2014届江苏省无锡市高考英语专项训练：完形填空、阅读理解13（含答案）.docVIP

2014届江苏省无锡市高考英语专项训练：完形填空、阅读理解（13）附答案 Think you cant be happy？Youll think again after reading this story. Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet.They were too big and she always seemed to __1__ over them when someone was __2__ —usually a smart guy.Come to think of it，her teeth were too big，too.The other kids teased(取笑)her because of the way she __3__，and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day.No matter what she did，she was teased for being “__4__”． Thats __5__ she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook.“It was like a friend，and it __6__ me that there are good things，__7__ everything around me is unpleasant，”she says.She copied the list over and over，__8__ new things every day. One day，she decided to __9__ her list with some of the girls in her class，hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did.But __10__，they made her feel stupid again.“They laughed at me，” she remembers，“I was ashamed，and I __11__ doing it.” Here comes the __12__ part.When she was in 10th grade，Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to __13__ where she left off.“It was like a diary，like a photograph of my life，” she says.She started writing to publishers，asking them if theyd be interested in printing her list as a book. She kept writing to one company __14__，because she liked the types of books it printed.“He kept saying，‘Its just a list，what am I supposed to do with it？’” “Youre not __15__ to do anything with it.Its __16__ supposed to remind people of something they did that was really __17__.” Finally，the publisher __18__ to turn Kipfers list into a book，which sold more than 1 million copies！14,000 Things to Be Happy About even __19__ it to be New York Times Best Sellers List.__20__ being a best-selling author，Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune. 1．A.jump B．fall C．turn D．push 2．A.nearby B．around C．watching D．laughing 3．A.dressed B．lived C．thought D．looked 4．A.silly