Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to ___21___ the gas, the owner said to me, "How do you feel?" That seemed like a ___22___ question, but I felt fine and told him ___23___.

"You don't look well," he replied. This ___24___ me completely by surprise. A little less ___25___, I told him that I had never felt better. Without ___26___, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared ___27___.

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little ___28___. About a block away, I ___29___ to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I sick? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little ill. Did I have hepatitis(肝炎)? Had I ___30___ some rare disease?

The next time I went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I ___31___ what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light ___32___ off the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had ___33___ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my ___34___ for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was ___35___ feeling sick. That single ___36___ observation had a strong effect on the way I felt and ___37___.

A little while later I saw how ___38___ the incident was, although on that day when the man had told me how ill I looked, I was ___39___ frightened. I wonder how many other people that man had told they were ill ___40___ he realized that the service station had had a paint job!

21. A. ask for B. search for C. hope for D. pay for

22. A. strange B. simple C. common D. familiar

23. A. this B. not C. so D. such

24. A. made B. put C. caused D. took

25. A. anxiously B. confidently C. carefully D. seriously

26. A. doubt B. certainty C. hesitation D. difficulty

27. A. pale B. yellow C. brown D. colorless

28. A. positive B. relaxed C. unconscious D. uneasy

29. A. pulled over B. pushed in C. got across D. ran over

30. A. taken up B. picked up C. referred to D. recovered from

31. A. made sure B. thought up C. called up D. figured out

32. A. reflecting B. shining C. coming D. falling

33. A. impressed B. influenced C. behaved D. reacted

34. A. idea B. mind C. attitude D. plan

35. A. completely B. naturally C. actually D. easily

36. A. strange B. careful C. opposite D. negative

37. A. did B. performed C. acted D. worked

38. A. annoying B. funny C. boring D. disappointing

39. A. never B. ever C. really D. hardly

40. A. after B. before C. until D. when

21-25 DACDB 26-30 CBDAB 31-35 DADCC 36-40 DCBCB

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