Question

How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter，rude boss, or an insensitive employee        your day?

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab. One day I was in a taxi and we headed         the airport. We were driving in the        lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us.  My taxi driver slammed on his       , slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and         the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car , the guy who almost caused a big accident, looked around and started         at us.

      My taxi driver just        and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was         ,so I said，"Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！” This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck".

He said, “ Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of      , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage         up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on       .  Don’t take it personally; Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be        .”

So I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and          it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that I said, “I don’t want their garbage and I’m not going to spread it anymore.”

Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with       . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s        in your life. See, Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you __      bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you __     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 _     it！The odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way, but when you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by       go of the bad.

Have a Garbage-Free Day！Have a marvelous, garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today        the harvest you reap tomorrow.

1.A. enrich      B. ruin            C. spare            D. obtain

2.A. through    B. to         C. in           D. for

3.A. latter     B. right            C. opposite           D. free

4.A. brakes      B. door           C. window      D. seat

5.A. knocked     B. overtook    C. missed     D. lost

6.A. laughing     B. throwing          C. glancing         D. yelling

7.A. wondered B. smiled         C. ignored           D. guessed

8.A. friendly      B. angry          C. tired           D. disappointed

9.A. expectation        B. passengers   C. garbage           D. goods

10.A. turns            B. pushes         C. holds      D. piles

11.A. roads            B. children   C. you            D. dustbin

12.A. upset            B. happier    C. pitiful             D. frightened

13.A. spread         B. share            C. explain            D. contribute

14.A. surprise   B. pleasure          C. doubt      D. regrets

15.A. funny           B. important        C. strange    D. embarrassing

16.A. remember  B. forget             C. value      D. appreciate

17.A. enjoy            B. exchange          C. recall      D. imagine

18.A. inspire   B. take          C. mend     D. notice

19.A. letting     B. consisting    C. making            D. dreaming

20.A. distinguish  B. deserve      C. deliver       D. determine

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.C

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.B

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：有些人就像是满载垃圾的垃圾车，他们随时会把车上所载的抱怨、怨愤、以及沮丧的情绪倾泻到他们所遇到的人身上，我们如何做才不会受他们的影响呢？在本文中作者从出租车司机的做法中获得了很深的感悟。

1.B动词辨析。A. 使丰富；B.毁掉； C. 匀出； D.获得。根据上文内容do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood可知此处指别人不好的言行对自己心情的影响，ruin可以指“糟蹋，破坏美好的东西”，故答案选B。

2.D介词辨析。A. 通过；B. 到；C. 在里面；D.为。固定短语：head for sp“前往某地”，故答案选D。

3.B  形容词辨析。A. 后者；B. 正确的；C.相反的 ；D. 自由的。从下文可知作者所乘坐的车是正常行驶，故答案选B。

4.A   名词辨析。A. 车闸；B. 门； C. 窗 ；D. 座位。根据情理可知当出现意外状况时，司机要紧急刹车，答案选A。

5.C  动词辨析。A. 敲；B. 超过； C. 错过，想念；D. 丢失。根据下文可知作者所乘坐的出租车险些撞上肇事的车，miss“错过”，选C。

6.D动词辨析。         A.笑；B. 投 ；C.浏览  ； D. 大喊。从上下文可知尽管是年轻小伙子的过错，险些造成意外，但是他态度非常不好，这点从出租车司机把他们比喻成“Garbage Truck”可知，yell at sb“向某人大嚷”，选D。

7.B动词辨析。A. 想知道；B.微 笑； C.打扰；D. 猜。从下文出租车司机的话Just smile, wave, wish them well,可知此处选B。

8.A形容词辨析。    A. 友好的；B.生气的 ；C. 疲劳的；D. 失望的。从下文Just smile, wave, wish them well 可知司机遵循自己的原则，没有向小伙子发怒，在发生状况时，保持微笑、友好的态度，故答案选A。

9.C名词辨析。 A.期待；B.行人；C. 垃圾； D. 商品。根据上句话Many people are like garbage trucks可知司机把一些人比喻成垃圾车，他们会把自己的糟糕的心情、愤慨、抱怨等随时倾倒到别人身上，由此可知C选项正确。

10.D动词辨析。 A.转弯；B.推 ；C.抓住  ；D. 堆放。由情理可知当垃圾车满了的时候，就需要倾泻出去，pile up“堆积，积压”，故答案选D。

11.C名词辨析。 A.路；B. 孩子们 ；C. 你们，你 ；D.垃圾箱。根据语境可知此时司机是对作者说话，所以用第二人称，答案选C。

12.B形容词辨析。A. 沮丧； B.更快乐；C.可怜的 ；D. 害怕的。由上下文可知此处指对那些肇事者发火，发怒与礼貌微笑着对待那些人相比，心情会更好。

13.A动词辨析。A. 展开；B.分享；C. 解释；D.捐赠。根据语境可知此处指把从别人那里染到的不快情绪传递给别人， spread指“传播，散布”，答案选A。

14.D名词辨析。 A. 惊讶；B. 快乐；C. 怀疑； D.遗憾。根据上下文可知人要过的快乐，开心，所以此处应该是反义词，答案选D。

15.B形容词辨析。A. 有趣； B. 重要； C. 奇怪；D. 难堪的。由情理可知人们的精力要放在人生当中重要的事情上，答案选B，其他不符合语境。

16.A动词辨析。A. 记住；B.忘记；C. 认为重要； D.欣赏。根据下文You store the bad memories more easily可知人们往往记住的是不好的事情，选A。

17.C动词辨析。 A. 喜欢 ；B. 交换； C.记起；D. 想象。从上下文可知人们经常去回想不好的事情，

18.B动词辨析。 A. 鼓励；B. 对待；C. 修理；D. 注意。由语境可知此处指对生活的态度，take“对待，看待”，而且上文Don’t take it personally，也是重要提示，答案选B。

19.A动词辨析。 A.让 ；B. 坚信；C. 制造；D. 梦想。固定短语：let go of“放弃，摒弃，放松，松手”，所以答案选A。

20.D动词辨析。A.区分 ；B. 值得；C. 传送； D. 决定。由情理可知播下的种子决定着明天的收获，答案选D。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。