Think you can’t be happy? You’11 think again after reading this story.Barbara An
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Think you can’t be happy? You’11 think again after reading this story.
Barbara Ann Kipfer hated her feet. They were too big and she always seemed to1over them when someone was2—usually a smart guy. Come to think of it, her teeth were too big, too. The other kids teased her because of the way she3and because she wanted to be a sportswriter some day. No matter what she did, she was teased for being “4.”
That’s5she started writing down things that she liked in a notebook. “It was like a friend, and it6me that there are good things,7everything around me is unpleasant,” she says. She copied the list over and over,8new things every day.
One day, she decided to9her list with some of the girls in her class, hoping they would think it was as much fun as she did. But10, they made her feel stupid again. “They laughed at me,” she remembers, “I was ashamed, and I11doing it.” Here comes the12part. When she was in 10th grade, Kipfer found her old notebook and decided to13where she left off. “It was like a diary, like a photograph of my life,” she says. She started writing to publishers, asking them if they’d be interested in printing her list as a book.
She kept writing to one company14, because she liked the types of books it printed. “He kept saying, ‘It’s just a list, what am I supposed to do with it?’” “You’re not15to do anything with it. It’s16supposed to remind people of something they did that was really17.”
Finally, the publisher18to turn Kipfer’s list into a book, which sold more than million copies! 14,000 Things to Be Happy About even19it to be New York Times Best Sellers list.20being a best-selling author, Kipfer also went to realize her dream of becoming a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune.1.
A.jump
B.fall
C.turn
D.push
2.A.nearby
B.around
C.watching
D.laughing
3.A.dressed
B.lived
C.thought
D.looked
4.A.foolish
B.special
C.different
D.shy
5.A.what
B.when
C.because
D.where
6.A.reminded
B.told
C.persuaded
D.helped
7.A.because
B.but
C.unless
D.even though
8.A.adding
B.finding
C.making
D.giving
9.A.talk
B.discuss
C.share
D.write
10.A.then
B.naturally
C.further
D.instead
11.A.continued
B.stopped
C.enjoyed
D.hated
12.A.cool
B.important
C.exciting
D.funny
13.A.find out
B.pick up
C.think of
D.give up
14.A.in general
B.at first
C.in particular
D.at last
15.A.made
B.going
C.advised
D.supposed
16.A.often
B.just
C.also
D.always
17.A.excellent
B.successful
C.fun
D.true
18.A.hoped
B.agreed
C.refused
D.considered
19.A.made
B.expected
C.hoped
D.helped
20.A.Without
B.Instead of
C.While
D.Besides
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