I drove on while the __5__ said prices were going higher again because of the __6__ speculation (投机) on Wall Street.The race for the Presidency was getting worse.Violence __7__ when fans of a sports team went wild, __8__ their favorite team's championship.

　　Finally, I could __9__ no more and turned off the radio.Silence seemed __10__ to listening to anything else about the crazy, competitive society we live in.I slowed down as I entered a local town and __11__ the people.

　　__12__ a smiling woman was throwing birdseed into her backyard, a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the __13__ being laid out before them.A young man was __14__ his little daughter safely in his arms.He tickled (胳肢) her __15__ when she pulled the hat off his head and they both laughed.I laughed too as I looked at all of this __16__.Although in my car the radio was __17__， in my heart I was still singing.

　　__18__， this world could use a little more kindness and a lot less competition.Kindness makes us all __19__ in this life.Your only competition is with __20__： to be the best possible you that you can be.

语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者通过自己的一次见闻受到这样的启发：我们应该多一些友善，少一些竞争，应该以超越自己为目标，成为更好的自己。

　　1．A.singing　　　　　　　 　B．dancing

　　C．listening D．running

　　解析：选A　根据上文中的"The radio was playing"和下文中的"even my weak voice sounded good"可知，作者跟着音乐唱(singing)了起来。

　　2．A.serious B．joyful

　　C．sorrowful D．popular

　　解析：选B　根据下文中的"even my weak voice sounded good"和"The sweet sound of the music"可知，歌曲是令人愉悦的(joyful)。

　　3．A.disappeared B．struck

　　C．occurred D．continued

　　解析：选C　根据"The sweet sound of the music ...the alarming news break"可知，不好的事情发生(occurred)了。

　　4．A.disturbed B．combined

　　C．compared D．replaced

解析：选D　根据空前的"The sweet sound of the music ended"和空后的"alarming news