Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. He was a natural motivator. He told people how to look on the positive side of the situation.

One day I went up to Michael and asked him, " How can you be a positive person all of the time?"

Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood."

"Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

Several years later, Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital. I saw Michael about six months after the accident.

Michael told me, "When they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."

" There was a big burly（魁伟的）nurse shouting questions at me.”

"She asked if I was allergic（过敏的）to anything.”

“'Yes’, I replied.'”

“The doctors and nurses stopped to wait for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."

“Over their laughter, I told them, ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead!’"

Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

LIVE IS ABOUT THE LITTLE CHOICES WE MAKE EVERY DAY

51. What does it mean “In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'”?

A. He realized how seriously he was injured from their expressions.

B. He was so seriously injured that he lost consciousness for a while.

C. He knew the doctors and nurses had decided to give up saving him.

D. In the doctors’ eyes all the patients in danger are going to die.

52. What was the real reason why Michael said that he was allergic to gravity?

A. Falling down from the high place made him become afraid of gravity since then.

B. He was allergic to nothing so he decided to make people laugh at his answer.

C. He used humour to show his determination to live and cheer up the medical staff.

D. It is gravity that caused the accident from the aspect of physics.

53. Michael survived at last due to ____________.

A. the fact that the injuries he received were not deadly.

B. the doctors’ skill and his positive attitude.

C. his good luck and his right choice.

D. the developed medical equipment and staff

54. What’s the moral of Michael’s story?

A. Life is full of choices and we shouldn’t be misled to the wrong way.

B. Unlucky things can even happen to the most optimistic person.

C. A positive attitude can make us live a full life.

D. Perseverance can help us to win the success at last.

55. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Make the right choice in your life   B. Change your life into a better one

C. Life and the choices                     D. Life is all about choices

Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was36 in career and often complained that he had been fooled (欺骗) by others. One day he told his wife he was 37  disappointed with the city that he had to 38.

       So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday 39. When Terry and his wife were busily putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly 40 and they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have 41 to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light 42 on his door.

       “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew 43 else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 44. He opened the door impatiently (不耐烦地). At the door was a little 45, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 46? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door 47.

       After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and 48 the same little girl outside. But this time she was 49 two candles radiating (放光) red light. She said, “My grandma told me the 50 neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to 51 you these.”

    At that moment Terry suddenly realized what 52 his failure in life. It was his indifference (冷漠) and 53 to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else 54 himself, for his eyes had been covered by his 55 mind.

36. A. experienced   B. unsuccessful       C. interested         D. unlucky

37. A. very                B. so                  C. such              D. rather

38. A. leave        B. travel               C. stay           D. choose

39. A. morning           B. afternoon           C. noon                D. evening     

40. A. went down   B. went out          C. went by      D. went on

41. A. wanted      B. decided          C. forgotten     D. remembered

42. A. knocks           B. calls                 C. strikes        D. sounds

43. A. everybody   B. anybody          C. somebody     D. nobody

44. A. troubled          B. followed             C. liked              D. learned

45. A. boy               B. girl                C. postman        D. shopper

46. A. candies          B. toys                   C. lights         D. candles

47. A. easily            B. worriedly           C. happily             D. heavily

48. A. found            B. met                 C. touched            D. knew

49. A. bringing         B. seeing              C. holding         D. drawing

50. A. buy             B. give           C. borrow       D. sell

51. A. buy             B. give           C. borrow       D. sell

52. A. made              B. caused              C. developed         D. stopped

53. A. laziness     B. sadness            C. unkindness        D. unhappiness

54. A. besides    B. except         C. but         D. than

55. A. open     B. right                C. warm             D. cold

Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was 36 in career and often complained that he had been fooled (欺骗) by others. One day he told his wife he was 37 disappointed with the city that he had to 38.

       So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday 39. When Terry and his wife were busily putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly 40 and they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have 41 to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light 42 on his door.

       “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew 43 else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 44. He opened the door impatiently (不耐烦地). At the door was a little 45, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 46? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door 47.

       After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and 48 the same little girl outside. But this time she was 49 two candles radiating (放光) red light. She said, “My grandma told me the 50 neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to51 you these.”

       At that moment Terry suddenly realized what 52 his failure in life. It was his indifference (冷漠) and 53 to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else 54 himself,  for his eyes had been covered by his 55 mind.

   36. A. experienced   B. unsuccessful    C. interested   D. unlucky

   37. A. very              B. so              C. such         D. rather

   38. A. leave           B. travel           C. stay          D. choose

   39. A. morning       B. afternoon       C. noon       D. evening

   40. A. went down    B. went out       C. went by     D. went on

   41. A. wanted       B. decided        C. forgotten    D. remembered

   42. A. knocks      B. calls             C. strikes      D. sounds

   43. A. everybody    B. anybody          C. somebody     D. nobody

   44. A. troubled       B. followed         C. liked          D. learned

   45. A. boy               B. girl               C. postman       D. shopper

   46. A. candies         B. toys               C. lights        D. candles

   47. A. easily               B. worriedly        C. happily         D. heavily

   48. A. found         B. met             C. touched        D. knew

   49. A. bringing         B. seeing         C. holding     D. drawing

   50. A. poor          B. kind             C. new            D. young

   51. A. buy            B. give               C. borrow     D. sell

   52. A. made             B. caused           C. developed      D. stopped

   53. A. laziness       B. sadness        C. unkindness    D. unhappiness

   54. A. besides        B. except             C. but         D. than

   55. A. open          B. right              C. warm         D. cold

Terry was a middle-aged businessman. He was 16 __ in career and often complained that he had been fooled by others. One day he told his wife he was 17 __disappointed with the city that he had to 　18 .

　　　 So his family moved to another city. It was Saturday 19 __. When Terry and his wife were busily putting their things in their new home, the lights suddenly 20 _ and they were forced to stop work. Terry was sorry to have 21 to bring along some candles. Just then he heard light_ 22 __on his door.

　　　 “Who is it?” he wondered. Terry knew__ 23 _ else in the new city, and this was the moment he especially hated to be 24 __. He opened the door impatiently. At the door was a little 25 _, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have 　26 _? I’m your neighbor.” “No,” answered Terry angrily. He shut the door 　27_.

　　　 After a while the door was knocked again. He opened it and 　28 the same little girl outside. But this time she was 　29 two candles radiating (放光) red light. She said, “My grandma told me the 　30 _ neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to 31 _ you these.”

　　　 At that moment Terry suddenly realized what 　32 _ his failure in life. It was his indifference (冷漠) and 　33 _ to other people. The person who had fooled him in life was actually nobody else 34 _ himself, for his eyes had been covered by his 35 mind.

16. A. experienced　 　　 B. unsuccessful　 　　 C. interested 　　　　　　 D. unlucky

17. A. very 　　　 　　　　B. so　 　　　 　　　　C. such　 　　 　　　　D. rather

18. A. leave 　　　 　　　　B. travel 　　 　　　　C. stay　 　　　　　　 　　D. choose

19. A. morning　　　　　 　 B. afternoon　 　　　 C. noon　 　　　　 　　D. evening　　

20. A. went down　 　　　　　　 B. went out 　　　 　　C. went by　 　　　　　　 　　D. went on

21. A. wanted B. decided C. forgotten D. remembered

22. A. knocks　　　 　　 B. calls　 　 　　　　C. strikes　　　　　 D. sounds

23. A. everybody　　 　　 B. anybody　　 　 　　　 C. somebody 　　　　　　　 D. nobody

24. A. troubled　　　　　　　　 B. followed　　 　　　 C. liked　　 　　　　　　　 D. learned

25. A. boy 　　　　　　 　　　　B. girl 　　　　　　C. postman　　　 　　　 D. shopper

26. A. candies 　　　　B. toys　　　　　 　　　 C. lights　　　　　　 D. candles

27. A. easily　 　　　　　　　　 B. worriedly　 　　　 C. happily 　　　　　　　　 D. heavily

28. A. found 　 　　　　B. met　 　　 　　　　C. touched 　　　　D. knew

29. A. bringing 　　　　　　　　 B. seeing　 　 　　　　C. holding 　　　　　　　　　 D. drawing

30. A. poor　 　 　　　　B. kind　 　　 　　　　C. new　 　　　　　　 　　D. young

31. A. buy　　　　　　 B. give　　　　　 　　 C. borrow　 　　 　　D. sell

32. A. made　　　　　　　　　　 B. caused 　　 　　　　C. developed　　　　 　 D. stopped

33. A. laziness　 　　　　　　 B. sadness　 　　　　C. unkindness　　　 　 D. unhappiness

34. A. besides　　 　　　 B. except　　　　 　　 C. but　　　　　　　 D. than

35. A. open 　　 　　　　B. right　 　　 　　　　C. warm　 　 　　　　D. cold