题目内容
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(后视镜), 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 ____ marriages. I have discovered one simple ____extremely unlikely method that can prevent the disagreement or other difficult situations from ____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.
1.A. moment B. rush C. hurry D. way
2.A. Suggested B. made C. found D. chose
3.A. jokingly B. angrily C. anxiously D. curiously
4.A. supposed B. expected C. decided D. meant
5.A. apologizing B. driving C. Shouting D. asking
6.A. normal . B. thoughtful C. reasonable D. practical
7.A. road B. direction C. mind D. manner
8.A. strange B. stupid C. terrible D. wrong
9.A. through B. in C. across D. along
10.A. Annoyed B. Worried C. Surprised D. Disappointed
11.A. speaker B. rider C. helper D. comer
12.A. after B. until C. because D. since
13.A. faced B. concerned C. crowded D. satisfied
14.A. give up B. turn down C. point out D. stick to
15.A. destroy B. combine C. suffer D. divide
16.A. and B. that C. though D. but
17.A. lying B. leading C. setting D. resulting
18.A. problem B. key C. importance D. reply
19.A. fact B. truth C. expression D. meaning
20.A. explain B. argue C. agree D. escape