Question

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Michael is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone asks him how he is doing, he will reply, “If I were any better, I’d be twins!”
His style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, “I don’t get it. You can’t be positive all the time. How do you do it?”
Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Mike, you can choose to be in a good mood or in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I choose to point out the positive side of life.”
Then Michael added, “Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line is: It’s your choice how you live your life.” I reflected on what Michael said. And I learn from him that every day we can choose to live fully. Attitude is everything.
【写作内容】
(1) 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
(2) 然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写你或你的朋友遭遇困境的一次经历，并包括以下要点：
①叙述你或你的朋友曾经遭遇的某个困境；
②你或你的朋友是如何对待困难的；
③你或你的朋友的态度对解决问题起了什么作用？
【写作要求】
1.作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语句连贯。

Answer 1

One possible version
Attitude Is Everything
The passage mainly tells us that Michael’s life style is always positive, so he is always cheerful. He says whether one is in a good mood or in a bad one depends on one’s choice. It’s attitude that really matters.
Attitude is very important to deal with the difficulties in our life. The passage reminds me of a similar experience. When I was in junior school, I used to be poor in expressing myself clearly. As a result, many people looked down on me and I had very few friends. It seemed that I was really hopeless. However, I believed that hard work could change everything. So, I tried to tell myself I could do it. Every day I practiced reading aloud and tried to seize every chance to talk with others. Finally, I made great progress. Now I can speak as fluently as anybody around me. If I hadn’t carried on, I wouldn’t have done so well now.
I think it was my positive attitude that changed everything. As the proverb says, Attitude is everything.

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