I am a team leader in an insurance company.   We are going through a lot of changes right now which is __1__ much stress for all of us. A few weeks ago I was having a day so __2__ that I even doubted if I had the ability to do this challenging work, and was about ready to change to a less stressful job __3__. Something happened that day to change my way of __4__ and I am so appreciative of this young lady. I want to let her know that the small act __5__.

On the top of my cubicle(工作隔間)I have a small collection of lighthouses(燈塔)to let people know where I am sitting __6__ my team members have to find me for emergencies.

That day I came into the office and was about to get the day __7__ when Crystal came over. I asked if she needed anything. She said，“I __8__ you something.  I looked at her   ”with a __9__ look  and said，“Well，thank you, but why __10__ you buy me anything？”I had never spoke to this young lady __11__. She said，“Every day I stand up and look across the __12__ and see your light houses. Then I feel I am not alone and I encourage myself that there are always __13__ things in life. I saw this on the way to work and thought __14__ would like it. I wish it would have the same __15__ as your lighthouses do. ”In her hand she had a small globe with a lighthouse and a ship on it. I gave her a hug and __16__ her.   I don't think she knows how much that small act of __17__ changed my day：I remained __18__ the rest of the day.

For anyone that reads this，I hope you remember，no matter what the __19__ is，you could change someone's day, __20__ even his views on life.

1. A. preventing　B. reducing　C. causing　　D. suffering

2. A. funny      B. nice      C. bad       D. dull

3. A. everywhere  B. elsewhere  C. anywhere  D. nowhere

4. A. working     B. behaving  C. speaking  D. thinking

5. A. broke my heart   B. touched my heart

C. lost my heart     D. tore my heart

6. A. in case      B. so that  C. as if   D. even though

7. A. ended      B. started  C. changed   D. avoided

8. A. borrowed  B. lent  C. sold  D. bought

9. A. delighted  B. puzzled  C. thankful  D. worried

10. A. might  B. dare  C. could  D. would

11. A. before  B. then  C. since  D. after

12. A. dorm  B. office  C. ship  D. tower

13. A. bright       B. challenging

C. bad         D. stressful

14. A. colleagues  B. leaders  C. you  D. I

15. A. opinion  B. cause  C. expectation  D. effect

16. A. praised  B. thanked  C. scolded  D. refused

17. A. justice  B. courage  C. kindness  D. tolerance

18. A. careful      B. encouraged

C. tired         D. alone

19. A. present  B. work  C. gesture  D. intention

20. A. so       B. for  C. or      D. nor

1. 解析：選C。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句可推知，應(yīng)是給公司里的人造成很多壓力。

2. 解析：選C。根據(jù)“I even doubted if I had the ability to take this challenging work”，可知作者覺得這項(xiàng)工作壓力太大，因此這里應(yīng)選“糟糕的”。

3. 解析：選B。由文意可知，此處表達(dá)：這里的工作壓力太大，所以作者想在別處找一個(gè)輕松些的工作。

4. 解析：選D。聯(lián)系上下文可知，這位“年輕的女士”的行為是對作者的鼓勵(lì)，因而也改變了作者之前的想法和認(rèn)識(shí)。

5. 解析：選B。根據(jù)上文“I am so appreciative of this young lady”可知，應(yīng)選B。

6. 解析：選A。第一段提到作者是team leader，因此他在工作隔間頂上放上燈塔，以方便隊(duì)員有急事找他。

7. 解析：選B。根據(jù)“I came into the office”及段末的“the rest of the day”，可知作者是“開始”一天的工作，而非“結(jié)束”工作。

8. 解析：選D。根據(jù)下文的“...buy me anything”可知，應(yīng)選D。 

9. 解析：選B。由文意可知，作者不清楚Crystal為什么突然送自己禮物，因此感到很“迷惑”。

可知，應(yīng)選C。

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