题目内容：

I was driving my car the other day. The radio was playing, and I was ______ along. The song was a ______ one and even my weak voice sounded good. Then something bad ______, however. The sweet sound of the music ended and was ______ with the alarming news break.

I drove on while the ______ said prices were going higher again because of the ______ speculation (投机) on Wall Street. The race for the Presidency was getting worse. Violence ______ when fans of a sports team went wild,______ their favorite team’s championship.

Finally, I could ______ no more and turned off the radio. Silence seemed ______ to listening to anything else about the crazy, competitive society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a local town and ______ the people.

____ a smiling woman was throwing birdseed into her backyard, a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the ______ being laid out before them. A young man was ______ his little daughter safely in his arms. He tickled (胳肢）her ______ when she pulled the hat off his head and they both laughed. I laughed too as I looked at all of this ______. Although in my car the radio was ______, in my heart I was still singing.

____, this world could use a little more kindness and a lot less competition. Kindness makes us all ______ in this life. Your only competition is with ______: to be the best possible you that you can be.

1.A. singing    B. dancing    C. listening    D. running

2.A. serious    B. joyful    C. sorrowful    D. popular

3.A. disappeared    B. struck    C. occurred    D. continued

4.A. disturbed    B. combined    C. compared    D. replaced

5.A. speaker    B. announcer    C. singer    D. programmer

6.A. creative    B. representative    C. competitive    D. positive

7.A. broke out    B. broke down    C. broke in    D. broke up

8.A. congratulating    B. celebrating    C. defending    D. promoting

9.A. ignore    B. escape    C. share    D. take

10.A. comfortable    B. appropriate    C. preferable    D. pleasant

11.A. sought    B. appreciated    C. visited    D. watched

12.A. While    B. Until    C. Before    D. After

13.A. smile    B. service    C. feast    D. attraction

14.A. carrying    B. tying    C. placing    D. dragging

15.A. angrily    B. gently    C. terribly    D. firmly

16.A. love    B. mess    C. kindness    D. phenomenon

17.A. down    B. on    C. out    D. off

18.A. In truth    B. In theory    C. In brief    D. In turn

19.A. winners    B. leaders    C. fighters    D. learners

20.A. society    B. yourself    C. oneself    D. others