up, I couldn’t   9   the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.   10   feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I   11   gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise   12   me I’d done the right thing and were a generous   13   for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a   14   friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   15   my own!

Isn’t that the way it is   16   we take the time and make the   17   to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who   18  .”

Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with   19   to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to   20  . And the wonderful thing is that as we do it, it changes things for the better for us too.

1. A. special                  B. positive                    C. nervous                    D. proud

2. A. explained              B. complained        C. remembered             D. informed

3. A. family                   B. training                     C. school                      D. work

4. A. decided                 B. continued          C. agreed                      D. started

5. A. surprised              B. disappointed              C. bored                D. prepared

6. A. much                   B. many                       C. little                         D. few

7. A. besides          B. therefore                  C. however                   D. otherwise

8. A. admitted        B. called                C. succeeded                D. apologized

9. A. experience            B. imagine                    C. shake                D. understand

10. A. Almost                B. Even                        C. Never                      D. Still

11. A. luckily                 B. finally                       C. unhappily          D. hardly

12. A. convinced           B. advised                     C. promised           D. reminded

13. A. response             B. contribution              C. reward                            D. share

14. A. careless                     B. lonely                       C. weak                       D. good

15. A. found                 B. taken                        C. created                     D. made

16. A. when                  B. where                      C. why                         D. how

17. A. suggestion           B. friend                       C. effort                       D. call

18. A. tries                    B. receives                    C. expects                    D. cares

19. A. opportunities              B. dreams                     C. choices                    D. regrets

20. A. no one                B. anyone                     C. everyone           D. someone

 (2010吉林市高三第二次市统考)

Loving Kindness Is Twice Blessed

       I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so   16   .

       As I was sitting at my desk, I   17   it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single, middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her   18   .

Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town, I   19   to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on B-shift,    20    to work late into the evening, and wouldn’t have  21     of a birthday this year. As always,    22   , she sounded cheerful and was happy that I   23   .

       After I hung up, I couldn’t   24   the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day.    25    feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I   26   gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise   27   me I’d done the right thing and were a generous   28   for the little effort it had taken.

       When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a   29   friend on her birthday, but my own gloomy feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had   30    my own!

Isn’t that the way it is   31   we take the time and make the   32   to do something for someone else? It’s like the little saying, “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who   33   .”

       Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with   34   to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to   35   . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

16. A. special               B. positive                   C. nervous                  D. proud

17. A. explained           B. complained              C. remembered           D. informed

18. A. family                B. training                   C. work                       D. school

19. A. decided              B. continued                C. agreed                    D. refused

20. A. surprised           B. disappointed            C. bored                      D. prepared

21. A. much                 B. many                      C. little                       D. few

22. A. though        B. besides                    C. therefore                D. otherwise

23. A. admitted            B. called                      C. succeeded               D. apologized

24. A. experience         B. imagine                   C. shake                            D. understand

25. A. Almost        B. Even                       C. Never                      D. Still

26. A. luckily               B. finally                            C. unhappily                D. hardly

27. A. convinced          B. advised                    C. promised                 D. reminded

28. A. response            B. contribution            C. reward                    D. share

29. A. careless             B. lonely                      C. weak                       D. curious

30. A. troubled             B. taken                      C. wasted                    D. made

31. A. when                 B. where                      C. why                         D. how

32. A. suggestion         B. friend                      C. effort                      D. call

33. A. tries                  B. receives                  C. expects                   D. cares

34. A. opportunities     B. dreams                   C. choices                    D. regrets

35.A. someone             B. something               C. everyone                 D. everything