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Optimism and pessimism(消极) are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to ___36___ our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or ___37___. It’s our decision: from which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in ___38___ or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to ___39___ the positive and skip right over the negative. An optimistic attitude is not a luxury(奢侈品); it’s a(n) ___40___. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. ___41___, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations ___42___ themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live. Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) ___43___ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This ___44___ me completely by surprise. A little ___45___ confidently, I told him that I had ___46___ felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow. By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ___47___. About a block away, I ___48___ over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I ___49___ some rare disease? On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling ___50___ again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful ___51___, and the light reflecting ___52___ the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis(肝炎)! I wondered how many other folks had ___53___ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total ___54___ change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single ___55___ observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted. The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished. 36. A.decide               B.   shape               C. preview       D. transform 37. A. forgive              B. praise               C. curse        D. regret 38. A. hope          B. anger               C. action                 D. vain      39. A.analyze      B.   highlight     C. evaluate       D. introduce 40. A.quality       B. opportunity     C. necessity      D. identity 41. A. Actually      B.   Contrarily    C. Similarly      D. Consequently 42. A. rely on             B. feed on           C. go on                D. take on      43. A. familiar     B. ordinary          C. easy                    D. odd 44. A. took          B. got                 C. stopped                D. made 45. A. more               B. too                 C. quite               D. less 46. A. ever                B. never               C. once             D. always 47. A.unaffected  B. unconcerned  C. unsatisfied     D. uneasy 48. A. got           B. came             C. took                D. pulled 49. A. picked up B. brought up     C.come up       D. put up 50. A. sick          B. upset                 C.   fine            D. calm 51. A. gray       B. yellow           C.blue                  D. red 52. A. off                B. over                       C. in                       D. through 53. A. quit          B. adapted                C. answered              D. reacted 54. A. liar                 B. onlooker         C.stranger            D. attendant 55. A. positive    B. negative        C. careful                 D. rigid 答案：BCABC   BBDAD   BDDAC  BADCB

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