LastMondayatthebeginningofclassI1askedmystudentshowtheirweekendhadbeen.Oneyoungmansaidthathisweekendhadnotbeenso2.Hehadhiswisdomteethremoved.ThentheyoungmanaskedmewhyI3seemedtobesocheerf
LastMondayatthebeginningofclassI1 askedmystudentshowtheirweekendhadbeen.Oneyoungmansaidthathisweekendhadnotbeenso2.Hehadhiswisdomteethremoved.ThentheyoungmanaskedmewhyI3 seemedtobesocheerful.
HisquestionremindedmeofsomethingI’dreadsomewherebefore:“Everymorningwhenyougetupyouhaveachoiceabout4 youwanttoapproachlifethatday”Isaid.“Ichoosetobecheerful.”
“Letmegiveyouanexample.5 teachinghereIalsoteachoutatthecommunitycollegeinHenderson17milesdownthefreewayfromwhereIlive.OnedayIdrovethose17milestoHenderson.I6 thefreewayandturnedontoCollegeDriveonlyanotherquartermileaheadtothecollege.Butjustthenmycardied.Itriedtostartitagainbuttheengine7 turnover.SoIputmyflashersongrabbedmybooksandmarcheddowntheroadtothecollege.”
“8 gettingthereIcalledAAAandarrangedforatowtrucktomeetmeatmycarafterclass.Thesecretaryaskedmewhathadhappened.‘Thisismyluckyday’Irepliedsmiling.”
“‘Yourcarbreaksdownandtodayisyourluckyday?’Shewas9.‘Whatdoyoumean?’’’“Ilive17milesfromhere.”Ireplied.“Mycar10 havebrokendown11 alongthefreeway.Itdidn’t.12itbrokedownintheperfectplace:offthefreeway13 walkingdistanceofhere.I’mstillabletoteachmyclassandI’vebeenabletoarrangeforthetowtrucktomeetmeafterclass.”
“Thesecretary’seyesopenedwideandthenshe14.Ismiledbackandheadedforclass.”Soendedmystory.
Iscannedthesixtyfacesinmyclass.Despitetheearlyhournooneseemedtobe15.Somehowmystoryhadtouchedthem.
1.A.calmly
B.seriously
C.cheerfully
D.curiously
2.A.bad
B.good
C.exciting
D.scary
3.A.often
B.always
C.usually
D.seldom
4.A.how
B.why
C.where
D.that
5.A.Aswellas
B.Asto
C.Inexchangefor
D.Inadditionto
6.A.entered
B.left
C.found
D.hit
7.A.wouldn’t
B.shouldn’t
C.couldn’t
D.won’t
8.A.While
B.In
C.Before