There at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass, my l4-year-old son, John, and I noticed the coat. While the other coats drooped (低垂), this one looked as if it were 41 itself up. The coat was beautifully made, with a Fifth Avenue label and an 42 price of $28, which was popular just then with 43 , but could cost several hundred dollars new. John tried it on and the 44 was perfect.
John 45 the coat to school the next day and came home with a big smile. “Did the kids like your coat?” I asked. “They loved it,” he said, 46 folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a 47 came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and 48 discussion replaced fierce argument. He became more mannerly and 49 , eager to please. He would generously lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him 50 his behavior. When I mentioned this 51 to his teacher and wondered what caused the changes, she said laughing. “It 52 be his coat!” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good mark not only because he had earned 53 but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran 54 a friend. “Could this be John?” he asked surprisingly, 55 John’s new height, appreciating the cut of his coat and holding out his hand, one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never 56 a person’s clothes for the real person within them. 57 , there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for 58 what is on the inside with what is on the outside.
For John, it is a time when it is as easy to try on different 59 to life as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape 60 all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.
【小题1】A．turningB．holdingC．showingD．hanging【小题2】A．unreasonableB．unbearableC．unbelievableD．unfair【小题3】A．teenagersB．adultsC．womenD．men【小题4】A．colorB．priceC．styleD．fit【小题5】A．sentB．carriedC．broughtD．wore【小题6】A．casuallyB．fortablyC．carefullyD．quickly【小题7】A．happinessB．changeC．smileD．matter【小题8】A．reasonedB．heatedC．wildD．strong【小题9】A．considerateB．handsomeC．hopefulD．curious【小题10】A．of B．onC．inD．at【小题11】A．incidentB．accidentC．affair D．event【小题12】A．canB．mustC．willD．should【小题13】A．thisB．themC．itD．one【小题14】A．downB．withC．intoD．after【小题15】A．looking up at B．looking down onC．putting up withD．ing up with【小题16】A．changeB．mistakeC．tradeD．turn【小题17】A．HoweverB．MoreoverC．ThereforeD．Besides【小题18】A．attachingB．joiningC．relatingD．matching【小题19】A．meanB．methodsC．approachesD．measures【小题20】A．whereB．whyC．howD．whenB
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(答案→)B
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【小题1】本题考查动词。其他的大衣都显得没精打采，惟独这件衣服趾高气扬。hold up 举起；与前面的drooped相对。
【小题2】本题考查形容词。做得很漂亮，商标是第五大街的，价钱让人难以置信，只卖28美元。
【小题3】本题考查名词。那时在小伙子们中很流行。14岁的儿子试穿，自然是对孩子们来说的。
【小题4】本题考查名词。衣服合身极了。fit合适的衣服。
【小题5】本题考查动词。第二天约翰就穿着它去上学了。
【小题6】本题考查副名词。一边在椅子背儿上把衣服仔细地叠起来。自己喜欢的东西，自然小心对待。
【小题7】本题考查名词。在接下来的几周内，约翰慢慢地变了。结合下文“变得听话而不再故意作对，遇事能心平气和地商讨而不再强词夺理。他变得更明事理、更有礼貌，也更体贴人了。他也乐于讨人欢喜。”可知答案。也可根据51题后的what caused the changes。
【小题8】本题考查动词。 见47题解析。
【小题9】本题考查形容词。见47题解析。
【小题10】本题考查介词。他会很慷慨地把自己的磁带借给弟弟，并告诫他如何有良好的行为举止。lecture sb on/about sth 告诫某人有关某事。
【小题11】本题考查名词。当我对他的一个老师提起这件事，并说我不知道这是为什么时，她笑着说：“一定是（must）因为他的大衣！”incident 指小事件或附带事件。
【小题12】本题考查情态动词。见51题解析。
【小题13】本题考查代词。另一个老师告诉他，她要给他一个好成绩，不仅仅因为他理应获得，还因为她喜欢他的大衣。It代替a good mark。
【小题14】本题考查介词。在图书馆里我们遇见了一位朋友，他已经很长时间没有看见我们的孩子了。run into偶然碰见；遭遇。
【小题15】本题考查动词短语。看着约翰长高的个子，品评着他大衣的样式，这位朋友不禁问道：“这是约翰吗？”[look up at ]抬头向上看……。
【小题16】本题考查动词。约翰和我都知道不应该以貌取人。mistake for把…错认为…。
【小题17】本题考查副词。“可穿着优雅为世人看，在思想上、言语上、行动上实践优秀的标准，以达到内外的和谐统一，这又另当别论”。与上文是转折关系。
【小题18】本题考查动词。match sth to sth 将...和...搭配起来。
【小题19】本题考查名词。尝试不同的生活方式就如同试衣服一样简单。approaches to sth……的方法/方式。
【小题20】本题考查连词。where 引导定语从句在句中作状语。“整个世界、整个未来在你面前展开，犹如一幅巨大的画卷，那里的每一扇门都敞开着。”