题目内容：

    I felt gloomy (沮丧的) the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn’t feel so _______.

As I was sitting at my desk I _______ it was the birthday of a dear long-time friend — a single middle-aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loves her _______. Knowing that she doesn’t have family in town I _______ to give her a call. Sure enough she was on B-shift, _______ to work late into the evening and wouldn’t have much of a birthday this year. As always, _______, she sounded cheerful and was happy that I _______.

After I hung up I couldn’t _______ the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. _______ feeling a little gloomy myself, I tried to put it out of my ________, but as the day passed I couldn’t shake the thought. I ________ gave in, and that evening set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons. My friend’s grateful smile and joyful surprise ________ me I’d done the right thing and were a generous ________ for the little effort it had taken.

When I got home I realized that not only had I cheered up a ________ friend on her birthday but my own gloomy feelings had also ________. Making her day had made my own!

That’s true ________ we take the time and make the effort to do something for someone else. It’s like the little saying “Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who ________.”

Cheering up people on their birthdays isn’t the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with ________ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a ________ to someone. And the ________ thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

1.A. special B. positive C. nervous D. proud

2.A. explained B. complained C. remembered D. informed

3.A. family B. study C. life D. work

4.A. decided B. continued C. failed D. refused

5.A. surprised B. disappointed C. bored D. prepared

6.A. though B. besides C. therefore D. otherwise

7.A. admitted B. called C. succeeded D. apologized

8.A. get on with B. put up with C. get rid of D. take hold of

9.A. Almost B. Even C. Never D. Still

10.A. opinion B. image C. mind D. expectation

11.A. luckily B. finally C. unhappily D. hardly

12.A. convinced B. advised C. promised D. reminded

13.A. demand B. desire C. reward D. share

14.A. guilty B. lonely C. weak D. curious

15.A. existed B. deepened C. wasted D. disappeared

16.A. when B. because C. though D. if

17.A. tries B. receives C. loves D. cares

18.A. experiences B. dreams C. choices D. opportunities

19.A. difference B. connection C. discovery D. decision

20.A. normal B. similar C. wonderful D. practical