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Mr. Dawson was an old grouch (脾气坏的人), and everyone in town knew it.
1 knew
not to go into his yard to pick an apple, because old Dawson would come after you with his
gun.
One Friday, 12-year-old Janet was walking out with her friend Amy. They
2 go by
Dawson's house, but as they got close Janet saw him
3 on his front porch (门廊) and
suggested they cross over the street. Like most, she was
4 of the old man.
Amy said not to worry. When they got close enough, Dawson looked up with his usual
frown,
5 when he saw it was Amy, he gave a(n)
6 smile. Amy smiled back and told him
Janet was
7 overnight with her to listen to music and play games. Dawson told them that
sounded fun, and gave them each a(n)
8 .
Later, Janet asked Amy:"Everyone says he's the meanest man in town.
9 he was so nice
to us?" Amy explained that when she
10 started walking past his house he wasn't very friendly,
but she pretended he was wearing a(n)
11 smile and so she always smiled. It took a while,
but one day he half-smiled
12 . After a while, he started smiling real smiles and then talked to
her. She said he always
14 her an apple now, and is always very kind.
"An invisible smile?" questioned Janet. "Yes," answered Amy, "My grandma told me that if I
pretended I wasn't
14 and pretended he was smiling an invisible smile at me and I smiled back
at him,
15 he would really smile."
If we remember that
16 wears an invisible smile, we too will find that most people can't
17 our sunniness after a while. We're always on the go trying to
18 so much, aren't we? It's so easy
to get caught up in everyday life that we forget how easily we can bring
19 to ourselves and others.
Giving a smile
20 so little efforts; let's make sure that we're not the ones that others have to pretend
are wearing invisible smiles.
( )1. A. Students
( )2. A. used to
( )3. A. standing
( )4. A. surprised
( )5. A. and
( )6. A. forced
( )7. A. living
( )8. A. apple
( )9. A. What if
( )10. A. at first
( )11. A. real
( )12. A. back
( )13. A. buys
( )14. A. happy
( )15. A. sooner or later
( )16. A. someone
( )17. A. resist
( )18. A. pretend
( )19. A. cheer
( )20. A. makes |
B. Boys
B. might
B. waiting
B. scared
B. so
B. invisible
B. staying
B. smile
B. How come
B. once
B. broad
B. away
B. offers
B. afraid
B. at times
B. anyone
B. prevent
B. work
B. smile
B. takes |
C. Strangers
C. had to
C. sitting
C. curious
C. as
C. broad
C. coming
C. coin
C. For why
C. first
C. invisible
C. to
C. shows
C. satisfied
C. in the meantime
C. everyone
C. receive
C. accomplish
C. kindness
C. spends |
D. Kids
D. could
D. leaning
D. pleased
D. but
D. stiff
D. going
D. candy
D. Why not
D. ever
D. awkward
D. again
D. takes
D. worried
D. once in a while
D. no one
D. remember
D. smile
D. friendship
D. costs |