Question

Last spring I was walking in a park. A short distance ahead of me was a mom and her three-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding a string that was attached to a helium balloon(氢气球).

All of a sudden, a strong w  1.   took the balloon from the little girl. I though she would scream and c  2.   .

But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon rise into the sky, she h  3.   shouted: “Wow!”

I didn’t realize it at that moment, but that little girl had taught me something.

Later that day, I r  4.   a phone call from a person with news of an unexpected problem. I felt like saying:“Oh no, what should we do?” But thinking of that little girl, I found myself saying: “Wow, that’s interesting! How can I help you?” One thing is for sure---life is always going to put us off balance with things we don’t expect. However, how we respond(反应) to them is our c  5.   . We can choose to be frustrated(沮丧的) or fascinated.

No matter what the situation, a fascinated “Wow!’ will always b   6.   a frustrated “Oh, no.” So the next time you experience one of life’s unexpected guests, think of that little girl and make it a “Wow!” i  7.    of an “oh, no.” The “Wow!” response always works.

Answer

1. wind

2. cry

3. happily

4. received

5. choice

6. beat

7.instead

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文里，作者看到一阵大风从小女孩手里刮跑了气球，小女孩没哭叫，却惊喜地喊了声“哇！”由此作者想到面对生活中的问题，我们可以选择积极响应快乐面对，而不是沮丧。这样，会得到不同的结果。

1.突然一阵大风从小女孩手里刮跑了气球。据句意填wind符合题意。

2.我以为她会尖叫、大哭。根据句意填cry符合小女孩特性。.

3.当小女孩转过身看到气球升到天上时，她开心地喊道，“Wow！”据I though she would scream and c .But, no! “Wow!”可知，小女孩没哭喊而是开心地喊了一句，故填happily.

4.那天后来，我收到一个人的电话，电话告诉我一个未预料到的问题。Receive a phone call接到电话，固定词组。

5.然而，对它们如何反应是我们的选择。据We can choose to be frustrated(沮丧的) or fascinated.可知填选择,our后要跟名词choice选择.

6.不管情况怎么样，一个令人着迷的“哇”会总是打败令人沮丧的“哦，不。”据句意打败……,用beat, will+动词原形，故填beat.

7.】句意：所以下次当你经历一个生活的不速之客时，想一下那个小女孩，让它成为一个“哇！”而不是一个“哦，不。” 据The “Wow!” response always works.可知面对问题回答“Wow!”而不是“哦，不。”要起作用的多，故填instead, instead of 代替，而不是。

考点：阅读填空。