Question

I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager came over and said that our meal was free. He stood there     at me, he seemed to know me.     I asked if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably     him, but I had changed his life. He said that twelve years ago he was in     stress management class. I asked the group what their number one stress was and     , including him, said it was their    .

     He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I      on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from     there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to think about how     the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).

Then I asked them to     their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good     and hired them? Do they remember how happy they were to be     for the job? How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had     said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living. He answered no.

He told me his     changed that night. He went back to work with a     card to his boss. He had been the manager for 8 years. He said he owed it all to me: I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude.

1.A. shouting B. smiling  C. looking D. knocking

2.A. Suddenly  B. Luckily C. Finally D. Firstly

3.A.remembered B. seen  C. disliked D. forgotten

4.A. their  B. our C. his D. my

5.A. more B. most  C. few  D. fewer

6.A. teachers B. wives  C. bosses D. children

7.A. stood B. sat  C. walked D. rested

8.A. down  B. right C. left D. up

9.A. special  B. different  C. strange D. same

10.A. miss  B. consider C. like  D. thank

11.A.qualities  B. tastes  C. looks  D. skills

12.A. found  B. refused  C. chosen  D. trained

13.A. never B. always  C. sometimes D. ever

14.A. life B. luck C. salary  D. job

15.A. sorry  B. post  C. thank-you D. greeting

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了在我们的生活中，要学会从不同的角度看问题，这样我们就可以更好地理解别人。同时我们要对别人心怀感激之情。

1.B 考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他站在那里，微笑着看着我们，好像他对我很熟悉。A.shouting大喊；B. Smiling微笑；C. Looking看着；D.knocking 敲， 根据句意此处指“向我微笑”。故选B。

2.C 考查副词及语境的理解。句意：最后我问他是否认识我。A.suddenly突然；B.luckily幸运的是；C. finally最后；D. firstly首先。根据句意即语境，最后是finally,故选C。

3.D考查动词及语境的理解。他笑着说我可能忘了他。A.remembered记住；B.seen看见；C.disliked不喜欢；D.forgotten忘记。根据句意及上下文可知选D。

4.D考查代词及语境的理解。句意：他说十二年前他曾经上过我的压力管理课。A.their他们的；B.our我们的；C. his他的；D. my我的。根据句意“我的”，故选D。

5.B考查不定代词及语境的理解。句意：我问这组人他们第一压力是什么，他们大多数的人包括他，都说是他们的老板。A.more更多的；B. most大多数的；C. few几乎没有的；D. fewer更少的。根据上下文“大多数的”,应是“most of them”，故选B。

6.C考查代词及语境的理解。句意：我问这组人他们第一压力是什么，他们大多数的人包括他，都说是他们的老板。A.teachers老师们；B. wives妻子们；C. bosses老板们；D. children孩子们。根据句意及上下文，故选C。

7.A考查动词及语境的理解。句意：我站在椅子上几分钟，然后我邀请每个人做同样的事情。A.stood站立；B. Sat坐下； C. walked步行； D.rested休息。根据上下文此处指站在椅子上，故选A。

8.D考查副词及语境的理解。句意：我想让他们从上面来看这个房间。A. down向下；B. light右；C.left左；D.up向。根据句意及语境，故应该选D。

9.B考查形容词及语境的理解。句意：我让这个小组考虑一下从不同角度看这个房间时有什么不同。A.special特别的；B.different不同的； C.strange奇怪的； D same同样的。根据句意及语境，故选B。

10.B考查动词及语境的理解。句意：然后我让他们考虑他们老板的情况。A.miss思念； B. consider认为、考虑；C.like喜欢；D.thank谢谢。根据句意及上下文，故选B。

【小题11 】A考查名词及语境的理解。句意：这是不是当初看到他们好的品质并雇佣他们的同一个人？A. qualities品质； B. tastes味道；C.looks相貌；D. skills技巧。根据句意及上下文，故选A.

11.C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：他们是否记得当初他们被选择来做这个工作时他们是多么的高兴。A. found发现； B. refused拒绝；C. chosen选择； D. trained。训练。根据句意及语境，故选C.

12.D考查副词及语境的理解。句意：他说我看着他并问他是否曾经为获得这个谋生的机会向老板说声谢谢。A.never从不；B.always总是；C. sometimes有时；D. ever曾经。根据句意，此处指曾经，故选D。

13.A考查名词及语境的理解。句意：他告诉我他的生活那晚上改变了。此处指生活态度改变。A.life生活；B. Luck运气； C. salary薪水； D.job。工作。 根据句意，此处指生活态度改变，故选A.

14.C考查词法及语境的理解。句意：他拿着给老板的感谢卡片回去工作。A. Sorry道歉；B. post邮寄；C. thank-you感谢；D. greeting打招呼。 根据词法与语境此处是指对老板的感谢，故选C。

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