My 14yearold son，John，and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats dropped（低垂），this one looked as if it were __1_.The coat had beautiful tailoring，a Fifth Avenue label and a（n）__2__ price of $28，which was popular just then with __3__，but could cost several hundred dollars new. This coat was even better，bearing that __4_ of classic elegance. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.
John __5__ the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile “Did the kids like your coat？” I asked.” They loved it，” he said，__6__ folding it over the back of a chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks，a __7__ came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness（作对）and reasoned discussion replaced fierce __8__.He became more mannerly and __9__，eager to please. He would generously loan his younger brother his tapes and lecture him __10__ his behavior.
When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and __11__ what caused the changes，she said laughing.” It __12__ be his coat！” Another teacher told him she was giving him a good __13__ not only because he had earned __14__ but because she liked his coat. At the library，we ran into a friend “Could this be John？” he asked surprisingly，__15__ John's new height，assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand，one gentleman to another.
John and I both know we should never __16__ a person's clothes for the real person within them.__17__ there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for __18__ what is on the inside to what is on the outside.
For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to __19__ as it is to try on a coat. The whole world，the whole future is stretched out ahead，a vast landscape __20__ all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful，magical coat.
1．A．turning itself up B．holding itself up C．showing itself up D．hanging itself up
2．A．unreasonable B．expected C．unbelievable D．acceptable
3．A．teenagers B．adults C．women D．strangers
4．A．color B．price C．style D．size
5．A．sent B．carried C．lent D．wore
6．A．casually B．comfortably C．carefully D．quickly
7．A．happiness B．change C．smile D．matter
8．A．doubt B．fight C．argument D．war
9．A．thoughtful B．handsome C．hopeful D．curious
10．A．of B．on C．with D．at
11．A．wondered B．confirmed C．concluded D．discovered
12．A．can B．must C．will D．should
13．A．present B．mark C．word D．result
14．A．this B．them C．it D．one
15．A．looking up at B．looking down on C．checking up D．taking up
16．A．trust B．mistake C．exchange D．regard
17．A．But B．Though C．Since D．So
18．A．attaching B．connecting C．relating D．matching
19．A．career B．life C．study D．success
20．A．where B．why C．how D．when