You probably know that doing good makes you feel good, whether it’s volunteer work or something for a friend. I have 41 someone else’s good deed. It also gives me a 42 attitude, especially a random act of kindness from a ___43 . That’s been my experience anyway.
My family and friends have done more than I can 44 for me, and I am very 45 . But someone I don’t even know does 46 nice for me? It’s really 47 . And that’s what makes your life wonderful.
Take what happened to me Wednesday night. I 48 the office at 7:10, almost an hour later than I’d planned, and I was 49 that I would only have time for a short workout. Then I walked out of our 50 onto 34th Street and got hit in the face with little ice. And 51 , I had no umbrella.
I made my way over to Park Avenue and waited there 52 for the hailstones(冰雹）hitting off my unprotected head. Suddenly a 53 came from my left. “Hey, do you need an umbrella?”
I 54 back and saw a guy in his mid-20s, rocking the fashionable jacket, skinny jeans, funky glasses. But he clearly had a kind attitude because he was already 55 his umbrella with me. “It’s sweet of you,” I said, “ 56 I’m okay. I’m just going to the gym across the street.”
“Then I’ll 57 you there,” he said. He accompanied me to the door of my gym, 58 me from the hail all the way. He left wit his umbrella and my thanks. I watched him disappear in the night , my mood 59 and hopeful again. Why let little annoyances get to me when there’s a 60 world out there with people like my umbrella guy in it?
41. A. put forward B. benefited from C. concentrated on D. accounted for
42. A. negative B. particular C. common D. positive
43. A. friend B. relative C. stranger D. colleague
44. A. describe B. collect C. recite D. accept
45. A. hopeful B. cheerful C. powerful D. grateful
46. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
47. A. unsettled B. unexpected C. searched D. cleaned
49. A. surprised B. puzzled C. pleased D. worried
50. A. building B. home C. hospital D. library
51. A. at first B. for example C. as usual D. in time
52. A. exactly B. miserably C. seriously D. generally
53. A. noise B. sound C. whisper D. voice
54. A. stopped B. jumped C. turned D. arrived
55. A. sharing B. covering C. spreading D. holding
56. A. and B. but C. so D. or
57. A. follow B. carry C. watch D. walk
58. A. following B. permitting C. sheltering D. freeing
59. A. light B. down C. blue D. cheer
60. A. terrible B. wonderful C. rainy D. cloudy