Doyourememberatimewhenpeoplewerealittleniceralittlesofterwith1 ?I2 doandIfeelthatmuchoftheworldhasgotawayfromthat.Iseesucha3 inNewYorkCityforexamplefromwhenIfirstmovedheremorethan20yearsago:peoplerushingintoliftswithoutgivingthose4 achancetoget5 firstneversayingthankyouwhenothers6 adooropenforthemorpleasewhentheywantaclassmatetohand7 something.Wegetlazyandwethinkthatsomethinglikeasimple8 youdoesn'treallymatter.Butinfactitcanmattermuch.Itisthatnomatterhow9 wedresshowbeautifullywedecorateourhomesorhowlovelyourdinner10 arewecan'tbereallystylish(漂亮的)withoutgoodmanners(举止).
InfactIthinkofgood11 asakindofhiddenbeautysecret.Haven'tyounoticedthatthekindestmostgenerouspeopleseemtokeep12 morebeautiful?TheybecomeCaryGrantorLaurenBacallright13 oureyes.It's14 howthathappensbutitdoes.
Takethelonglostartofsayingthankyou.Likewearingalittlelipstick(口红)ormakingsureyourhairisneatgettingintothehabit(习惯)ofsayingthankyoucanmakeyoufeelbetteraboutyourselfandthenyoulookbetterto15 aroundyou.
( )1.A.theother B.eachother C.others D.another
( )2.A.course B.sure C.certain D.certainly
( )3.A.difficulty B.difficult C.different D.difference
( )4.A.inside B.outside C.in D.out
( )5.A.off B.on C.out D.onto
( )6.A.hold B.take C.put D.place
( )7.A.me B.them C.us D.you
( )8.A.tothank B.thanking C.thank D.thanks
( )9.A.fine B.good C.nicely D.nice
( )10.A.parties B.party C.evenings D.evening
( )11.A.ways B.manners C.manner D.way
( )12.A.got B.toget C.get D.getting
( )13.A.before B.under C.below D.behind
( )14.A.afunny B.afun C.funny D.fun
( )15.A.noone B.someone C.everyone D.anyone