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I teach biology at UNLV three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my   41   how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so   42  . He had his wisdom teeth removed. Then he went on to ask me why I always seemed to be so   43  .

His question   44   me of something I'd read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a   45   about how you want to deal with life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.” 

“Let me give you an example,” I continued,   46   all sixty students in the class. “In   47   to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at a   48   in Henderson, 17 miles down the   49   from where I live. One day a few weeks ago I drove those 17 miles to Henderson. I exited the highway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. But just then my car   50  . I tried to start it again, but the   51   wouldn't work.   52   I turned my flashers on, took my books, and   53   down the road to the college.

“As soon as I got there, I called and   54   for a tow truck to meet me at my car after   55  . The secretary there asked me what had happened. “This is my   56   day,” I replied, smiling.

She was   57  . “What do you mean?”

“My car could have broken down anywhere along the highway. It didn't.” I replied. “  58  , it broke down in the perfect place: off the highway,   59   walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class, and I've been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn't have been arranged in a more convenient   60  .”

I ended my story. In spite of the early hour, no one in my class seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. …

41. A. schoolmates    B. children        C. teachers                D. students

42. A. bad                  B. good              C. sad                        D. free

43. A. cheerful          B. grateful          C. hopeful                 D. thankful

44. A. informed B. told                C. reminded        D. warned

45. A. decision          B. choice            C. preference           D. judgment

46. A. showing          B. demanding     C. addressing           D. commanding

47. A. contribution    B. devotion         C. application            D. addition

48. A. school             B. college           C. university             D. institute

49. A. highway          B. railway          C. road                      D. path

50. A. broke              B. died                C. ended            　D. finished

51. A. instrument      B. wheel              C. light               　D. engine

52. A. But                  B. And                C. So                  　D. Or

53. A. marched         B. drove             C. rode                　D. followed

54. A. prepared B. looked            C. waited             　D. arranged

55. A. class                      B. work              C. study             　D. lunch

56. A. usual               B. unusual          C. unlucky         　D. lucky

57. A. astonished      B. excited           C. puzzled           　D. pleased

58. A. Anyway           B. Instead          C. Also               　D. Still

59. A. within              B. beyond          C. without          　D. along

60. A. order               B. need               C. way                　D. situation

【回答】

41-45 DBACB      46-50 CDBAB         51-55 DCADA

56-60 DCBAC

知識點：人生百味類

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