Passage 1 When you wake up every day, you have two choices: You can either be positive or negative, an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. I see the glass as half-full, not half-empty. I realize that after every storm the sun shines and there is a solution to every problem. It's like the two salesmen who fell on( 遭遇 ) hard times and ended up broke in a small town in Montana. They needed money to move on and learned that the town paid $20 each for wolf pelts ( 毛皮 ). They sensed opportunity. That night they set out with a couple of clubs ( 棍棒 ) and some borrowed supplies and made camp in the distant hills. They were no sooner asleep than one was awakened by a strange and frightening howl( 嚎叫 ). He crawled outside the tent to find himself surrounded by hundreds of snarling wolves. Back into the tent he crawled and shook his friend. "Wake up!" he cried. "Wake up! We're rich!" There is another story about a terrible tornado ( 龙卷风 ) that swept through Minnesota a few summers back. It caused massive damage and an entire town was wiped out. People were worried and upset. One photojournalist for a local TV station captured a slightly different picture of the disaster when he featured ( 突出介绍 ) a man standing by his car, which had been crushed by a fallen tree. He was smiling, waving at people driving by and holding a sign that read, "new-style compact car( 小型汽车 ).” It's all a matter of perspective. Some people see the positive in every situation, while others go through life complaining about everything. Keep your eye on the doughnut — not on the hole. (278 words)

1. According to the text, the writer believes that ______. A) half a glass of water is better than nothing B) one should never be satisfied with half a glass of water C) a half-full glass has more water in it than a half-empty glass D) there is no difference between a half-full glass and a half-empty glass

2. The two salesmen spent a night in the distant hills because ______. A) they thought it was romantic to do so B) they got lost in the wild C) they wanted to kill wolves to make money D) they had made a bet

3. One salesman cried "wake up" after he saw the wolves because ______. A) he was frightened B) he wanted to save his friend's life C) he was playing a joke on his friend D) he was excited about his opportunity to make money

4. According to the context, the writer thinks that the man with the sign "new-style compact car" ______. A) is a very rich person B) must have been in a bad mood C) is a person who has a positive attitude D) must have gone out of his mind

5. The last sentence of the passage tells us ______. A) how to a make a good doughnut B) how to judge if a doughnut is good C) to see the positive side in everything D) to keep our eyes open for everything

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