Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to
our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or
. It’s our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in
or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to
the positive and skip right over the negative.
An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; it’s a(n)
. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people.
, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations
themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.
Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n)
question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don’t look well,” he replied. This
me completely by surprise. A little
confidently, I told him that I had
felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.
By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little
. About a block away, I
over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I
some rare disease?
On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling
again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful
, and the light reflecting
the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis（肝炎）! I wondered how many other folks had
the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total
change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single
observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.
The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.
| 小题1: | | A．shape | B．decide | C．preview | D．transform |
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| 小题2: | | A．forgive | B．curse | C．praise | D．regret |
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| 小题3: | | A．vain | B．anger | C．action | D．hope |
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| 小题4: | | A．highlight | B．analyze | C．evaluate | D．introduce |
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| 小题5: | | A．necessity | B．opportunity | C．quality | D．identity |
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| 小题6: | | A．Actually | B．Consequently | C．Accordingly | D．Contrarily |
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| 小题7: | | A．rely on | B．feed on | C．go on | D．take on |
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| 小题8: | | A．familiar | B．ordinary | C．odd | D．easy |
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| 小题9: | | A．got | B．took | C．stopped | D．made |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．ever | C．once | D．always |
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| 小题12: | | A．uneasy | B．unconcerned | C．unsatisfied | D．unaffected |
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| 小题13: | | A．got | B．came | C．took | D．pulled |
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| 小题14: | | A．come up | B．brought up | C．picked up | D．put up |
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| 小题15: | | A．fine | B．upset | C．sick | D．calm |
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| 小题16: | | A．gray | B．blue | C．yellow | D．red |
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| 小题18: | | A．quit | B．adapted | C．answered | D．reacted |
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| 小题19: | | A．liar | B．onlooker | C．attendant | D．stranger |
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| 小题20: | | A．positive | B．negative | C．careful | D．rigid |
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