完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
It was a rainy day and I was riding on a bus downtown to go to work. I was_36_next to a man in a business suit and J paid little attention_37_ we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same news-stand to get a morning_38_.
The man running the stand was obviously having a_39_day. He was rude and unsmiling as we bought our papers，which only_40_ more gloom (郁闷) to my day. The businessman_41_my gloomy feeling and smiled brightly，_42_the news-stand owner for the paper and for being open on such a( n) _43_to make sure we were able to get our papers.
As we_44_away，I asked this man why he was so_45_to the newsman when he didn't _46_his expression of thanks and friendliness
. The businessman smiled at me and said,"Why would I let someone else _47_what I say and what I feel?"
We then_48_to go to our own work places. To this day，I still don't know who that businessman was，or_49_he worked. He appeared briefly in my life and disappeared just as_50_. But I've never forgotten the words he said and his_51_which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.
That was a good 25 years_52_，but the effect this had on my life has lasted. I_53_had a chance to thank him personally，but the way I look at life has changed _54_those words. I have learnt that we cannot control people and_55_that come to us， but we can always control our response to them.
| 小题1: | | A．whispering | B．sitting | C．driving | D．weeping |
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| 小题2: | | A．since | B．after | C．unless | D．until |
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| 小题3: | | A．paper | B．suit | C．call | D．coffee |
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| 小题4: | | A．good | B．nervous | C．bad | D．long |
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| 小题5: | | A．provided | B．offered | C．added | D．returned |
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| 小题6: | | A．breathed | B．called | C．noticed | D．took |
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| 小题7: | | A．thanking | B．envying | C．asking | D．blaming |
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| 小题8: | | A．evening | B．afternoon | C．morning | D．midnight |
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| 小题9: | | A．turned | B．passed | C．drove | D．ran |
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| 小题10: | | A．cruel | B．serious | C．pleasant | D．rude |
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| 小题11: | | A．stick to | B．refer to | C．get used to | D．respond to |
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| 小题12: | | A．explain | B．understand | C．control | D．correct |
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| 小题13: | | A．attempted | B．sought | C．continued | D．separated |
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| 小题14: | | A．where | B．why | C．whether | D．how |
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| 小题15: | | A．gently | B．quickly | C．regularly | D．strangely |
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| 小题16: | | A．humor | B．smile | C．business | D．help |
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| 小题17: | | A．ago | B．before | C．later | D．after |
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| 小题18: | | A．often | B．seldom | C．once | D．never |
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| 小题19: | | A．in search of | B．in memoryof | C．for the purpose of | D．as a result of |
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| 小题20: | | A．situations | B．statements | C．possibilities | D．positions |
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