【正文】 It isn’t something that we just choose once in a while it is a(n) 24 to live our lives. My father was hospitalized with leukemia(白血病 ) when I was in college. He didn’t choose the cancer. 25 , he chose how to react to it. To this day, seventeen years later , the nurses 26 write my mother letters. The 27 ? It was because of my father’s kindness to others even when he was 28 against the disease. He made kindness a lifestyle. And I want to be 29 him. Every day as a teacher, I try and teach my students the kindness lifestyle. Just recently, I turned 40 and a friend gave me 40 individual dollar bills. She challenged me to do something 30 with the money. I gladly accepted the challenge. I gave 40 of my students one dollar each and challenged them to make a(n) 31 . What happened? My Twitter and Instagram were 32 with pictures of kids making the world a better place. One girl bought a dollar store stuffed animal(填充玩具 ). It was 33 that kids should have made a difference when they were given the 34 . Living the kindness lifestyle 35 every day, every opportunity. As a high school teacher, I see 36 everywhere. In the hallways, in the lunchroom, in the locker room, 37 words and gossip（隨筆） fill the air. So I started a hashtag (標(biāo)簽 ) to 38 positive gossip called “third party pliments(稱贊 )”. The idea is that you talk about people behind their backs, but do it in a 39 way. In that way, the gossip that gets back to students makes their day instead of getting them down. Our kindness lifestyle leaves a footprint on others, and let us be the movers and kindnessmakers who 40 a better, more beautiful world. 21. A. teachers B. classmates C. students D. friends 22. A. respond B. refer C. return D. contribute 23. A. mood B. goal C. benefit D. choice 24. A. spirit B. way C. chance D. idea 25. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. However D. Furthermore 26. A. still B. never C. once D. just 27. A. meaning B. solution C. purpose D. reason 28. A. working B. struggling C. seeking D. exercise 29. A. against B. with C. before D. like 30. A. reasonable B. private C. necessary D. creative 31. A. promise B. difference C. profit D. achievement 32. A. concerned B. equipped C. flooded D. decorated 33. A. confusing B. natural C. mon D. amazing 34. A opportunity B. advertisement C. payment D. introduction 35. A. means B. increases C. makes D. explains 36. A. progress B. negativity C. trust D. harmony 37. A. hurtful B. inspiring C. touching D. humorous 38. A. call off B. call for C. turn down D. set aside 39. A. honest B. flexible C. positive D. cautious 40. A. requires B. allows C. promotes D. works 完形填空 II（共 20小題； 每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分） In March, I experimented with cutting my work hours by 17% to see how it would affect my 41 and wellbeing. For two weeks, 42 working from 9 . to 6 . and reading a workrelated book during lunch, I worked from 9 . to . and took a halfhour lunch 43 . Parts of my experience were 44 — for example, I felt quite rushed during the first few days of the 45 . Other parts were less expected — like the fact that I was just as productive as before. But the most surprising finding is that I 46 spending more money. On a (n) 47 workday, I dine on something particular, like a peanut butter and banana sandwich, while 48 in the Business Insider Kitchen. But during the first week of the experiment, I was so excited about the 49 that I wandered happily to the local food shop and 50 a sandwich that I ate while sitting in Madison Square Park. When I left work early, and 51 when I was killing time before plans with friends later in the evening, I 52 myself with tea and magazines. So if you do decide to 53 your work hours, it’s probably wise to plan some 54 in advance — like visiting a 55 or a free museum that’s open during lunch or in the eveni