1 . All of us have co-workers who have trouble being kind. They can be _________ to deal with and can make work a nightmare. But do we know why they are like this? Do we know the _________ behind their actions?
I have a co-worker who has done all she can to make it hard for those _________ around her. We had a particularly hard week and there was a sales _________ of our products because we were in the low season. What’s worse, our sale promotion plan was _________. So she was taking it out on the rest of us. At the _________, I was mad and hurt and was letting her bring me down. Then I stopped and _________ myself. Do I know why she is _________ this way? Do I know what goes on behind closed doors or why she does the things she does?
I _________ my mother once told me that the best way to feel better when you were treated badly is to be kind towards others — especially the one who ____________ you. When she went on a lunch break, I went to the shops and ____________ her a box of chocolates and put an anonymous note with some ____________ words on top along with a smile card.
After she came back from lunch, she opened her ____________ and read the card. She looked around and re-read it again. She then ____________ placed it in her drawer. What made me more ____________ is that she was very calm for the rest of the day and that I often saw her look into her drawer as if to fed ____________ that someone cares.
At the end of the day, I went and said ____________ to her and noticed that the smile card had been ____________ on her noticeboard. She suddenly stood up and ____________ for what she had done. But I just smiled, wished her a ____________ night, and walked away.
1. A.unfair | B.reasonable | C.difficult | D.friendly |
2. A.story | B.judgment | C.excuse | D.meaning |
3. A.families | B.neighbors | C.customers | D.colleagues |
4. A.possibility | B.advertisement | C.ban | D.decline |
5. A.rejected | B.improved | C.discussed | D.confirmed |
6. A.most | B.beginning | C.bottom | D.meantime |
7. A.taught | B.helped | C.asked | D.enjoyed |
8. A.thinking | B.acting | C.talking | D.playing |
9. A.admitted | B.realized | C.supposed | D.remembered |
10. A.needed | B.misunderstood | C.hurt | D.supported |
11. A.bought | B.lent | C.offered | D.sent |
12. A.ambitious | B.impressive | C.encouraging | D.correct |
13. 14. A.angrily | B.quietly | C.surprisingly | D.unwillingly |
15. A.astonished | B.confused | C.disappointed | D.annoyed |
16. A.evidence | B.safety | C.fun | D.truth |
17. A.sorry | B.goodbye | C.thanks | D.hello |
18. A.set aside | B.thrown away | C.put up | D.wrapped up |
19. A.prepared | B.paid | C.struggled | D.apologized |
20. A.successful | B.wonderful | C.interesting | D.valuable |