Question

I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the     of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was     . He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of     . Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had         forgotten him, but I had     his life. My friend was quite    and asked him how I had done this.

He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the    . I asked the group what their number one    was and most of them said it was from their bosses.

I listened to everyone, then     a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from        there. After that, 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      their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how     they were to be chosen for the job?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the     to earn a living and      him new skills and to be a better employee.

He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his      . He learned to      stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to      life from different perspectives and to express    .

1.A. waiter            B. manager        C.cook           D. owner

2.A. satisfied         B. excited        C. surprised    D. moved

3.A. familiarity      B. understanding   C. importance    D. dignity

4.A. hardly            B. rarely          C. specially    D. probably

5.A. changed          B. Planned         C. Built         D. noticed

6.A. Patient          B. anxious         C. curious       D. doubtful

7.A. employers         B. students       C. organizers   D. teachers

8.A. joy               B. stress          C. danger       D. pride

9.A. removed           B. broke          C. held          D. took

10.A. down             B. outside         C. up           D. inside

11.A. natural          B. different       C. funny         D. strange

12.A. consider         B. ask            C. visit        D. watch

13.A. seen             B. predicted       C. chosen        D. improved

14.A. puzzled          B. touched         C. happy         D. calm

15.A. ability          B. chance         C. process      D. luck

16.A. allowing         B. advising        C. encouraging   D. teaching

17.A. colleague        B. customer        C. boss          D. parent

18.A. leave behind     B. deal with       C. suffer from   D. bring about

19.A. look at          B. talk about      C. work on     D. take over

20.A. apology          B. regret          C. appreciation  D. Sympathy

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.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的理解别人。同时我们要对别人心怀感激之情。

1.B考查名词。A. Waiter服务员；B. Manager经理；C. Cook厨师；D. Owner拥有者；根据 Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years.可知是饭店的经理，故选B。

2.C考查形容词。A. Satisfied满意；B. Excited兴奋；C. Surprised惊讶；D. Moved移动；our meal was free. 可知当经理告诉我，我的食物是免费的，我很惊讶，故选C

3.A考查名词。A. Familiarity熟悉；B. Understanding理解力；C. Importance重要性；D. Dignity高贵；根据我I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the 37 ，可知我与这个经理是熟悉的，觉得这个经理很熟悉，an air of Familiarity一种熟悉感，故选A。

4.D考查副词。A. Hardly几乎不；B. Rarely稀少；C. Specially特别；D. Probably可能；我可能忘记了他，是一种猜测，选D。

5.A考查动词。A. Changed改变；B. Planned计划；C. Built建筑；D. Noticed注意；我改变了他的生活，他这么注意我，是因为我对他的生活有很大的影响，选A。

6.C考查形容词。A. Patient耐心；B. Anxious焦躁；C. Curious好奇；D. Doubtful怀疑；根据asked him how I had done this.可知我的朋友很好奇，问他为什么会这样，故选C。

7.B考查名词。A. Employers佣人；B. Students学生；C. organizers 组织者；D. Teachers老师；根据I was teaching可知他是我的学生中的一员，可知选B。

8.B考查名词。A. Joy快乐；B. stress 压力；C. Danger危险；D. Pride骄傲；根据a stress management class可知这是调整压力的课，故选B。

9.D考查动词。A. Removed移除；B. Broke打破；C. Held举行；D. Took拿；我拿出了一把椅子，其余不符合语境，选D。

10.C考查副词。A. down 下来；B. Outside外面；C. Up上；D. Inside在里面；invited everyone to stand on it.学员站在椅子上，是站在上面看这个屋子，选C。

11.B考查形容词。A. Natural自然；B. Different不同；C. Funny快乐；D. Strange奇怪；changed their perspective (角度). 从不同的角度看这个世界会有不同，选B。

12.A考查动词。A. Consider考虑；B. Ask询问；C. Visit拜访；D. Watch看；我让他们想想自己老板的处境，选A。

13.A考查名词。A. Seen看见；B. predicted 预测；C. Chosen选择；D. Improved提升；their good qualities and hired them这是因为看见了他们身上的良好的品质才会雇佣他们，故选A。

14.C考查形容词。A. puzzled 疑惑；B. Touched触摸；C. Happy快乐；D. Calm平静；根据to be chosen for the job可知当自己被选中这个工作的时候应该是很快乐，故选C。

15.B考查名词。A. Ability能力；B. Chance机会；C. Process过程；D. Luck幸运；养家的机会，雇佣他们是给他们提供了一个养家糊口的机会，故选B。

16.D考查动词。A. Allowing允许；B. Advising建议；C. Encouraging鼓励；D. Teaching教；教授他们新的技能，故选D。

17.C考查名词。A. Colleague同事；B. Customer消费者；C. Boss老板；D. Parent父母；根据thanked his boss for the 45 to earn a living可知是要感谢自己的老板，故选C。

18.B考查动词短语。A. leave behind落后；B. deal with处理；C. suffer from遭受；D. bring about引起；他学会了如何处理自己的压力，故选B。

19.A考查动词短语。A. look at看；B. talk about谈论；C. work on起作用；D. take over接管；从另一个角度看世界，故选A。

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