Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to __ the gas, the owner said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a __ question, but I felt fine and told him __ .
“You don’t look well,” he replied. This __ me completely by surprise. A little less __ , I told him that I had never felt better. Without __ , he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared __ .
By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little __ . About a block away, I __ to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I sick? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little ill. Did I have hepatitis (肝炎)? Had I __ some rare disease?
The next time I went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I __ what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light __ off the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had __ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my __ for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was __ feeling sick. That single _ _observation had a strong effect on the way I felt and __ .
A little while later I saw how __ the incident was, although on that day when the man had told me how ill I looked, I was __ frightened. I wonder how many other people that man had told they were ill __ he realized that the service station had had a paint job!
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| A.ask for |
B.search for |
C.hope for |
D.pay for |
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| A.strange |
B.simple |
C.common |
D.familiar |
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| A.made |
B.put |
C.caused |
D.took |
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| A.anxiously |
B.confidently |
| C.carefully |
D.seriously |
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| A.doubt |
B.certainty |
C.hesitation |
D.difficulty |
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| A.pale |
B.yellow |
C.brown |
D.colorless |
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| A.positive |
B.relaxed |
C.unconscious |
D.uneasy |
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| A.pulled over |
B.pushed in |
C.got across |
D.ran over |
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| A.taken up |
B.picked up |
| C.referred to |
D.recovered from |
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| A.made sure |
B.thought up |
C.called up |
D.figured out |
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| A.reflecting |
B.shining |
C.coming |
D.falling |
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| A.impressed |
B.influenced |
C.behaved |
D.reacted |
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| A.idea |
B.mind |
C.attitude |
D.plan |
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| A.completely |
B.naturally |
C.actually |
D.easily |
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| A.strange |
B.careful |
C.opposite |
D.negative |
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| A.did |
B.performed |
C.acted |
D.worked |
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| A.annoying |
B.funny |
C.boring |
D.disappointing |
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| A.never |
B.ever |
C.really |
D.hardly |
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| A.after |
B.before |
C.until |
D.when |
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