A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a to catch a train, she a quick way to reach it. “ I have been a taxi driver for 15 years ! ” the driver said . “ You don’t think I know the best way to go?”
The woman tried to explain that she hadn’t to annoy him, but the driver kept . She finally realized that he was too annoyed to be , so she changed her .“ You know, you are right,” she told him. “ It must seem for me not to think you know the best way the city.”
, the driver glanced at his in the rearview mirror, turned down the street she wanted and got her to the train on time. “ He didn’t say another word the rest of the ride,” she said, “ I got out and paid him. Then he thanked me.”
When you find yourself with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to your idea. It can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or marriage. I have discovered one simple extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from 57 in a disaster.
The is to put yourself in the other person’s shoes and look for the in what that person is saying. Find a way to , and the result may surprise you.
A．hurry B．rush C．moment D．way
A．chose B．made C．found D．suggested
A．jokingly B．angrily C．anxiously D．curiously
A．supposed B．expected C．meant D．decided
A．apologizing B．driving C．asking D．shouting
A．reasonable B．thoughtful C．normal D．practical
A．road B．mind C．direction D．manner
A．strange B．wrong C．terrible D．stupid
A．across B．in C．through D．along
A．Surprised B．Worried C．Annoyed D．Disappointed
A．rider B．speaker C．helper D．comer
A．until B．after C．because D．since
A．satisfied B．concerned C．crowded D．faced
A．give up B．turn down C．stick to D．point to
A．combine B．destroy C．suffer D．divide
A．and B．that C．but D．though
A．lying B．resulting C．setting D．leading
A．problem B．importance C．key D．reply
A．fact B．meaning C．expression D．truth
A．agree B．argue C．explain D．escape
Bill White’s father is a lawyer. In his 36 time, he likes to get out in the country and take some 37 of animals.
For a long time, Bill had wanted to go with his father on one of his 38. But his father didn’t take Bill along with him 39 he was fifteen.
He and Bill drove to the farm which 40 to his uncle in the afternoon. They 41 the night there, so that they could 42 out early the next morning. Uncle Steve and his son Larry, who was sixteen, were going to go out with them.
It was still dark when Bill heard the alarm 43 the next morning. He wondered why it was running so early. He couldn’t remember 44 he was. He turned over 45 and looked at the clock. It was 5 o’clock. Then he 46 that he was at the 47 and that he was going out to take pictures with his father. He jumped out of bed and got 48 quickly.
He ran downstairs. The others were already in the 49. Uncle Steve was cooking bacon and eggs. There was a pot of coffee on the stove. It 50 good.
They ate breakfast quickly. They didn’t talk 51, because they didn’t want to 52 up the other people in the house. They filled a thermos bottle 53 hot coffee and took some sandwiches 54 Aunt Grace, Uncle Steve’s wife, had made for them. They gathered their camera 55 and started out.
A．busy B．spare C．enough D．limited
A．foods B．drawings C．paintings D．pictures
A．trips B．buses C．holidays D．mountains
A．after B．when C．until D．unless
A．led B．stuck C．got D．belonged
A．cost B．spent C．slept D．took
A．start B．begin C．walk D．step
A．telephone B．machine C．bell D．clock
A．where B．how C．who D．what
A．quickly B．sleepily C．quietly D．suddenly
A．imagined B．pronounced C．forgot D．remembered
A．mountain B．town C．farm D．station
A．dressed B．ordered C．eaten D．prepared
A．bathroom B．kitchen C．dining-room D．sitting-room
A．seemed B．felt C．tasted D．smelled
A．many B．soundly C．much D．highly
A．wake B．go C．put D．come
A．of B．with C．in D．by
A．that B．what C．after D．before
A．cover B．supply C．operator D．equipment
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In every cultivated language there are two greet classes of words which, taken together, comprise the whole vocabulary. First, there are those words 1 which we become acquainted in daily conversation, which we 2 ,that is to say, from the 3 of our own family and from our familiar associates, and 4 we should know and use we could not read or write. They 5 the common things of life, and are the stock in trade of all who 6 the language. Such words may be called “popular”, since they belong to the people 7 and are not the exclusive of a limited class. On the other hand, our language 9 a multitude of words which are comparatively used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every educated person, but there is little 10 to use them at home or in the market-place. Our 11 acquaintance with them comes not from our mother's or from the talk of our school-mates, from books that we read, lectures that we 12 ,or the more 13 conversation of highly educated speakers who are discussing some particular 14 in a style appropriately elevated above the habitual of everyday life. Such words are called “learned”, and the 15 between them and the “popular” words is of great importance to a right understanding of linguistic process.
A．at B．with C．by D．through
A．study B．imitate C．stimulate D．learn
A．mates B．relatives C．members D．fellows
A．which B．that C．those D．ones
A．mind B．concern C．care D．involve
A．hire B．apply C．adopt D．use
A．in public B．at most C．at large D．at best
A．consists B．comprises C．constitutes D．composes
A．seldom B．much C．never D．often
A．prospect B．way C．reason D．necessity
A．primary B．first C．principal D．prior
A．hear of B．attend C．hear from D．listen
A．former B．formula C．formal D．formative
A．theme B．topic C．idea D．point
A．diversion B．distinction C．diversity D．similarity
Growing old is something that nobody can understand until they experience it for themselves．I may not be "old" but I am certainly beginning to 36 it? turned 18 just over a week ago．I am now an adult．
As a child you 37 adults—or "grown-ups" as I used to call them—to always be in control．to know what is right and wrong． 38 as a teenager, I thought that when I reached 18 I would be far more 39 in many aspects of life．But now that I am 18, 1 know that is not true．
It is clear to me now that you do not 40 learning when you are 18．Every day you learn
something 41 , no matter what your age．However, I do understand when you become an adultyou have to 42 more responsibility．
Whereas before I seldom had to clean the dishes, set the table or help out around the house, now I do all of those．I have already 43 myself the nickname "housekeeper"．
I can even drive now, which is pretty 44 , because of the frequency of accidents．But that's not to say that 18 is not 45 to be．Not only can I drink alcohol, but I can also 46 ．In fact, being 18 has made me really interested in politics because it now means that I can change things on 47 Day．More and more of my friends want to become politicians, and it is great to
think that they can change things for the better．
A．dislike B．feel C．learn D．love
A．expect B．criticize C．deny D．know
A．Even B．But C．So D．Since
A．comfortable B．interested C．assured D．contented
A．continue B．desire C．stop D．refuse
A．interested B．unique C．valuable D．new
A．take on B．put on C．take up D．put up
A．honored B．chosen C．earned D．won
A．scary B．amazing C．fascinating D．difficult
A．adventurous B．tough C．good D．annoying
A．elect B．vote C．volunteer D．involve
A．Labor B．Independence C．Christmas D．Election
It was Mother’s Day. I was so busy with my work that I couldn’t 56_ back home. When I passed by a 57 shop, an 58 came to my mind, “I’ll send Mum some roses.”
While I was 59 my flowers, a young man went inside. “How many roses can I get 60 only five dollars, Madam?” he asked. The assistant was trying to tell him roses were as 61 as forty dollars a dozen---- Maybe he would be happy with carnations （康乃馨）. “ No, I 62 have red roses,” he said, “my mum was 63 ill last year and I didn’t spend much time with her. Now I want to get something special, roses, as rose is her 64 .”
After hearing it, I said I would pay 65 of the money for the young man. 66 by both of us, the assistant said, “well, lovely young men, thirty dollars a dozen, only for you.” Taking the roses, the young man almost jumped into the 67 and ran out of the shop. It was 68 worth twenty-five dollars I paid to see the exciting 69 . Then I paid for my dozen of roses and told the assistant to 70 them to my mother.
As I walked out, I felt 71 . Suddenly I saw the young man crossing the street and going into a park. But soon I 72 it was not a park 73 a cemetery. Crying, the young man carefully 74 the roses, “Mum, why didn’t I tell you how much I loved you? God, please help me find my mum and tell her I love her.” Seeing this, I turned and quickly walked to the 75 . I would take the flowers home myself.
A．go B．come C．return D．turn
A．jewellery B．clothing C．rose D．flower
A．fact B．word C．idea D．picture
A．picking B．picking up C．selling D．showing
A．with B．for C．at D．on
A．much B．cheap C．expensive D．high
A．might B．have to C．should D．can
A．a bit B．hardly C．badly D．nearly
A．flower B．favorite C．dream D．gift
A．all B．some C．the rest D．much
A．Surprised B．Pleased C．Excited D．Moved
A．roses B．assistant C．air D．street
A．very B．well C．not D．only
A．moment B．time C．scenery D．incident
A．give B．offer C．present D．send
A．relaxed B．amazed C．shameful D．nice
A．understood B．realized C．learned D．was told
A．and B．or C．nor D．but
A．laid B．lay C．buried D．grew
A．man B．street C．shop D．cemetery
My husband and I are both musicians. I took it 36 granted that one day our daughter Holly would learn to play an instrument.
In 2000 Holly fell 37 and the doctor said she may have been left 38 deaf. “She won’t be able to hear music in any shape or form,” said the doctor. It was a great 39 .
In 2001, her right ear was fitted with a cochlear implant --- electronic equipment that provides a sense of 40 for people who are completely deaf. Seven years later, another was fitted in her 41 ear. The doctors played us a model of what music would sound like to Holly --- I was horrified 42 it was just white noise.
“Holly will hear music,” I 43 saying to myself. I tried to put what had gone wrong right, so we constantly 44 words and sounds to her. She has been having lessons since she was seven . she’s 45 all the time. I’m always surprised by just how much better she does.
When she 46 a national piano competition, the adjudicator 47 Holly for appearing to listen to the sounds she was making --- her whole body, he said to us, was 48 in the process of making music.
I 49 that the model we originally heard of how music sounds with a cochlear implant isn’t 50 holly hears it. The brain is complex and adapts to many 51 ;in some way, Holly has made 52 of it all. She loves life. She doesn’t think about what happened to her and says 53 , “I don’t want to talk about bad things. Let’s talk about good things.”
I was determined that her life would not be 54 by a miserable event, but never imagined that she could 55 what she has. I can only describe this as a miracle.
A．as B．like C．for D．with
A．asleep B．ill C．silent D．short
A．partly B．nearly C．deeply D．totally
A．accident B．disease C．shock D．surprise
A．sound B．noise C．music D．voice
A．right B．left C．deaf D．good
A．although B．unless C．because D．while
A．avoided B．remembered C．imagined D．kept
A．repeated B．reflected C．reacted D．responded
A．suffering B．crying C．working D．improving
A．entered B．quitted C．lost D．visited
A．asked B．cared C．praised D．thanked
A．considered B．contained C．invited D．involved
A．remind B．believe C．advise D．forget
A．when B．how C．whether D．why
A．states B．positions C．places D．situations
A．sense B．choice C．use D．fun
A．exactly B．finally C．simply D．generally
A．influenced B．decided C．remarked D．introduced
A．achieve B．choose C．take D．expect
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