Ⅱ.完形填空
One day I was shopping in a small town in southern California. It was my __1__ to be approached by a clerk whose personality clashed (冲突) with mine. He seemed most __2__ and not at all concerned about my intended purchase. I bought __3__, and marched angrily out of the store. My __4__ toward that clerk and the entire establishment increased with each step.
On the outside, standing by the parking lot, was a darkskinned young man in his early twenties. His __5__ brown eyes met and held mine, and in the next instant a beautiful, broad smile __6__ his face. My attention was immediately arrested. The __7__ power of that smile removed all __8__ within me, and I found the muscles in my own face __9__ responding. “Beautiful day, isn't it?” I remarked when passing. Then, obeying an impulse (冲动), I __10__. “I really owe you a debt of gratitude,” I said softly.
His smile deepened, __11__ he made no attempt to answer. A Mexican woman and two men were standing nearby. The woman __12__ and eyed me inquiringly. “Carlo, he can't speak English,” she __13__. “Do you want me to tell him something?”
At that moment I felt __14__. Carlo's smile had made a big person of me. My friendliness and good __15__ toward all mankind stood ten feet tall.
“Yes,” my reply was enthusiastic and sincere, “Tell him what I said, ‘Thank you!’”
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