really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home:the small ones,the medium ones,and the large ones.

　　____13____.They're the little spots of color like throw pillows,mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms.Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa,small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.

　　Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas,dinner tables or bookshelves _____14_____.They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones,and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.

　　The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls,ceilings,and floors.Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint,the time,effort and relative expense put into it are significant._____15_____.

A.While all of them are useful

B.If you're experimenting with a color

C.Whatever you're looking for

D.Small color choices are the ones we're most familiar with

E.It's not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces

F.Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways

G.So it pays to be sure,because you want to get it right the first time

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　 One day I'd had to call emergency services because I found my partner unconscious on the floor. Within minutes, a police car and an 16 arrived, filled with police and paramedics（护理人员）who took my 17 away quickly to the emergency department, where he received the critical 18 that he needed.

　A week later, I wrote thank you notes to those helpful police and paramedics and 19 for them, for it was a small gesture with a big impact. When I dropped off brownies（布朗尼蛋糕）at the police and fire stations, they 20 me for the gifts. Thanked me ? All that I'd done was bake: they'd 21 a life.

　I drove away feeling 22 and happy, 23 because I'd done a good deed, but mostly because I was amazed that there are 24 people who do life saving work and 25 nothing in turn.

　I 26 my mood may have been better than it seemed. Research has shown that 27 thoughts of gratitude and performing acts of kindness can boost（提高）your 28 and have other 29 effects on your health. "We know from studies in the literature that gratitude does have a good 30 on happiness, that it increases life 31 ," says Willibald Ruch, a psychology professor at the University of Zurich who 32 effects of character strengths such as gratitude and 33 ." It's among the top five predictors of 34 " "You can make positive changes in your life by learning to 35 gratitude."

16． A．agency B．apology C．agreement D．ambulance

17．A．partner B．neighbor C．stranger D．professor