题目内容：

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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 my hand. Another patient________what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me       he had one of his books with him 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. Bernie. 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. tastes           B. ideas              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. go over            C. get through          D. refer to

5.A. reader           B. writer             C. editor               D. doctor

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

7.A. mood             B. position           C. state                D. way

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16.A. sign            B. smile              C. mark                 D. mask

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

18.A. since           B. but                C. so                   D. for

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

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