Several years ago, we moved into the apartment where we live now. When my friends helped me move in, the downstairs neighbors began to
36 about the noise. I could do
37 about it. After all, noises are unavoidable(不可避免的).How can anyone move in
38 .
Still
39 ,the complaints continued on a daily basis—well after the first day. We walked “too loudly”down the stairs, we laughed too often, we opened and closed the door too many times…They had many
40 to complain.
Nobody can stand the endless complaints and quarrels. I soon learned that they had
41 the last few families who lived above them by the same way. So I had the information I needed and I tried to
42 every situation carefully.
I tried to walk in
43 to avoid any possible noises. Whenever they called
44 came to the door with a complaint, no matter how unreasonable, I simply listened. From their confused expressions, I could imagine that they had never expected to get a
45 attitude from me.
Of course, it was hard to keep calm but my sister and I
46 . I told my sister that we were going to be pleasant and
47 them to change their attitude to neighbors. I explained to her that they probably felt
48 in their lives because they are common people.
49 , they were always looking for a
50 to show their power so that nobody could look down upon them. I continued smiling and greeting them as I saw them, much to their
51 .On more than one occasion(不止一次), I ended up
52 them. They thanked me before they left.
Unexpectedly, the next time I saw them, they all smiled and
53 friendly. We had a short but pleasant
54 . Ever since then, they’ve been very pleasant neighbors, and we’ve become good
55 .
| 小题1: | | A．worry | B．talk | C．care | D．complain |
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| 小题2: | | A．everything | B．nothing | C．something | D．anything |
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| 小题3: | | A．quietly | B．quickly | C．suddenly | D．slowly |
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| 小题4: | | A．angrier | B．less | C．better | D．worse |
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| 小题5: | | A．purposes | B．times | C．reasons | D．persons |
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| 小题6: | | A．come across | B．driven off | C．knocked into | D．taken in |
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| 小题7: | | A．treat | B．allow | C．keep | D．accept |
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| 小题8: | | A．fashion | B．trouble | C．doubt | D．peace |
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| 小题10: | | A．funny | B．positive | C．gentle | D．satisfying |
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| 小题11: | | A．continued | B．decided | C．began | D．stopped |
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| 小题12: | | A．order | B．ask | C．forbid | D．encourage |
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| 小题13: | | A．stupid | B．powerless | C．unfortunate | D．dangerous |
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| 小题14: | | A．Besides | B．Therefore | C．Otherwise | D．However |
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| 小题15: | | A．task | B．chance | C．challenge | D．job |
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| 小题16: | | A．surprise | B．worry | C．taste | D．expect |
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| 小题17: | | A．frustrating | B．annoying | C．helping | D．joining |
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| 小题18: | | A．sounded | B．felt | C．phoned | D．looked |
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| 小题19: | | A．discussion | B．quarrel | C．conversation | D．journey |
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| 小题20: | | A．friends | B．workmates | C．partners | D．classmates |
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