Mickey was a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy. No one could remember ever having seen him 36;it seemed he didn’t 37 whatever people said to him. Even his teachers admired his good 38. It was so unusual that a story was going around that Mickey’s 39 must be due to some special secret. They asked Mickey so much that, one afternoon, he 40 his favorite teacher, Mr. Anthony, to tea. When they had finished, Mickey 41 Mr. Anthony around the house. When Mickey opened his bedroom door, the teacher 42 . The huge wall was a unique collage (拼贴画) of thousands of colors and shapes! It was the loveliest 43 Mr. Anthony had ever seen.
“Some people at school think I 44 think badly of anyone,” Mickey started to explain, “and that 45 at all bothers me, but that’s not true at all. I’m just like anyone else. I used to get angrier than all the other kids. 46 years ago, with the help of my parents, I started a small collage. With every little piece I stuck on I added some bad thought or act.”
It was 47. The teacher looked closely at the wall. In each one of the small 48 he could read, “fool”, “silly”, “pain”, “bore”, and a thousand other 49 things.
“This is how I started 50 all my bad times into an opportunity to 51 to my collage. Now I like the collage so much that, each time someone makes me angry, I couldn’t be 52 . They’ve given me a new piece for my work of 53 .”
That day, the teacher was impressed by Mickey’s secret to having an optimistic character. Without telling anyone, on that very day, Mr. Anthony 54 his own collage. He would often 55 it to his students. Years later, each house contained its own beautiful works of art, made by those cheerful and optimistic children.
【小题1】A．angryB．lonelyC．excitedD．calm【小题2】A．understandB．acceptC．forgetD．mind【小题3】A．characterB．decisionC．methodD．dream【小题4】A．clevernessB．goodnessC．anxietyD．worry【小题5】A．introducedB．helpedC．invitedD．followed【小题6】A．promisedB．droveC．moved D．showed【小题7】A．relaxedB．appearedC．frozeD．escaped【小题8】A．photoB．decorationC．doorD．color【小题9】A．neverB．oftenC．everD．almost【小题10】A．somethingB．nothingC．everythingD．anything【小题11】A．AsB．ButC．BecauseD．Though【小题12】A．reasonableB．crazyC．trueD．difficult【小题13】A．booksB．wallsC．boxesD．pieces【小题14】A．negativeB．strangeC．cleverD．small【小题15】A．turningB．throwingC．cuttingD．packing【小题16】A．belongB．getC．addD．lead【小题17】A．quickerB．happierC．more carefulD．more friendly【小题18】A．literatureB．movieC．scienceD．art【小题19】A．leftB．beganC．missedD．bought【小题20】A．limitB．lendC．sendD．remendA
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解析：
【小题1】A 上下文串联。根据上文的cheerful说明他是一个很乐观的人，人们机会看不到他生气。
【小题2】D 动词辨析。A理解B接受C忘记D介意；他不介意别人对他说的任何话，总是很乐观，积极向上。
【小题3】A 名词辨析。A性格B决定C方法D梦想；人们都很喜欢他的性格；甚至来老师也很羡慕他的性格。
【小题4】B 上下文串联。根据上文a nice, cheerful, optimistic boy说明他是一个很善良积极的孩子。
【小题5】C 动词辨析。A介绍B帮助C邀请D跟随；指他邀请老师去喝茶，想把这个秘密告诉老师。
【小题6】D 固定词组。Show sb around some place带领某人参观某地。
【小题7】C 动词辨析。A放松B出现C僵住，楞住D逃脱；老师进入他的房间，看到墙上的拼贴画，一下子就楞住了。
【小题8】B 名词辨析，A照片B装饰C门D颜色；指那个拼贴画是他看见的最美的装饰方法。
【小题9】A 上下文串联。根据上段第二行可知他从来不介意别人对他说的话，说明他从来不生别人的气。
【小题10】B 上下文串联。根据上文他从来不生别人的气，说明没有什么事情能困扰他。应该使用否定词的形式。
【小题11】B 连词辨析。他和很多孩子一样也有生气，但是在父母的帮助之下，他开始用这个拼贴画来发泄自己的情感。
【小题12】C 形容词辨析。A合理B疯狂C真的D困难；他说的这一切都是真的，因为老师看到他在拼贴画上所写的内容。
【小题13】D 名词辨析。A书B墙C盒子D片；指他在墙上加上去的一片片的拼贴画。
【小题14】A 上下文串联。根据前面的几个形容词，说明都是一些消极的单词。
【小题15】A 固定词组。Turn…into…把…变成…；指他把糟糕的时刻变成增加拼贴画的机会。
【小题16】C 动词辨析。A属于B得到C增加D带领；句意同上句。他把生气的时刻都变成增加拼贴画的机会。
【小题17】B 语法分析。否定词和比较级连用，表达最高级。别人让他生气，他却非常高兴，因为他有了增加拼贴画的机会。
【小题18】D 名词辨析。A文学B电影C科学D美术；拼贴画是他的美术作品。
【小题19】B 动词辨析。A离开B开始C错过D买；老师自己也开始使用拼贴画来表达自己的情感。
【小题20】D 动词辨析。A限制B借C送，派D推荐。指老师把这种方法推荐给别人。