43．A．unable　　　　　　　　 B．impossible　　　　　 C．unfit　　　　　　　　　 D．difficult

42．A．trick　　　　　　　　　 B．joke　　　　　　　　　　 C．role　　　　　　　　　　 D．part

41．A．home　　　　　　　　　 B．condition　　　　　　 C．situation　　　　　　　 D．work

40．A．crying　　　　　　　　 B．painting　　　　　　　 C．imagination　　　　 D．consideration

39．A．ashamed　　　　　　　 B．disappointed　　　　 C．helpless　　　　　　　 D．endless

38．A．ought to　　　　　　　 B．had to　　　　　　　　 C．needed to　　　　　　 D．used to

37．A．health　　　　　　　　 B．wealth　　　　　　　　 C．happiness　　　　　　 D．illnesses

36．A．unhappy　　　　　　　 B．unusual　　　　　　　 C．unfair　　　　　　　　 D．uneasy

55．A．really　　　　　　　　　 B．very　　　　　　　　　　 C．such　　　　　　　　　　 D．so

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 E

One spring afternoon five years ago, Jimmy Liao was crying in the hall of Taipei’s Sherwood Hotel. Life seemed(36). The people who laughed as they walked past were taking their(37) for granted, just as he(38) himself. Now, however, he felt(39)- and he couldn’t even show his disappointment in his(40).

Seeking more personally satisfying(41), he had just left a successful career as a commercial(商业的) artist when it seemed that fate played a cruel(42) on him. It was at this time that he developed cancer and was (43) to work. But that moment in the hotel was a turning point for Jimmy. He began to(44) the fact that there is no such a thing as fate, only(45). Since then, he has published several imaginative, illustrated(带插图的) books.

According to Jimmy, you are what you choose to be. You can (46) or you can work to be a happier person. Jimmy realized that, while the world(47) seems unfair, your choice can change your life.

This idea can be(48) in Jimmy’s books, where his characters show the powerlessness they feel(49) making their choices. The message that accompanies Jimmy’s drawings, however, is(50): Though the world may make us feel small, we must be(51). Everything will be all right for us- as it is for the “small people” in Jimmy’s books-if we make choices that are(52) for us.

Despite his new(53) and wealth, Jimmy prefers working(54) at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing. To Jimmy, living a life as he chooses means much more than money and fame could(55).

54．A．so　　　　　　　　　　　 B．how　　　　　　　　　　 C．because　　　　　　　 D．why