语言朋友(47)r mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter, rude boss, or an insensitive employee__1__ your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed __2__ the airport.We were driving in the __3__ lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us.My taxi driver slammed on his __4__， slide sideways, and at the very last moment our car stopped and __5__ the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car looked around and started __6__at us.
My taxi driver just __7__ and waved at the guy.And I mean he was really__8__.So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” ght me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”．He explained that many people are like garbage trucks.They run around full of __9____10__ up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on __11__ .Don't take it personally.Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Believe me.You'll be__12__．Don't take their garbage and __13__it to other at home, or on the streets.Life's too short to wake up in the morning with __14__.The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what's __15__ in your life.Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University, found in his extensive research that you __16__ bad things more often than good things in your life.You store the bad memories more easily, and you__17__ 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 __18__ it!
When you follow 揟he 'Law of the Garbage Truck”， you take back control of your life.You make room for the good by __19__go of the bad.Have a Garbage Free Day! Have a marvelous, garbage free day! The seeds you plant today __20__ the harvest you reap tomorrow.
解题导语：本文叙述了作者乘坐出租车时发生的事情通过出租车司机的一番话阐明一个道理：记住美好的忘却不愉快的专注重要的。对待生活的态度决定我们生活的状态。根据下文内容可知此处指不要让那些人毁坏你一天的心情。ruin “毁坏”。B
2．A.through
B．to
C．in
D．for
解析：head for“前往”。介词for表示D
3．A.latter
B．right
C．opposite
D．free
解析：根据常识作者乘坐的出租车应该是在正确的车道上行驶。故选B。B
4．A.brakes
B．door
C．window
D．seat
解析：一辆小车突然从路旁停车位驶出出租车司机只得猛踩“刹车”。brakes“车刹”。A
5．A.knocked
B．overtook
C．missed
D．lost
解析：出租车司机紧急刹车向旁边猛打方向盘才避免miss表示“错过”。C
6．A.laughing
B．throwing
C．glancing
D．yelling
解析：根据下文作者不理解出租车司机的友善举动可推断此处应是小车司机无礼。laugh at“嘲笑”；throw sth. at sb.“将某物向某人砸过去”；glance at “看一眼”；yell at sb. “对某人吼叫”。 选D最符合情境。D
7．A.wondered
B．smiled
C．ignored
D．guessed
解析：此处显示出租车司机的B。B
8．A.friendly
B．angry
C．tired
D．disappointed
解析：出租车司机真诚地表示友善令作者不能理解。故选A。A
9．A.expectation
B．passengers
C．garbage
D．goods
解析：根据下文的“As their garbage”“don't take their garbage”可知选C。garbage“垃圾”。句意：许多人就像垃圾车满腹沮C
10．A.turns
B．pushes
C．holds
D．piles
解析：turn up“出现”；push up“向上推”；hold up“延误”；pile up“堆积”。此处指垃圾堆满了故选D。D
11．A.roads
B．children
C．you
D．dustbin
解析：本题选you泛指任何人。其他选项不符合语境。C
12．A.upset
B．happier
C．pitiful
D．frightened
解析：句意：相信我。你会更快乐一些。此处强调上一段的“Just smile, 。B
13．A.spread
B．share
C．explain
D．contribute
解析：句意：不要接受别人倾倒的“垃圾”并转倒给其他人。spread sth. to sb.将某事传给某人。故选A。A
14．A.surprise
B．pleasure
C．doubt
D．regrets
解析：根据文意可知此处指人生苦短D
15．A.funny
B．important
C．strange
D．embarrassing
解析：句意：能否成功的标志在于你能否迅速忘却不快而专注于重要的人生目标。B
16．A.remember
B．forget根据下文说到人们更容易储存不好的记忆可知此处说的是人们更经常记住的是糟糕的事情。故选A。A
17．A.enjoy
B．exchange
C．recall
D．imagine
解析：句意：人们更容易储存不好的记忆也更容易回想起不好的记忆。recall“记起回忆起”。C
18．A.inspire
B．take
C．mend
D．notice
解析：句意：生活中你的努力只占一成九成取决于你的生活态度。此处选take理解为为“接受”。B
19．A.letting
B．consisting
C．making
D．dreaming
解析：句意：只有忘却不好的才能为美好的东西在心中留下位置。let go of sth.“放弃忘却”。A
20．A.distinguish
B．deserve 句意：今天播下的种子决定了明天的收获。故选D。D
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Strange things were happening in the country of northeast Hebei.The water in the village wells rose and 21.________ (fall) for three days.A 22.________ (smell) gas came out of the cracks.The chickens and the pigs were 23.________ nervous to eat.Mice ran out of the fields.Fish jumped out of bowls and ponds.In the city, some water pipes cracked and burst.24.________ one million people of the city, who thought little of these events, were asleep as usual that night.After about half an hour, everything began to shake.
25．________ seemed as if the world was at 26.________ end.In the fifteen seconds a large city lay 27.________ ruins.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400，000.People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.All hope was not lost.150，000 soldiers 28.________ (send) by the army to help the rescue workers.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and 29.________ (bury) the dead.Workers built shelters for survivors 30.________ homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city by train, truck and plane.Slowly, the city began to breathe again.
解题导语：本文主要讲述河北省发生的一次地震以及灾后救援情况。解析：rise and fall意为“升升降降”。根据and前面的rose可知应填fall的过去式。答案：fell解析：形容词作定语修饰名词。答案：smelly解析：too...to...意为“太……以至于不能……”。答案：too解析：根据句意“一百万居民几乎都没有把这些情况当一回事当天晚上像往常一样睡着了”可知此处表示转折关系。答案：But解析：It seems as if...意为“看起来好像/似乎……”。答案：It解析：at an end意为“结束终结”。答案：an解析：in ruins意为“毁坏严重受损破败不堪”答案：in解析：send与soldiers构成动宾关系且全文时态为过去时故用一般过去时的被动语态。答案：were sent解析：dig out与bury the dead是由and连接的并列结构。答案：bury解析：whose 引导定语从句并在从句中作定语修饰名词homes。答案：whose