Smiles
A smile costs nothing but creates much.It enriches those who 31____, without making those who give poor.It happens in a 32____ and the memory of it sometimes lasts 33____.None are so rich that they can get along without it,and none so 34____ but are richer for its benefits.It creates 35____ in the home,and fosters good will in a business.It is rest to the weary(疲劳的)，daylight to the 36____ and sunshine to the sad.
Yet it can't be bought,begged,borrowed,or stolen,for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given 37____. And if in the last-minute rush of Christmas 38____, some of our salespeople should be too 39____ to give you a smile,may we 40____ you to leave one of yours? For nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none left to give!
A.forever
B.away
C.happiness
D.satisfied
E.discouraged
F.flash
G.receive
H.tired
I.poor
J.enough
K.buying
L.ask
【正确答案】：31、G
32、F
33、A
34、I
35、C
36、E
37、B
38、K
39、H
40、L
【题目解析】：31、【G】“It enriches those who ____, without making those who give poor.（它使那些____的人富足，却没有使付出的人贫穷。）”，根据后半句的“who give”判断这个空填动词原形，根据意思判断选择“receive（接收）”。
32、【F】“in a flash”意思是“在一瞬间”，符合该空的语义。
33、【A】“It happens in a flash and the memory of it sometimes lasts ____.（它发生在一瞬间，有时它的记忆会持续____。）”，根据句子意思判断选择“forever（永远地）”。
34、【I】“None are so rich that they can get along without it, and none so ____ but are richer for its benefits.（没有一个人富有到可以没有它也能过日子，也没有一个人____因为它的好处而更加富有。）”，根据上半句“so rich”一一对应以及句子的意思判断选择“poor（贫穷的）”。
35、【C】“It creates ____ in the home, and fosters good will in a business.（它在家庭中创造____，在企业中培养善意。）”，动词“creates”后面缺少名词，根据句子意思判断选择“happiness（幸福）”。
36、【E】“It is rest to the weary, daylight to the ____ and sunshine to the sad.（它对疲倦者意味着休息，对____意味着白昼，对悲伤者意味着阳光。）”，根据句式判断该空填形容词，表示一类人，根据句子意思判断选择“discouraged（泄气的）”。
37、【B】“Yet it can't be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given ____. （然而，它不能买，不能求，不能借，不能偷，因为在给予____之前，它是对谁都无用的东西。）”，“give away”意思是“赠送”，根据句子意思判断选择“away”。
38、【K】“And if in the last-minute rush of Christmas ____, some of our salespeople...（如果在圣诞节的最后一刻____，我们的一些销售人员…）”，根据“salespeople（销售人员）”判断选择“buying（购买）”。
39、【H】“some of our salespeople should be too ____ to give you a smile（我们的一些销售太____以至于给不了你一个微笑）”，“too…to…，太…而不能…”。too是副词，后面接形容词或副词，根据句子意思判断选择“tired（疲倦的）”。
40、【L】“Some of our salespeople should be too tired to give you a smile, may we ____ you to leave one of yours?（我们的一些销售人员太累了以至于给不了你一个微笑，我们可以____你留下一个微笑吗?）”，该空填入动词，根据句子意思判断选择“ask（请求）”。
