American President Roosevelt's house was once broken into and lots of things were stolen． Hearing this， one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and（1） 　　him not to take it to his heart so much． President Roosevelt （2） 　　back at once， saying， "Dear friend， thank you for your letter to comfort me． I'm all right now． I think I should thank God． This is because of the following three（3） 　　 ： firstly， the thief （小偷） only stole things from me（4） 　　did not hurt me at all； secondly， the thief has stolen some of my things （5） 　　all my things； thirdly， most （6） 　　 for me， it was the man（7） 　　 me who became a thief．"

It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from． However， President Roosevelt was so（8） 　　．

It is（9） 　　 for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time as long as he lives on the earth． We should learn how to（10） 　　 failure or misfortune bravely and to try to deal with it． Being thankful can bring us a better life．

（1）A． required	B． advised	C． ordered
（2）A． wrote	B． talked	C． called
（3）A． examples	B． steps	C． reasons
（4）A． or	B． but	C． so
（5）A． ahead of	B． instead of	C． apart from
（6）A． luckily	B． badly	C． sadly
（7）A． less than	B． more than	C． rather than
（8）A． sorry	B． thankful	C． angry
（9）A． easy	B． natural	C． impossible
（10）A． face	B． value	C． find