When I was a child, my parents taught me the difference between good and bad behavior by showing me specific examples. My mother told me that you don’t 36 other kids because you would not like 37 if they hit you. That makes 38 . But, if my mother told me to be “nice” to someone, it was too vague for me to 39 . But if she said that being nice 40 delivering daffodils to a next door neighbor, that I could understand. I believe that doing practical things can 41 the world a better place. When I was in my twenties I thought a lot about the meaning of life. At the time, I was getting started in my 42 of designing more humane facilities for animals at big farms and slaughterhouses(屠宰场). Many people would think that to even work at a slauterhouse would be inhumane, but they 43 that every human and animal 44 dies. In my mind, I had a(n) 45 of a way to make tht dying as 46 as possible. Back in the 1970s, I went to fifty different feedlots and big farms in Arizona and Texas and 47 them work cattle. I cataloged the parts of each facility that ­ 48 effectively. I took the best loading ramps, and other components and 49 them into an ideal new system. I get great 50 when a farmer tells me that my corral (畜栏) 51 helps cattle move through it quietly and 52 . When cattle stay calm, it means they are not scared. And that makes me feel I’ve 53 something important. Some people might think if I could snap my 54 I’d choose to be “normal”. But, I wouldn’t want to give up my 55 to see in beautiful, precise pictures. I believe in them. 小题1: A．knock B．hit C．beat D．strike 小题2: A．this B．which C．it D．that 小题3: A．sense B．difference C．sail D．way 小题4: A．recognize B．realize C．know D．understand 小题5: A．meant B．minded C．missed D．admitted 小题6: A．give B．turn C．make D．take 小题7: A．job B．career C．trade D．industry 小题8: A．regret B．remember C．forgive D．forget 小题9: A．constantly B．eventually C．immediately D．directly 小题10: A．description B．scene C．picture D．image 小题11: A．peaceful B．calm C．quiet D．silent 小题12: A．required B．asked C．promised D．helped 小题13: A．solved B．worked C．acted D．conducted 小题14: A．collected B．gathered C．assembled D．met 小题15: A．satisfaction B．expectation C．explanation D．presentation 小题16: A．aim B．intention C．plan D．design 小题17: A．hardly B．difficultly C．easily D．happily 小题18: A．reached B．accomplished C．adapted D．polished 小题19: A．fingers B．hands C．arms D．feet 小题20: A．skill B．possibility C．talent D．ability