阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It surprised me—every time I saw Joe,he was smiling. It didn’t ____ whether he had to stop at a stop light,or if he were the seventh person in ____ at the bank,and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe ___ smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so ____ every day.
Having observed Joe with other people,I ____ something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing,and really seemed to listen to their ____.If someone were hurting,he had ____ for him and kind words,and offered to ____ in any way he could.
It made me think...What if I tried to smile more?A(n) ____ of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles...and people I didn’t even ____ smiled back at me. Some even ____!The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a ____ time saw me smile and ____ talking...and,you guessed it.He made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart ____ a person to reach something...I could get that for him. The smile even transferred over to him,and he ____me.
As I drove home,I was smiling. I ____ what I had just learned,and when
someone passed me and gave me a(n) ____,I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.
Now I know a smile is a small thing,but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day?I couldn’t believe how ____ I felt. Nothing in my life had changed,____ maybe it had. For what I learned was that such a small thing could ____ not only my spirits,but those around me as well.
A.work B.happen C.matter D. last
A.order B.debt C.hand D.line
A.always B.eventually C.immediately D.still
A.naughty B.happy C.active D.Humorous
A.decided B.judged C.noticed D.considered
A.answers B.complaints C.excuses D.comments
A.guidance B.respect C.sympathy D.protection
A.perform B.attempt C.bother D.help
A.experiment B.life C.project D.program
A.meet B.touch C.know D.contact
A.glared B.greeted C.approached D.escaped
A.spare B.long C.hard D.great
A.stopped B.tried C.kept D.enjoyed
A.persuaded B.accepted C.supported D.needed
A.thanked B.changed C.encouraged D.invited
A.worried about B.thought about C.talked over D.looked over
A.gesture B.address C.call D.ticket
A.normal B.great C.reasonable D.complicated
A.so B.for C.but D.till
A.realize B.admire C.show D.lift