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 ___21___ the gas, the owner said to me, "How do you feel?" That seemed like a ___22___ question, but I felt fine and told him ___23___.
"You don't look well," he replied. This ___24___ me completely by surprise. A little less ___25___, I told him that I had never felt better. Without ___26___, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared ___27___.
By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ___28___. About a block away, I ___29___ to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I sick? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little ill. Did I have hepatitis(肝炎)? Had I ___30___ some rare disease?
The next time I went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I ___31___ what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light ___32___ off the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had ___33___ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my ___34___ for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was ___35___ feeling sick. That single ___36___ observation had a strong effect on the way I felt and ___37___.
A little while later I saw how ___38___ the incident was, although on that day when the man had told me how ill I looked, I was ___39___ frightened. I wonder how many other people that man had told they were ill ___40___ he realized that the service station had had a paint job!
21. A. ask for B. search for C. hope for D. pay for
22. A. strange B. simple C. common D. familiar
23. A. this B. not C. so D. such
24. A. made B. put C. caused D. took
25. A. anxiously B. confidently C. carefully D. seriously
26. A. doubt B. certainty C. hesitation D. difficulty
27. A. pale B. yellow C. brown D. colorless
28. A. positive B. relaxed C. unconscious D. uneasy
29. A. pulled over B. pushed in C. got across D. ran over
30. A. taken up B. picked up C. referred to D. recovered from
31. A. made sure B. thought up C. called up D. figured out
32. A. reflecting B. shining C. coming D. falling
33. A. impressed B. influenced C. behaved D. reacted
34. A. idea B. mind C. attitude D. plan
35. A. completely B. naturally C. actually D. easily
36. A. strange B. careful C. opposite D. negative
37. A. did B. performed C. acted D. worked
38. A. annoying B. funny C. boring D. disappointing
39. A. never B. ever C. really D. hardly
40. A. after B. before C. until D. when
21-25 DACDB 26-30 CBDAB 31-35 DADCC 36-40 DCBCB
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