阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona．After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire．He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town．

　　“Do you fix flats?” he inquired of the attendant．

　　“Yes, ” came the answer．

　　“How much do you charge?” he asked．

　　With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?”

　　This is what has been called a “Hobson's choice” ．A Hobson's choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever is offered or go without．

　　According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth－century entrepreneur(企业家)Thomas Hobson．There was no choice by the customer－it was strictly Hobson's choice．

　　But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference．We may not always believe it．We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a choice in the matter．And when we realize that we do most things by choice, then we are taking control of our own lives．

　　Someone challenged me to try an experiment that completely changed my perspective(看法，观点)．“For the next seven days, ” he said, “remove the words ‘I have to’ from your vocabulary and say ‘I choose to’．Don't say, ‘I have to work late tonight’．Instead, say, ‘I choose to work late’．When you choose to do it, you take control of your life．Instead of saying ‘I have to stay home’, try ‘I choose to stay home’．The way you spend your time is your choice．You are responsible．You have control．”

　　In just seven days I was no longer saying “I have to”and I felt better about my decisions．I learned that there is very little in my life I actually have to do．You and I decide to do certain things because we believe that it will be for the best．When we remove “I have to” from our vocabularies, we take control．

　　Try it for a week and you see what happens．I think you'll see it's a change for the better．

阅读理解

　　Ashley and Chris work in the same department designing postcards．Chris had a college degree in art and deeply felt that the degree of his designs was excellent．Chris last postcard showed the depth of a desert’s beauty and delights．

　　“It’s just a picture of the desert,” Ashley said．“Not deep at all”．

　　“Some people desire seeing beauty,” Chris replied．“Mine delivers that”．

　　Ashley laughed and said．“Well, that depends on what you think beauty is．”

　　Days later, someone delivered a letter to Ashley．The letter said．“You are worthy of the bad things that will come your way．You will know the taste of defeat, and I will destroy you．”

　　Ashley suddenly felt very cold．It was as if the room temperature had dropped 30 degrees．“Who would do such an awful deed?” she wondered．“I will not let a simple letter defeat me．”

　　Just then, Chris came into the room and offered Ashley a piece of his sandwich．

　　“Try some．” He smiled widely, “It’s delicious．”

　　“Are you trying to poison me?” Ashley asked．Chris’s reaction was delayed from confusion．“What’s your problem?” he asked．

　　The next day, Ashley brought a bat to use to defend herself．When Chris saw her bat, he joked．“Defend and win one for the team．”

　　Ashley took no notice of him．She spent the whole day reading self-defending books and placed her work on delay．“You can’t delay your work．Our job demands us to do our work on time,” Chris said．“We must meet the demands of our job．”

　　“You’re not the boss．” Ashley replied．“Don’t make demands of me．”

　　Because Ashley failed to do her work, she was fired．

　　Chris glanced at Ashley’s empty desk and smiled．