How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss, or an insensitive employee        your day?

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. One day I was in a taxi and we headed         the airport. We were driving in the        lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us.  My taxi driver slammed on his       , slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and         the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car , the guy who almost caused a big accident, looked around and started         at us.

      My taxi driver just        and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was         ,so I said，"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck".

He said, “ Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of      , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage         up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on       .  Don’t take it personally; Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be        .”

So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and          it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, “I don’t want their garbage and I’m not going to spread it anymore.”

Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with       . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s        in your life. See, Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you __      bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you __     them more frequently. So love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you _     it！The odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way, but when you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by       go of the bad.

Have a Garbage-Free Day！Have a marvelous, garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today        the harvest you reap tomorrow.

1.A. enrich      B. ruin            C. spare            D. obtain

2.A. through    B. to         C. in           D. for

3.A. latter     B. right            C. opposite           D. free

4.A. brakes      B. door           C. window      D. seat

5.A. knocked     B. overtook    C. missed     D. lost

6.A. laughing     B. throwing          C. glancing         D. yelling

7.A. wondered B. smiled         C. ignored           D. guessed

8.A. friendly      B. angry          C. tired           D. disappointed

9.A. expectation        B. passengers   C. garbage           D. goods

10.A. turns            B. pushes         C. holds      D. piles

11.A. roads            B. children   C. you            D. dustbin

12.A. upset            B. happier    C. pitiful             D. frightened

13.A. spread         B. share            C. explain            D. contribute

14.A. surprise   B. pleasure          C. doubt      D. regrets

15.A. funny           B. important        C. strange    D. embarrassing

16.A. remember  B. forget             C. value      D. appreciate

17.A. enjoy            B. exchange          C. recall      D. imagine

18.A. inspire   B. take          C. mend     D. notice

19.A. letting     B. consisting    C. making            D. dreaming

20.A. distinguish  B. deserve      C. deliver       D. determine

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：有些人就像是滿(mǎn)載垃圾的垃圾車(chē)，他們隨時(shí)會(huì)把車(chē)上所載的抱怨、怨憤、以及沮喪的情緒傾瀉到他們所遇到的人身上，我們?nèi)绾巫霾挪粫?huì)受他們的影響呢？在本文中作者從出租車(chē)司機(jī)的做法中獲得了很深的感悟。

1.B動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 使豐富；B.毀掉； C. 勻出； D.獲得。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood可知此處指別人不好的言行對(duì)自己心情的影響，ruin可以指“糟蹋，破壞美好的東西”，故答案選B。

2.D介詞辨析。A. 通過(guò)；B. 到；C. 在里面；D.為。固定短語(yǔ)：head for sp“前往某地”，故答案選D。

3.B  形容詞辨析。A. 后者；B. 正確的；C.相反的 ；D. 自由的。從下文可知作者所乘坐的車(chē)是正常行駛，故答案選B。

4.A   名詞辨析。A. 車(chē)閘；B. 門(mén)； C. 窗 ；D. 座位。根據(jù)情理可知當(dāng)出現(xiàn)意外狀況時(shí)，司機(jī)要緊急剎車(chē)，答案選A。

5.C  動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 敲；B. 超過(guò)； C. 錯(cuò)過(guò)，想念；D. 丟失。根據(jù)下文可知作者所乘坐的出租車(chē)險(xiǎn)些撞上肇事的車(chē)，miss“錯(cuò)過(guò)”，選C。

6.D動(dòng)詞辨析。         A.笑；B. 投 ；C.瀏覽  ； D. 大喊。從上下文可知盡管是年輕小伙子的過(guò)錯(cuò)，險(xiǎn)些造成意外，但是他態(tài)度非常不好，這點(diǎn)從出租車(chē)司機(jī)把他們比喻成“Garbage Truck”可知，yell at sb“向某人大嚷”，選D。

7.B動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 想知道；B.微 笑； C.打擾；D. 猜。從下文出租車(chē)司機(jī)的話(huà)Just smile, wave, wish them well,可知此處選B。

8.A形容詞辨析。    A. 友好的；B.生氣的 ；C. 疲勞的；D. 失望的。從下文Just smile, wave, wish them well 可知司機(jī)遵循自己的原則，沒(méi)有向小伙子發(fā)怒，在發(fā)生狀況時(shí)，保持微笑、友好的態(tài)度，故答案選A。

9.C名詞辨析。 A.期待；B.行人；C. 垃圾； D. 商品。根據(jù)上句話(huà)Many people are like garbage trucks可知司機(jī)把一些人比喻成垃圾車(chē)，他們會(huì)把自己的糟糕的心情、憤慨、抱怨等隨時(shí)傾倒到別人身上，由此可知C選項(xiàng)正確。

10.D動(dòng)詞辨析。 A.轉(zhuǎn)彎；B.推 ；C.抓住  ；D. 堆放。由情理可知當(dāng)垃圾車(chē)滿(mǎn)了的時(shí)候，就需要傾瀉出去，pile up“堆積，積壓”，故答案選D。

11.C名詞辨析。 A.路；B. 孩子們 ；C. 你們，你 ；D.垃圾箱。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知此時(shí)司機(jī)是對(duì)作者說(shuō)話(huà)，所以用第二人稱(chēng)，答案選C。

12.B形容詞辨析。A. 沮喪； B.更快樂(lè)；C.可憐的 ；D. 害怕的。由上下文可知此處指對(duì)那些肇事者發(fā)火，發(fā)怒與禮貌微笑著對(duì)待那些人相比，心情會(huì)更好。

13.A動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 展開(kāi)；B.分享；C. 解釋?zhuān)籇.捐贈(zèng)。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知此處指把從別人那里染到的不快情緒傳遞給別人， spread指“傳播，散布”，答案選A。

14.D名詞辨析。 A. 驚訝；B. 快樂(lè)；C. 懷疑； D.遺憾。根據(jù)上下文可知人要過(guò)的快樂(lè)，開(kāi)心，所以此處應(yīng)該是反義詞，答案選D。

15.B形容詞辨析。A. 有趣； B. 重要； C. 奇怪；D. 難堪的。由情理可知人們的精力要放在人生當(dāng)中重要的事情上，答案選B，其他不符合語(yǔ)境。

16.A動(dòng)詞辨析。A. 記��；B.忘記；C. 認(rèn)為重要； D.欣賞。根據(jù)下文You store the bad memories more easily可知人們往往記住的是不好的事情，選A。

17.C動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. 喜歡 ；B. 交換； C.記起；D. 想象。從上下文可知人們經(jīng)常去回想不好的事情，

18.B動(dòng)詞辨析。 A. 鼓勵(lì)；B. 對(duì)待；C. 修理；D. 注意。由語(yǔ)境可知此處指對(duì)生活的態(tài)度，take“對(duì)待，看待”，而且上文Don’t take it personally，也是重要提示，答案選B。

19.A動(dòng)詞辨析。 A.讓 ；B. 堅(jiān)信；C. 制造；D. 夢(mèng)想。固定短語(yǔ)：let go of“放棄，摒棄，放松，松手”，所以答案選A。

20.D動(dòng)詞辨析。A.區(qū)分 ；B. 值得；C. 傳送； D. 決定。由情理可知播下的種子決定著明天的收獲，答案選D。

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