Ⅳ. 完形填空。
One January morning, Ken Wilcox was walking along a busy street. The weather was very cold, and the happy feelings of the new year disappeared in the city. He just got two 1 calls: one from his angry boss and the other from a friend who had cancer. He felt worried and helpless after the calls.
“So I was feeling really sad. And I just didn’t know what the 2 of life was,” he remem-bered.
The sidewalk was very crowded, so Wilcox walked by the curb near the road. “As I was walking, a 3 came so close that I could feel it touch my coat on the right arm. At that mo-ment, a thought came to me: I could 4 the next bus and move a little closer. Then it would end all my 5.”
When he was thinking about this idea, Wilcox looked at a woman walking towards him. She looked at him carefully and gave him a 6, encouraging smile. No one knew how 7 that smile was to him.
Thinking back to that short meeting, Wilcox said that her smile made him keep on living. It told him that even in difficult times, a small kind action could bring hope.
Shortly after this experience with his unsung hero, Wilcox made a brave decision. He left his job and started a new life with great interest and clear goals. He learned that kindness could always light up dark days.
()1. A. difficult B. similar C. terrible
()2. A. meaning B. nature C. secret
()3. A. car B. taxi C. bus
()4. A. get on B. wait for C. fix up
()5. A. pain B. anger C. success
()6. A. weak B. proud C. warm
()7. A. silly B. important C. helpless

1.C 2.A 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.C 7.B

1. 结合后文“一个来自愤怒的老板，另一个来自患癌症的朋友”，可知这两个电话都很糟糕，terrible意为“糟糕的”，符合语境。
2. 此处表达他当时情绪十分低落，不知道生活的意义是什么，the meaning of life是常用固定表达，意为“生活的意义”，符合语境。
3. 根据后文出现的“the next bus”的提示，可知此处擦身而过的交通工具是公交车。
4. 结合上下文他当时产生了轻生的念头，此处指他想要等着下一辆公交车，往车的方向靠近，wait for意为“等待”，符合语境。
5. 此处指他想要用这种极端方式结束自己所有的痛苦，pain意为“痛苦”，符合他当时绝望的状态。
6. 修饰smile，和后文的encouraging并列，warm意为“温暖的”，温暖又鼓舞人心的微笑符合语境。
7. 根据后文这个微笑打消了他轻生的念头，让他决定继续活下去，可知这个微笑对他来说十分重要，important意为“重要的”，符合语境。