One day, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day and I was feeling___1___. As I paid for the gas, the attendant said, “How do you feel?” that seemed like a___2___question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look ___3__.” he replied and continued to tell me my skin appeared ___4__.
By the time I left, I was a little __5___. About a block away, I ___6____ to the side of the road to look at my face ___7___the mirror. Was everything all right? Had I picked up __8___rare disease? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a slight __9___somewhere in my body.
The next time I went into that gas station, I __10____ what had happened: The place had recently been painted a bright, bilious yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside __11___as though they were sick! That was the truth. __12___, I let that short conversation change my attitude for an entire day. His ___13___ observation affected the way I felt and acted.
This experience made me think a lot. It is the same with life, in which attitude ___14___. The way we look at life determines how we feel and how we __15__. If we expect something to turn out__16___, it probably will. But __17__also works in reverse. If we expect good things to happen, they __18__do. An optimistic attitude, I believe, is not a luxury but a(an)__19__. So after that, I chose to highlight the __20__throughout the rest of my life.
1.A. great B. satisfactory C. sick D. uncomfortable
2.A. considerate B. thoughtful C. strange D. funny
3.A. happy B . comfortable C. satisfied D. well
4.A. grey B. yellow C. black D. red
5.A. angry B. uneasy C. painful D. unbelievable
6.A. pulled over B. pulled on C. pulled out D. pulled through
7.A. on B. at C. over D. in
8.A. certain B. some C. several D. anxiety
9.A. comfort B. relief C. pain D. anxiety
10.A. picked out B. put out C. turned out D. figured out
11.A. feel B. behave C. look D. see
12.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
13.A. kind B. helpful C. rude D. negative
14.A. matters B. affects C. decides D. speaks
15.A. work B. perform C. learn D. believe
16.A. smoothly B. badly C. well D. positively
17.A. the principle B. the saying C. the meaning D. the sentence
18.A. usually B. certainly C. definitely D. seldom
19.A. imagination B. tool C. necessity D. value
20.A. important B. useful C. positive D. special
