Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him 36;it seemed he didn’t 37 whatever people said to him. Even his teachers admired his good 38. It was so unusual that a story was going around that Mickey’s 39 must be due to some special secret. They asked Mickey so much that, one afternoon, he 40 his favorite teacher, Mr. Anthony, to tea. When they had finished, Mickey 41 Mr. Anthony around the house. When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher 42 . The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of colors and shapes! It was the loveliest 43 Mr. Anthony had ever seen.

“Some people at school think I 44 think badly of anyone,” Mickey started to explain, “and that 45 at all bothers me, but that’s not true at all. I’m just like anyone else. I used to get angrier than all the other kids. 46 years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage. With every little piece I stuck on I added some bad thought or act.”

It was 47. The teacher looked closely at the wall. In each one of the small 48 he could read, “fool”, “silly”, “pain”, “bore”, and a thousand other 49 things.

“This is how I started 50 all my bad times into an opportunity to 51 to my collage. Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be 52 . They’ve given me a new piece for my work of 53 .”

That day, the teacher was impressed by Mickey’s secret to having an optimistic character. Without telling anyone, on that very day, Mr. Anthony 54 his own collage. He would often 55 it to his students. Years later, each house contained its own beautiful works of art, made by those cheerful and optimistic children.

1.	A．angry B．lonely C．excited D．calm

 

2.	A．understand B．accept C．forget D．mind

 

3.	A．character B．decision C．method D．dream

 

4.	A．cleverness B．goodness C．anxiety D．worry

 

5.	A．introduced B．helped C．invited D．followed

 

6.	A．promised B．drove C．moved D．showed

 

7.	A．relaxed B．appeared C．froze D．escaped

 

8.	A．photo B．decoration C．door D．color

 

9.	A．never B．often C．ever D．almost

 

10.	A．something B．nothing C．everything D．anything

 

11.	A．As B．But C．Because D．Though

 

12.	A．reasonable B．crazy C．true D．difficult

 

13.	A．books B．walls C．boxes D．pieces

 

14.	A．negative B．strange C．clever D．small

 

15.	A．turning B．throwing C．cutting D．packing

 

16.	A．belong B．get C．add D．lead

 

17.	A．quicker B．happier C．more careful D．more friendly

 

18.	A．literature B．movie C．science D．art

 

19.	A．left B．began C．missed D．bought

 

20.	A．limit B．lend C．send D．recommend

 

Mr. Dawson was an old bad-tempered man, and everyone in town knew it．Kids knew not to go into his yard to pick apples, because old Dawson, they said, would come after you with his gun.

       One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy．They had to  1  Daw-son’s house, but as they got  2 , Janet saw him sitting on his front porch and suggested they cross over the street．Like most, she was  3  of the old man.

       Amy said, “Don’t  4  .” When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his  5   frown （皱眉）, but when he saw it was Amy, he gave a broad  6  .

       Amy smiled back and told him that they were going to listen to music．Dawson told them that sounded  7  , and gave them each a（an） 8  .

       Later, Janet asked Amy, “Everyone says he’s the  9  man in town．10 he was so nice to us? ”

Amy explained that when she  11  started walking past his house, he wasn’t very  12   either , but she pretended he was wearing a（an）  13  smile, so she always smiled．It really took some time  14  he one day half-smiled back.

       After a while, he started smiling a real smile and then  15  to her．She said he always 16  her an apple now, and was always very kind.

       In our everyday life we are always very busy doing a lot of things and trying to accomplish so much．It’s so  17  to forget that we can bring  18 to ourselves and others．Giving a smile takes so little  19 , but few people are aware of that．Please do remember after a while most people can’t  20  our sunniness at all.

1．A．drop into               B．go by              C．move into            D．look at

2．A．close                    B．inside                  C．outdoors             D．away

3．A．proud                   B．ashamed              C．scared                 D．fond

4．A．cry                       B．worry                 C．follow                 D．run

5．A．tired                     B．usual                   C．rare                    D．ugly

6．A．smile                    B．hug                     C．surprise               D．greeting

7．A．strange                 B．fun                     C．boring                 D．special

8．A．ticket                    B．apple                   C．lesson                 D．address

9．A．strongest               B．worst                  C．meanest              D．loneliest

10．A．What if               B．How about           C．What for             D．How come

11．A．first                    B．last                     C．sometimes           D．finally

12．A．charming             B．cold                    C．violent                 D．friendly

13．A．invisible               B．unbelievable         C．false                   D．kind

14．A．until                    B．before                 C．after                   D．when

15．A．suggested            B．came                   C．talked                  D．explained

16．A．sold                    B．offered                C．showed               D．saved

17．A．easy                    B．challenging          C．useful                 D．reasonable

18．A．gifts                    B．cheers                 C．memories            D．rewards

19．A．effort                  B．bravery               C．space                  D．interest

20．A．accept                 B．forget                  C．resist                  D．dislike