次の会話を読んで, ( 1 )~( 5 )に入れるのに最も適切な表現を選択肢から1つずつ選び, 記号で答えなさい。 なお、文頭に来る単語も小文字で始めています。

A:Bob, how can you always be so cheerful? It seems like nothing ever ( 1 ) .

B:Oh, I feel I have so many things to be thankful for. I ( 2 ) to get too upset over issues so trivial as computer breakdowns, temperamental bosses and business deals that go sour.

A:Don't you care about your job?

B:( 3 ). But, I care more about my family and my health. You see, six years ago I underwent a successful kidney transplant operation. Ever since then I haven't let little things bother me as much as ( 4 ) .

A:( 5 ) you had a kidney transplant. You've always seemed so healthy and active.

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• 1.
  • A. makes you happy
  • B. leaves you alone
  • C. gets you down
  • D. lets you go
  • E. goes along with you
• 2.
  • A. have been trying
  • B. have been asked
  • C. was always wondering how
  • D. don't want you to
  • E. can't see any reason
• 3.
  • A. Of course, I do
  • B. No, I don't
  • C. Couldn't be better
  • D. So do I
  • E. I do believe I won't
• 4.
  • A. l am
  • B. they used to
  • C. I don't
  • D. they are
  • E. I have
• 5.
  • A. I never knew
  • B. It is said
  • C. Let me ask if
  • D. It was not that
  • E. I regret to say