One of the most common social fears is that we are not good enough. Perhaps you feel you won’t   21   others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you. Such thinking is misguided. The   22   of doing well is accepting yourself as you are.

When I was a student, I kept a diary filled with   23   memories. Some were painful memories from   24   when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I   25   pieces of dreams and personal feelings of anger and hatred,   26   things I enjoyed such as magic shops and coin dealers.

Then a terrible thing happened.   27   dinner one night I realized I had left my diary in the cloakroom（衣帽间）outside the campus dining hall.   28   that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I   29   back, but it was gone.

Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of ever finding it   30  . A month later, I was 31   up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown   32   diary, just where I’d left it.

  33   I read through the pages and found that a   34   had written the following, “God bless you. I’m   35   like you, only I   36   keep a diary, and I’m   37   to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.”

    Tears came to my eyes. It had never dawned（开始为人所明白）on me that any one could know my inner feelings and also   38   things just like the way I did.

No matter what you are like, whether you’re rich or poor, brilliant or average, attractive or 39  , there are people like you. Discard（抛弃）your fears of not measuring up（符合期望）, and 40   yourself as you are.

1.A. like           B. impress     C. consult          D. admire

2.A. idea           B. success      C. secret           D. purpose

3.A. private        B. painful      C. wonderful        D. simple

4.A. works          B. friends     C. neighbors   D. childhood

5.A. described      B. hid         C. showed      D. noticed

6.A. instead of     B. as well as       C. in case of       D. because of

7.A. Until     B. When         C. After       D. Since

8.A. Excited        B. Puzzled      C. Surprised        D. Frightened

9.A. walked         B. searched    C. turned       D. ran

10.A. hardly        B. soon        C. again       D. seldom

11.A. hanging       B. looking     C. turning     D. breaking

12.A. new           B. worn         C. broken       D. similar

13.A. Nervously     B. Happily      C. Sadly       D. Excitedly

14.A. friend        B. policeman        C. stranger         D. classmate

15. A. a lot        B. a little        C. nearly           D. slightly

16.A. mustn’t       B. don’t            C. won’t       D. can’t

17.A. sorry         B. thankful         C. curious          D. anxious

18.A. feel          B. enjoy            C. remember         D. hate

19.A. strong        B. pretty      C. clear            D. plain

20.A. insist            B. accept      C. help             D. balance

Some time ago , I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg ．I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there were a whole lot of antique  shops near my home ．So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me ．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception ．I was quite wrong ．The man wouldn’t even look at my chair ．
The second shop , though slightly more polite , was just the same , and the third, and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong ．
I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind ．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper , “ Would you like to buy a chair ?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes , not a bad chair ．How much do you want for it , sir ?” “Twenty pounds ,” I said ．“OK ,” he said , “I’ll give you twenty pounds ．” “It’s got a slightly broken leg ,”I said ．“Yes I saw that , it’s nothing ．”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited ．“What will you do with it ?” I asked ．“Oh , it will be easy to sell once the repair is done ．” “I’ll buy it ,” I said ．“ What do you mean ? You’ve just sold it to me ,” he said ． “Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it ．” “You must be crazy ,” he said．Then suddenly the penny dropped ．“ I know what you want ．You want me to repair your chair．” “ You’re right ,” I said ．“ And what would you have done if I had walked in and said , ‘ Would you mend this chair for me’ ?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it ,” he said ．“We don’t do repairs , not enough money in it and too much trouble ．But I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） by the whole thing ．
【小题1】We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer       ．

Some time ago , I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg ．I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended , as there were a whole lot of antique  shops near my home ．So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me ．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception ．I was quite wrong ．The man wouldn’t even look at my chair ．

The second shop , though slightly more polite , was just the same , and the third, and the fourth—so I decided that my approach must be wrong ．

I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind ．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper , “ Would you like to buy a chair ?” He looked it over carefully and said, “Yes , not a bad chair ．How much do you want for it , sir ?” “Twenty pounds ,” I said ．“OK ,” he said , “I’ll give you twenty pounds ．” “It’s got a slightly broken leg ,”I said ．“Yes I saw that , it’s nothing ．”

Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited ．“What will you do with it ?” I asked ．“Oh , it will be easy to sell once the repair is done ．” “I’ll buy it ,” I said ．“ What do you mean ? You’ve just sold it to me ,” he said ． “Yes , I know but I’ve changed my mind ．I’m sorry , I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it ．” “You must be crazy ,” he said．Then suddenly the penny dropped ．“ I know what you want ．You want me to repair your chair．” “ You’re right ,” I said ．“ And what would you have done if I had walked in and said , ‘ Would you mend this chair for me’ ?” “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it ,” he said ．“We don’t do repairs , not enough money in it and too much trouble ．But I’ll mend this for you , shall we say for a five?” He was a very nice man and was greatly amused （感到有趣） by the whole thing ．

1.We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer       ．

A．was rather impolite

B．was warmly received

C．asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair

D．asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

2.The expression “the penny dropped” in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper       ．

A．changed his mind                       B．accepted the offer

C．saw the writer’s purpose                D．decided to help the writer

3.How much did the writer pay ?

A．£5．             B．£7               C．£20．            D．£27．

4.From the text , we can learn that the writer was          

A．honest           B．careful            C．smart             D．funny