There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were 41 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an 42 price of $28, which was popular just then with 43 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the 44 was perfect.
John 45 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 46 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 47 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and 48 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and 49 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 50 his behavior. When I mentioned this 51 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 52 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned 53 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran 54 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 55 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 56 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 57 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 58 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different 59 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 60 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
A.turning B.holding C.showing D.hanging
A.unreasonable B.unbearable C.unbelievable D.unfair
A.teenagers B.adults C.women D.men
A.color B.price C.style D.fit
A.sent B.carried C.brought D.wore
A.casually B.comfortably C.carefully D.quickly
A.happiness B.change C.smile D.matter
A.reasoned B.heated C.wild D.strong
A.considerate B.handsome C.hopeful D.curious
A.of B.on C.in D.at
A.incident B.accident C.affair D.event
A.can B.must C.will D.should
A.this B.them C.it D.one
A.down B.with C.into D.after
A.looking up at B.looking down on C.putting up with D.coming up with
A.change B.mistake C.trade D.turn
A.However B.Moreover C.Therefore D.Besides
A.attaching B.joining C.relating D.matching
A.mean B.methods C.approaches D.measures
A.where B.why C.how D.when