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    At the beginning of my 8:00 a.m. class one Monday at UNLV（拉斯维加斯内华达大学）, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. One young man said that his weekend had not been very good. The young man then proceeded to ask me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.
    His question reminded me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day,” I said to the young man. “I choose to be cheerful.”
    “Let me give you an example,” I continued. “In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson. One day a few weeks ago I drove to Henderson. I exited the freeway and turned onto College Drive. But just then my car died. I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn over. So I put my flashers on, grabbed my books, and marched down the road to the college.”
    “As soon as I got there, the secretary in the Provost’s office asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day’, I replied, smiling.”
    “Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?” She was puzzled, “What do you mean?”
    “I live seventeen miles from here. I replied. My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class, and I’ve been able to arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. If my car was meant to break down today, it couldn’t have been arranged in a more convenient fashion.”
    小题1:If you want to be cheerful you should ___________.
    A．try to succeed in doing everythingB．try to please your boss every day
    C．earn a lot of money by workingD．choose to be cheerful every day
    小题2:The underlined phrase “turn over” in the third paragraph means “________”
    A．roll overB．work normallyC．stopped suddenlyD．move around
    小题3:According to this passage we can infer that the teacher’s car broke down ____.
    A．near UNLVB．along the highway
    C．near HendersonD．at the community college
    小题4:Which one of the following is TRUE?
    A．The teacher taught not only at UNLV but also at the community college.
    B．That was the teacher’s lucky day because the teacher liked walking.
    C．The teacher always hoped that the car would break down often.
    D．The young man was sad because his car broke down.

    小题1:D
    小题2:B
    小题3:C
    小题4:A
    通过一个小故事告诉我们：快乐是一种选择，如果你选择了快乐，那么你就是快乐的。
    小题1:推理题。根据第二段最后一行“I choose to be cheerful.可知如果你想要快乐，那么就要选择快乐。
    小题2:猜测词义题。根据前面的发动汽车可知，我希望车子能正常工作。
    小题3:细节题。根据最后一段第2,3行it broke down in the perfect place: off the freeway, within walking distance of here.
    小题4:细节题。根据第三段第1,2行Let me give you an example,” I continued. “In addition to teaching here at UNLV, I also teach out at the community college in Henderson.
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    I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to   44 . I finished Harvard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I   45 , “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?”  At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in   46   quality. Why not make good beer for   47 ? I thought.
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    小题2:
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    A．cheapB．expensiveC．lowD．high
    小题12:
    A．EnglishmenB．EuropeansC．the worldD．Americans
    小题13:
    A．a lawyerB．a brewerC．an instructorD．an engineer
    小题14:
    A．astonishedB．satisfiedC．interestedD．anxious
    小题15:
    A．hatedB．supportedC．raisedD．left
    小题16:
    A．forB．atC．inD．after
    小题17:
    A．ThereforeB．OtherwiseC．AlsoD．Yet
    小题18:
    A．priceB．nameC．companyD．party
    小题19:
    A．adviceB．lifeC．jobD．experience
    小题20:
    A．hardB．busyC．shortD．long

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