Question

I need to get some things to clean the house this weekend so I went to a local store. While walking around, I realized that I wasn’t smiling at anyone. That was usual for me. I almost always smile at strangers with the______ to make their day a little brighter. But in that special moment, I was thinking of what had______ me earlier in the day, not really in the mood(心情) to smile.

When I went to check out my things, I met with a very long line. People were buying Christmas gifts. To make the first line short, a second register(收銀臺) opened up. I turned to it ______. After a few moments, I began to notice that all the people before me had lots of things to check out. I wasn’t______ any longer, so I turned to the first line. After a short while, all the people in the second line checked out. I was still standing in the first line.

At last, it was my turn to check out. I found that the man behind the resister seemed to happy! He greeted me with a huge smile.

“It’s nice to see a smiling face ______ in this store,” I said to myself.

He replied, “I love to smile, because you never know what people are going through.” At that moment, he made me think of myself.

Something in me changed, and we began talking about kindness—about how it goes a long way. There was no one behind me, so we talked and laughed for a while. What a ______ it is, to be cheered up by this kind young man! I suddenly had all the time in the world.

1.A.hope B.plan C.suggestion D.decision

2.A.pleased B.troubled C.relaxed D.treated

3.A.on time B.so far C.at once D.in surprise

4.A.patient B.nervous C.polite D.silent

5.A.luckily B.suddenly C.usually D.finally

6.A.gift B.pity C.chance D.surprise

Answer 1