题目内容：

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on. The stories of his unconventional _______ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so_______to me and had such a big_______on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to _______my own Cancer experience?

I’m an ambitious _______, and when I started going through chemo(化疗)，even though I’m a very _______ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the _______. One day, while waiting to go in for _______, I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in hand. Another patient _______what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me________he had one of his books with me as well. It________that among other things, he was an eighty-year-old writer. He was________a published author, and he was currently________on a new book.

We would see each other at various times and________friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a (n)________of Dr. Berline. He really put a _________on my face. He unfortunately ________last year due to his cancer, ________ he left a deep impression on me and gave me the ________ to pick up my pen again. I ________ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.”

1.A.ideas B.tastes C.notes D.memories

2.A.amazing B.shocking C.amusing D.strange

3.A.strike B.push C.challenge D.impact

4.A.learn from B.get through C.go over D.refer to

5.A.reader B.writer C.editor D.doctor

6.A.honest B.agreeable C.humorous D.positive

7.A.state B.position C.mood D.way

8.A.advice B.reference C.protection D.treatment

9.A.viewed B.knew C.noticed D.wondered

10.A.because B.while C.although D.providing

11.A.came out B.turned out C.proved out D.worked out

12.A.naturally B.merely C.hopefully D.actually

13.A.deciding B.investing C.relying D.working

14.A.became B.helped C.missed D.visited

15.A.patient B.operator C.fan D.publisher

16.A.smile B.sign C.mark D.mask

17.A.showed up B.passed away C.fell down D.set off

18.A.since B.but C.so D.for

19.A.guidance B.trust C.opportunity D.inspiration

20.A.promised B.swore C.replied D.thought