The day started out bad. She overslept and was late for work. Then everything __11__ happened at the office made her unhappy, too. By the time she reached the bus stop for her bus to go home, she had a bad stomachache.
__12__ usual, the bus was late, and full of people. There was no free seat for her and she had to stand in the bus. As the bus drove, it pulled her __13__ all directions, and she felt even __14__(bad).
Then she heard a voice from up front, "Beautiful day, isn’t it?" Because of the crowd, she could not see the man, __15__ she heard him as he continued to comment on the beautiful spring scenery, __16__ (call) attention to every building and thing that people could see as the bus passed by. Soon, all of the passengers __17__ (look) out of the windows. The man’s words were so powerful that she found __18__ smiling for the first time that day.
The bus reached her stop, and as she moved toward the door, she got a look at their "guide": an old gentleman __19__ a beard, wearing dark glasses and carrying a thin white cane. He was blind.
Sometimes it is not that there is no __20___(beautiful) in the world, it is just that there is no eye that can see that . Open your eyes and say, "Beautiful day, isn’t it?"
—Do you think playing cards is beneficial to our study?
—No，if ________，it can help us kill time when we have nothing to do.
A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
I feel sure that ________ qualification，ability and experience，you are abundantly suited to the position we have in mind.
A. in need of B. in terms of C. in favor of D. in face of
The time he has devoted in the past ten years ________ the disabled is now considered ________ of great value.
A. to help；being B. to helping；to be
C. to help；to be D. helping；being
The President ________ that he would visit France the following month.
A. deserved B. confirmed C. predicted D. doubted
The technical cooperation and cultural __________ between the two countries are daily on the increase.
A. expenses B. exchanges C. exception D. extension
