完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分)

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I teach economics at a university three times per week. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I   21  asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good. The young man then asked me   22  I always seemed to be so cheerful.

“Every morning when you get up, you have a   23  about how you want to   24  life that day,” I said. “I choose to be cheerful.”

“Let me give you a(n)   25  ,” I continued. “Besides teaching here, I also   26  at the community college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day I   27  those 17 miles to Henderson. I   28  the freeway and turned onto College Drive. I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the   29  . But just then my car   30  . So I put my flashers on, grabbed my   31  , and marched down the road to the college.

As soon as I got there I called AAA and   32  a tow truck(牵引车) to meet me at my car after class. The   33  there asked me what had happened.” This is my   34 

Day,” I replied, smiling. She was   35  and asked “What do you mean?” “I live 17 miles from here.” I replied. “My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t.   36  , it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking  37  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.” The secretary’s eyes opened wide, and then she   38  . So ended my story. I scannd the sixty faces in my economics class. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had   39  them.

An Indian wise man once said, “Who you are   40  louder to me than anything you can say.” I suppose it must be so.

知识点：完型填空

21-25 BDAAC  26-30  DBCAB   31-35  ADDCB   36-40  AACCD