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The choice to adopt and hold gratefulness is the one that is different from those who suffer misfortune and those who enjoy a full life.
My mother died when I was 24. It was a very difficult time in my life — everything seemed to fall apart. I lost my job, and then my utilities were turned off. I had to take cold showers for six months. A neighbor who knew about my situation came to my house and made me an offer. I took care of her children as a job, and I no longer went hungry. I was surprised that someone would trust me — a young woman with her children. And it was with the very confidence that before long I began taking care of other people’s children, too. I have since moved 300 miles from Boise, Idaho. For more than 23 years I have made every effort to reach out to all the kind-hearted people who helped me when I was down and out. Without their trust, I don’t know what I would have done. I am very involved in my munity and volunteer at the local food bank, and I help out whenever I can. I’d like to owe what I am to whoever has offered me generosity.
If you are grateful for what you already have, the world will work together to give you more to be grateful for. Otherwise, the world will give you more to plain about.
Moreover, the true master learns to be grateful, in advance, for the things that are desired, because, being grateful in advance for some attainment or acplishment does two very important things: one…it tricks your subconscious into believing that the goal is certain and two…it convinces other people, with whom you must interact to achieve your desires, that you know what you are about, that you are a winner, not a whiner (哀诉者).
【小题1】The underlined word “utilities” refers to in the passage. A．water and gas suppliesB．gas and electricity suppliesC．shower equipment and water supplyD．heating and TV signals【小题2】 The writer was grateful mainly for .A．his neighbor’s donationB．his munityC．having got the jobD．others’ trust【小题3】 The writer’s personal story in the second paragraph tells us that .A．to be grateful will get you nowhere but away from homeB．a grateful person is most likely to be successfulC．we need to be grateful to be helpful and usefulD．the fragrance (芳香) stays in the hand that gives the rose【小题4】The best title for the passage would be .A．A Thank-You Note to Trusting NeighborB．You Are a Winner, Not a WhinerC．Be Grateful to Life in AdvanceD．Gratefulness Brings a Great Fullness to LifeB【小题2】D【小题3】C【小题4】D
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(答案→)B【小题2】D【小题3】C【小题4】D
解析：小题1】B 从画线句子后一句I had to take cold showers for six months. 只能洗冷水澡。可推断是断气断电。
【小题2】D 从第二段作者的经历看，因为有了信任，我知道我能做些什么。以及第三段If you are grateful for what you already have, the world will work together to give you more to be grateful for.可知答案
【小题3】C 第三段提到，如果你心存感激，那么你会发现有很多让感激的事情，反之，你只会抱怨世界。
【小题4】D 中心理解题。从第一段以及最后一段最后一句可知，心存感激让我们成为胜者，过上充实生活。