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Optimism and pessimism 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; 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  52  off 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. shape                  B. decide                      C. preview                D. transform 37. A. forgive                B. curse                       C. praise                  D. regret 38. A. vain                    B. anger                       C. action                   D. hope  39. A. evaluate                     B. analyze                     C. highlight               D. introduce 40. A. necessity            B. opportunity              C. quality                   D. identity 41. A. Actually              B. Consequently            C. Accordingly            D. Contrarily 42. A. rely on                      B. feed on                                 C. go on                            D. take on      43. A. familiar              B. ordinary                   C. strange                    D. easy 44. A. got                    B. took                        C. stopped                  D. made 45. A. more                 B. less                        C. quite                  D. too 46. A. never                       B. ever                        C. once                      D. always 47. A. uneasy              B. unconcerned           C. unsatisfied              D. unaffected 48. A. got                    B. came                     C. took                      D. pulled 49. A. come up            B. brought up              C. picked up                D. put up 50. A. fine                    B. upset                      C. sick                        D. calm 51. A. gray                B. blue                       C. yellow                   D. red 52. A. responding         B. respecting               C. reflecting                       D. reacting 53. A. quit                   B. adapted                   C. answered                       D. reacted 54. A. liar                   B. onlooker                  C. attendant                 D. stranger 55. A. positive             B. negative                 C. careful                   D. rigid 答案:ABDCA   DBCBB   AADCA CCDDB
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