大学英语II第4次作业

《大学英语II》

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本次作业是本门课程本学期的第4次作业，注释如下：大学英语II 第4单元作业题

一、单项选择题(只有一个选项正确，共40道小题)

1. – Excuse me. Is this the right way to Peace Hotel?

–

(A) I think so. Thank you very much.

(B) Sorry, I don’t know. I’m a stranger here, too.

(D) Okay.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第四单元]B 当有人问路时，若被问者知道怎么走，他（她）应说：“Sure. ＋具体的路线”，若不知道怎么走，应说：“Sorry. I don’t kno w. + 具体原因。选项A、D都非正确的回答方式，而选项C 非礼貌用语。

2. – Could you show me the way to the nearest supermarket?

–

(A) Sure. It’s just cross the street.

(B) That’s right.

(D) I forgot it.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A 选项C、D都非礼貌用语。而选项B则答非所问。

3. – Excuse me. How can I get to the girl’s dorm?

–

(A) Is it too far to walk?

(B) You’re welcome.

(D) Pardon? I have no idea.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 选项A“走过去远吗”及B“不客气”都答非所问。选项D则非礼貌用语。

4. – Excuse me. Could you tell me the best way to the China Bank f rom here?

–

(A) No, I can’t say that.

(B) You can’t miss it.

(D) Please don’t say so.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 本题问题为“请问，能告诉我从这儿到中国银行最近的路吗？”。选项A“我不能说”，选项B“你不会错过的”，D“请不要这样说”都未能提供正确的应答，故选C。

5. – ?

– No, it’s not very far at all, only two blocks.

(A) Is it too far to walk?

(B) Do you know where is the public bathroom?

(D) What’ s the best way to the public bathroom?

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A 本题回答为“根本不远，只隔两个街区”。选项A“走路去远吗？”意义正好衔接。选项B“你知道公共浴室在哪儿吗？”，选项C “顺着这条路两个街区后该怎么走？”，选项D“怎么去公共浴室最近？”在上下文意思上都无法衔接。

6. – Do you think you’ve got how to go there now?

–

(A) That’s right.

(B) Who knows!

(D) You can’t miss it.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 本题问题为“你认为知道该怎么走了吗？”。选项A “对”和选项D“你不会错过的”都为答非所问，而选项B“谁知道”则非礼貌用语。

7. – Pardon me. Could you please tell me where the department stor

e is?

–

(A) All right. Thank you anyway.

(B) It’s a pleasure.

(D) Don’t bother!

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 本题问题为“请问，百货商店该怎么走？”。选项A “好的，谢谢你”和选项B“很高兴”答非所问，选项D“不要烦我”为非礼貌用语。

8. – Would you possibly be able to tell me how to get to the neare st KFC?

–

(A) You can’t ask me.

(B) Don’t ask that.

(D) Sure. It’s just round the corner.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 本题问题为“你能告诉我怎么去最近的肯德基快餐店吗”。选项A“你不能问我”，B“别问这个”和C“我不能说”都非礼貌用语。

9. – ?

– I don’t know, Miss. I’m a new student here myself.

(A) Excuse me. Could you show me the way to the Holliday Inn?

(B) Are you a stranger here too?

(D) Pardon? I have no idea.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A 本题回答为“对不起，小姐，我不知道。我也是新生。”由此推断，问题是问路，选项B、C、D都非问路句型，故选A。

10. – Excuse me. Which bus could I take to the post office?

–

(A) Ask the policeman over there.

(B) I’m afraid there’s no bus in that direction.

(D) Sorry, I can’t say that.

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第四单元]B 本题问题为“请问，去邮局该乘哪路车”。选项A、C、D都非礼貌答语，故选B。

11. The recipe is sufficient _______ six people.

(A) for

(B) in

(D) with

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]答案A 此题考察介词用法be sufficient for“对……足够”【译文】这份菜单够六个人吃了。

12. It is very _______ for her to miss a day at school.

(A) ample

(B) seldom

(D) blank

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C A为“充足”，D为“空白”，均与题意不符；B是a dv，不能作表语； C“很少”且为adj，为正确答案. 【译文】她很少缺一天课。

13. He'd been trying to _______ attention away from the beauty.

(A) pay

(B) change

(D) divert

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D divert sth away from“转移（注意力）”【译文】他试图把注意力从那个美人身上移开。

14. The policeman signaled to him to _______ to get the traffic mov ing again.

(A) pull in

(B) pull out

(D) pull up

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考察pull 词组搭配 pull in“开进某处” pul l out “驶出” pull over “使车船闪到一边以便让其它车船通过” pull up “停下”【译文】警察做手势让他开到路边，恢复交通。

15. Can you _______ how to do it?

(A) figure in

(B) figure out

(D) figure among

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第四单元]B figure out “弄明白”【译文】你能否弄明白怎麽做？

16. My parents’ divorce _______ a big effect _______ me.

(A) brought … into

(B) brought … to

(D) had … on

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 此题考查词组搭配have an effect on “对……有影响”【译文】父母离婚给我造成了很大影响。

17. Morning or afternoon. It makes no _______ to me.

(A) difference

(B) effect

(D) sense

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A makes no/a difference to “对……有无关系”【译文】早上或下午，我无所谓。

18. There are 4 people concerned _______ children's education.

(A) in

(B) about

(D) for

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考察词组搭配 be concerned about “关心，担

心”；be concerned with “与……有关，忙于”【译文】有四个人在管儿童教育方面的事。

19. This book is written from the _______of the French.

(A) mind

(B) idea

(D) opinion

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考察词组搭配 from one’s perspective “从……的视角”【译文】这本书是从法国人的视角来写的。

20. The instant _______ I saw him, I knew he was the man from the r estaurant.

(A) when

(B) while

(D) then

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考察句型 the instant 可当连词使用【译文】我一看见他知道他就是从餐厅出来的那个人。

21. It looks _______ everyone else has gone home.

(A) as though

(B) even though

(D) though

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A 此题考察句型 It looks as if/though…“看起来好像……”【译文】看起来好像别的人都回家了。

22. That's the way _______ the world worked.

(A) which

(B) how

(D) ×

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 此题考察定语从句，关系词在从句中充当方式状语，用that或 in which，还可省略掉。【译文】这就是这个世界运作的方式

23. He believes his project (项目) is _______ in Northern Ireland.

(A) only

(B) mere

(D) the only

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C only 与mere 均意为“仅仅”，此句应为“独特的”，选 unique 【译文】他认为这个项目在北爱尔兰是独一无二的。

24. This unique and _______ volume gives you much fun and many insi ghts (启迪).

(A) invaluable

(B) valueless

(D) valuable

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A A 为无价的，B为没有价值的，C为大量的，D为珍贵的【译文】这册独特而无价的书将给你很多乐趣和启迪。

25. Well, _______, he shouldn't even have been driving my car.

(A) in short

(B) to begin with

(D) at all

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第四单元]B 此题考察词组用法，A为简而言之，B为首先，C为毕竟，D为根本【译文】那么，首先，他根本就不该一直开我的车。

26. She finally allowed the band（乐队）_______.

(A) try on

(B) try in

(D) try for

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考察try词组用法， try on“试穿”， try ou t “测试，参加选拔”【译文】他最终同意这个乐队来试一下。

27. One of his jokes, _______ I didn't really get it.

(A) for

(B) since

(D) though

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D though为“虽然”【译文】虽然我没听懂，但我知道这是他的一个笑话。

28. It is a _______ and difficult time for me.

(A) frustrating

(B) frustration

(D) frustrate

你选择的答案： A [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A frustrating意为使人心烦的；B为名词，C为感到心烦的，D为动词【译文】这对我来说是一段心烦而困难的时期

29. We are playing a trick on a man who keeps _______ me.

(A) to bother

(B) bother

(D) bothered

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 考查“keep doing”结构的用法。【译文】我们要去捉弄那个一直烦扰我们的人。

30. Her high voice really _______ Maria.

(A) irritated

(B) angry

(D) anger

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A A为动词“激怒”，BC为形容词，D为名词【译文】她的高嗓门着实激怒了玛丽。

31. The child showed great capacity _______ language learning.

(A) for

(B) in

(D) with

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：A

解答参考：[第四单元]A 此题考察capacity 的介词搭配。【译文】那个小孩表现了出色的语言学习能力。

32. He was _______ a line of slow-moving traffic.

(A) lost in

(B) interested in

(D) stuck in

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 此题考察词组用法。A为沉浸于，B为感兴趣，C为放纵沉迷于，D为卡住【译文】他被卡在一串缓行的车辆中。

33. His drinking had got _______.

(A) off hand

(B) on hand

(D) out of hand

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 此题考察hand词组。A没有该搭配，B为现有随时可用，C随手可及，D为无法控制【译文】他的酗酒已无法控制。

34. The caterpillars (毛虫) _______ a wide range of trees, shrubs a nd plants.

(A) eat on

(B) raise on

(D) feed on

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元] D feed on为“以……为主食”【译文】毛毛虫以种类繁多的树，灌木及植物为主食。

35. That color of the dress doesn’t _______ her.

(A) fit

(B) fit for

(D) suit for

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考查表“适合”的说法，fit为大小合适，B应为be fit for，suit指式样颜色等合不合适，D应为be suitable for 【译文】这条裙子颜色不适合她。

36. I hurt my arm on the stone that sticks _______ from the wall.

(A) up

(B) out

(D) above

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第四单元]B stick out为“支出，突出”，stick up为向上突起，

与下文墙上不符。【译文】我在墙上支出的一块石头上划伤了手臂。

37. _______they saw in China made a deep impression on them.

(A) That

(B) Which

(D) All that

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：C

解答参考：[第四单元]C 此题考察主语从句，从句中缺宾语，指物，用what 引导【译文】他们在中国所见给他们留下了深刻印象。

38. They've _______ her to be operated on by the best doctors.

(A) arranged to

(B) arranged of

(D) arranged with

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 词组搭配arrange for sb to do sth“安排sb做st h 【译文】他们安排由最好的医生来给她做手术。

39. He often watches TV, but _______ goes to the movies.

(A) ever

(B) seldom

(D) usually

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：B

解答参考：[第四单元]B 此题考察频率副词，与often对应为seldom表“很少”;A为“曾经”，C为“一次”，D为经常。【译文】他经常看电视但很少看电影。

40. It has been over a century _______ the railway was completed.

(A) when

(B) once

(D) since

你选择的答案： [前面作业中已经做正确] [正确]

正确答案：D

解答参考：[第四单元]D 此题考察句型It has been…since that…“自从……以来有多久了“【译文】从铁路建成以来有一个多世纪之久了。

（注意：若有主观题目，请按照题目，离线完成，完成后纸质上交学习中心，记录成绩。在线只需提交客观题答案。)

二、主观题(共1道小题)

41. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a comp osition on the topic “How to Learn English Well?”. You should write no less than 80 words.

参考答案：

三、阅读理解、完形填空题(共5道小题)

42.

Another virtue Americans respect is perseverance. Remember Ae sop’s fable about the turtle and the rabbit that had a race? The r abbit thought he could win easily, so he took a nap. But the turtle finally won because he did not give up. Another story tells of a l ittle train that had to climb a steep hill. The hill was so steep t hat the little train had a hard time trying to get over it. But the train just kept pulling, all the while saying, “I think I can, I think I can.” At last, the train was over the top of the hill. “I thought I could, I thought I could,” chugged the happy little trai n.

Compassion may be the queen of American virtues. The story of “The Good Samaritan” from the Bible describes a man who showed c ompassion. On his way to a certain city, a Samaritan man found a po or traveler lying on the road. The traveler had been beaten and rob bed. The kind Samaritan, instead of just passing by, stopped to hel p this person in need. Compassion can even turn into a positive cyc le. In fall 1992, people in Iowa sent truckloads of water to help F loridians hit by a hurricane. The next summer, during the Midwest f looding, Florida returned the favor. In less dramatic ways, million

s of Americans are quietly passing along the kindnesses shown to th em.

Great moral stories can build character. The success of The B ook of Virtues in 1993 shows that many Americans still believe in m oral values. Moral values are invaluable.

[共5题]

(1) According to the author, “perseverance” means ________.

(A) “I think I can.”

(B) it doesn’t matter if we are slow.

(D) to experience a hard time.

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：C

(2) According to the author, compassion may be the queen of America n virtues because ________.

(A) it is the virtue Americans respect most

(B) it is as noble as a queen

(D) it is showed by the “the Good Samaritan”

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：A

(3) What’s the author’s purpose of telling the story of Florida’s hurricane?

(A) To show how people help each other in America.

(B) To show how Floridians suffered from the hurricane seriously.

(D) To show water is in great need for Floridians hit by hurrican e.

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：C

(4) According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

(A) Florida helped the Midwest because the Midwest helped it befo re.

(B) Compassion could hardly be a positive cycle.

(D) Most Americans pay no attention to the kindnesses shown to th em.

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：C

(5) According to the author, moral values are ________.

(A) respectful

(B) of great values

(D) less dramatic

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：B

参考答案：

[第四单元]; 第5小题：B 全文最后一句话“道德乃无价之宝”

43.

Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced w ith deliberate practice. An effective way that I have found to deep en my own patience is to create actual practice periods–periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience. Lif e itself becomes a classroom, and the curriculum is patience. You c an start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience, over time. Start by saying to yourself, “Okay, for t he next five minutes I won’t allow myself to be bothered by anythi ng. I’ll be patient.” What you’ll discover is truly amazing. You r intention to be patient, especially if you know it’s only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Pa tience is one of those special qualities where success feeds on its elf. Once you reach little milestones—five minutes of successful p atience—you’ll begin to see that you do, indeed, have the capacit y to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you ma y even become a patient person.

Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You’ll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn’t “life or death” but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt wi th. Without patience, the same scenario can become a major emergenc y complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure. It’s really not worth all that. Whether you’re needing to deal with children, your boss, or a difficult person or situatio n—if you don’t want to “sweat the small stuff”, improving your patience level is

a great way to start.

[共5题]

(1) The best title for this selection is ________.

(A) The Art of Patience

(B) Patience and Perspective

(D) The Effective Ways to Patience

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正确答案：C

(2) Which of the following is not TRUE?

(A) Creating actual practice periods is the only effective way to deepen patience.

(B) Our intention may strengthen our capacity for patience.

(D) We can deepen our patience by practice.

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正确答案：A

(3) According to the passage, if we want to be patient, ________.

(A) we should have 5-minute practice everyday

(B) we should reach little milestones—five minutes of successful patience first

(D) We should be perspective

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正确答案：C

(4) With patience, ________.

(A) we will see a difficult situation as death

(B) we will see a difficulty situation as a minor obstacle

(D) we would never be hurt

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正确答案：B

(5) Without patience, when we see the same difficult situation, ___ _____.

(A) we will cry

(B) we regard it as a major emergency

(D) we will improve our patience level

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：B

参考答案：

[第四单元]; 第5小题：B 文中第二段提到：有耐心，同样的情形可能会变成重大紧急事件。

44.

At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the fu ture called to him excitedly. “Get out of the classroom into a jo b,” it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. “You’re lucky, Ron,” he said. “For every boy with a job these days, there’s a dozen witho ut.” So Ron joined the working world at twenty pounds a week.

For a year he spent his days filing shelves with tins of foo d. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days a s a time of great variety (多样性) and satisfaction. He searched fo r an interest in his work, with little success.

One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a lift on a lor ry going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart ad a g reat longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himse lf. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a café run by an elderly man and his wife. Before he had finished t he sandwich, the woman had taken him on for the rest of the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. Th e ease and speed of it rather took Ron’s breath away. At quite tim es Ron had to check the old man’s arithmetic in the records of the business.

At the end of the season, he stayed on the coast. He was agai n surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of 17 to make a li ving. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for 3 weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the on ly one who could keep the books.

[共5题]

(1) Ron Jackie left school at sixteen because ________.

(A) his father made him leave

(B) he didn’t want to stay in school

(D) he could earn a lot of money in the supermarket

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正确答案：C

(2) What did Ron’s father think about his leaving school?

(A) He thought his son was doing the right thing.

(B) He advised him to stay at school to complete his education.

(D) He knew there was a job for every boy who wanted one.

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：A

(3) After a year, Ron to realize that ________.

(A) he was interested in the job

(B) his work at the supermarket was dull

(D) the store manager wanted to get rid of him

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：B

(4) Ron left the supermarket because ________.

(A) he knew he would find work in Bournemouth

(B) he took a job as lorry driver

(D) he wanted to work at the seaside

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正确答案：D

(5) Ron was able to take over the shoe shop because ________.

(A) he got on well with the manager there

(B) he knew how to keep the accounts of the business

(D) he was young and strong

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：B

参考答案：

[第四单元]; 第5小题：B 全文最后一句中说明他负责鞋店的原因是他是唯一能记账的人，keep the books意思是记账。

45.

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street corner and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive th ree different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each pe rceives something different about it.

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a moto rist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman t rying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception is the mind’s interpretation of what the senses—in this case our eyes—tell us.

Many psychologists (心理学家) today are working to try to det ermine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experi ments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring an d charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

[共5题]

(1) Which of the following is TRUE?

(A) We have chances to receive three different answers from three people.

(B) It is likely that we will receive three different answers fro m three people.

(D) It is impossible that we will receive three different answers from three people.

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：B

(2) Seeing and perceiving are ________.

(A) the same action

(B) two separate actions

(D) several actions that take place at different times

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正确答案：B

(3) Perceiving is an action that takes place ________.

(A) in our eyes

(B) only when we are thinking hard

(D) in every person’s mind

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正确答案：D

(4) Psychologists study perception by ________.

(A) setting up many experiments

(B) asking each other what they see

(D) studying people’s eyes

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：A

(5) The best title for this selection is ________.

(A) How We See

(B) Learning about Our Minds through Science

(D) How to Become a Psychologist

你选择的答案：前次作业时已经做对 [正确]

正确答案：A

参考答案：

[第四单元]; 第5小题： A 文章有两个关键词：see 和perceive，主要阐述人的大脑如何解读眼睛所看到的事物。选项B的意思为“通过科学了解大脑”，C为“颜色和人”，D为“怎样成为心理学家”，皆和文章主要内容不符。

46. Optimism and pessimism are both powerful __(1)__, and each of u s must choose which we want to shape our outlook and our expectatio ns. There is enough good and bad in everyone’s life—ample sorrow and happiness, sufficient joy and pain—to find a rational basis fo r __(2)__ optimism or pessimism. It’s our decision: __(3)__ which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in hope or dow n in __(4)__?

Years ago, I drove into a __(5)__ station to get some gas. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said t o me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like an odd question, but I felt fine and told him __(6)__ “You don’t look well,” he replied. This took me completely __(7)__surprise. A little less confidentl