Last month on an airplane to Chicago, I sat beside a young woman. We started __1__ and she told me a story of twin brothers. One was very successful and __2__. When asked what made him earn so much money, he __3__， “My father was an alcoholic (酒鬼). I had no choice.” His __4__ couldn't find a job and became an alcoholic and when asked, “What __5__ you to become an alcoholic？” He answered, “My father was an alcoholic. I had no choice.” There's a great __6__ here. What do you really __7__？ And what choices are you making?
If you want to make some positive (积极的) __8__ in your life, you must make __9__ choices. No one else can make your choices for you. Your choices are yours __10__. So often we don't __11__ think about how many choices we make in a __12__. What time to get up, what to wear, and what to eat for breakfast are all choices that we make without __13__ them too much. Do you __14__ to take care of your health and __15__ regularly? Or do you choose not to take care of your health? Do you choose to speak __16__ to others or do you choose to say whatever you want and not consider others' __17__？ It is the daily small choices we make that __18__ the kind of life we'll have.
Think about the twin brothers in the story and the choices they made. And think about the choices you'll make. __19__ it's a major choice or lots of small ones, the choice is always yours and no one else's. So __20__， like one song says, “Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, keep on the sunny side of life”．
1．A. sleeping B. talking
C. waiting D. working
2．A. famous B. popular
C. special D. wealthy
3．A. advised B. replied
C. wrote D. promised
4．A. father B. mother
C. brother D. sister
5．A. caused B. helped
C. encouraged D. reminded
6．A. story B. message
C. need D. mystery
7．A. want B. discover
C. know D. achieve
8．A. suggestions B. dreams
C. memories D. changes
9．A. difficult B. important
C. good D. major
10．A. again B. alone
C. as well D. as usual
11．A. still B. only
C. even D. just
12．A. day B. week
C. month D. year
13．A. hearing about B. caring about
C. worrying about D. thinking about
14．A. prepare B. try
C. choose D. continue
15．A. meet B. exercise
C. clean D. rest
16．A. quickly B. kindly
C. proudly D. seriously
17．A. feelings B. experiences
C. opinions D. skills
18．A. consider B. prefer
C. recognize D. decide
19．A. Unless B. As
C. When D. Whether
20．A. imagine B. repeat
C. remember D. guess
