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  31  your day?

One day I was in a taxi and we headed  32 the airport. We were driving in the right lane 33  suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes，slide sideways，and at the very last moment our car stopped and narrowly  34  the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car looked around and started  35  at us.

   My taxi driver just  36  and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really  37 . So I asked, “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  38  that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of  39，full of frustration，full of anger，and full of disappointment. As their garbage  40  up，they need a place to dump (倒) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on  41 . Don’t take it personally. Just smile，wave，wish them well，and move on.

Believe me. You’ll be more  42 . Don’t take their garbage and  43  it to other people at work，at home，or on the streets, Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with  44 . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s  45  in your life. Roy Baumeister，a psychology researcher from Florida State University，found in his extensive research that you  46  bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories rather easily, and you  47  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  48  it!

When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”，you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by  49  go of the bad. Have a Garbage Free Day！Have a marvelous，garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today  50  the harvest you reap tomorrow.

31．A. injure         B. ruin                    C. hurt           D. harm

32．A. through       B. from           C. in             D. for

33．A. while               B. when             C. since          D. as

34．A. knocked       B. overtook            C. missed        D. left

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

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

37．A. friendly        B. angry         C. frightened           D. disappointed

38．A. showed      B. suggested       C. explained        D. hated

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

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

41．A. roads         B. children        C. you               D. dustbins

42．A. healthy      B. happy          C. pitiful          D. wealthy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When raising children, the small things make big differences in development . Because children are people, not machines, different children need different things, and buying band name clothing and having the perfect haircut or the biggest collection of expensive toys are not the kind of attention that they need. These kinds of things will make children feel rejected and teach them that material things and appearance are more important than love.

     Children need the attention from their parents. The areas of their lives and the abilities that get the most attention will develop the most. If the majority of parental attention is given to the way they stand or to finishing tasks, these areas will become more developed. When parents focus on finding faults, children will eventually take in all of that criticism. These methods often lead to unmotivated children with low self-esteem（尊重）.

     Children need attention to be given to the details of their lives. They need encouragement from their parents. Statements like, “It makes me happy when you play nicely with your brother” will make a child feel good . Identify the specific talent, how it is used, and your reaction to it. Train the young minds to search for their talents with the same kind of attention to the details that may have previously been devoted to fault-finding. It also helps to identify personal qualities to praise rather than external ones based on appearance.

     Focusing on the details when children do good things is important. They need to know exactly what they did was good and how it made you feel .Parents often spend too much time looking for faults. When parents focus on good things, it results in motivated children with high self-esteem. If the devil is in the details ,perhaps the saints(圣人) are also.

67．What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. Parents should pay attention to the small things about their kids.

   B. Parents should treat children as people, not machines.

   C. Parents should find faults with children.

   D. Fix your eyes on children’s advantages.

68. Why is fault-finding bad for children?

   A. Because fault-finding will teach children material things are more important.

   B. Because children may imitate their parents.

   C. It will reduce their self-esteem and motivation.

   D. Because fault-finding methods can apply to their lives.

69. By saying “If the devil is in the details, perhaps the saints are also”, the author means_____.

   A. if the parents can find bad things about their children they can probably find good things too

   B. focusing on details has nothing to do with children’s growing up

   C. details of children are like those of devils and saints.

   D. details are no longer details when there are saints

70. Which of the following is the author’s opinion?

   A. Children at the same age are all the same in many aspects.

   B. Parents should focus on those unmotivated children with low self-esteem.

   C. Parents should try their best to correct their children’ faults.

   D. Parents should pay more attention to children’s good deeds.

When raising children, the small things make big differences in development . Because children are people, not machines, different children need different things, and buying band name clothing and having the perfect haircut or the biggest collection of expensive toys are not the kind of attention that they need. These kinds of things will make children feel rejected and teach them that material things and appearance are more important than love.

     Children need the attention from their parents. The areas of their lives and the abilities that get the most attention will develop the most. If the majority of parental attention is given to the way they stand or to finishing tasks, these areas will become more developed. When parents focus on finding faults, children will eventually take in all of that criticism. These methods often lead to unmotivated children with low self-esteem（尊重）.

     Children need attention to be given to the details of their lives. They need encouragement from their parents. Statements like, “It makes me happy when you play nicely with your brother” will make a child feel good . Identify the specific talent, how it is used, and your reaction to it. Train the young minds to search for their talents with the same kind of attention to the details that may have previously been devoted to fault-finding. It also helps to identify personal qualities to praise rather than external ones based on appearance.

     Focusing on the details when children do good things is important. They need to know exactly what they did was good and how it made you feel .Parents often spend too much time looking for faults. When parents focus on good things, it results in motivated children with high self-esteem. If the devil is in the details ,perhaps the saints（圣人） are also.

1．What does the passage mainly talk about?

   A. Parents should pay attention to the small things about their kids.

   B. Parents should treat children as people, not machines.

   C. Parents should find faults with children.

   D. Fix your eyes on children’s advantages.

2. Why is fault-finding bad for children?

   A. Because fault-finding will teach children material things are more important.

   B. Because children may imitate their parents.

   C. It will reduce their self-esteem and motivation.

   D. Because fault-finding methods can apply to their lives.

3. By saying “If the devil is in the details, perhaps the saints are also”, the author means_____.

   A. if the parents can find bad things about their children they can probably find good things too

   B. focusing on details has nothing to do with children’s growing up

   C. details of children are like those of devils and saints.

   D. details are no longer details when there are saints

4. Which of the following is the author’s opinion?

   A. Children at the same age are all the same in many aspects.

   B. Parents should focus on those unmotivated children with low self-esteem.

   C. Parents should try their best to correct their children’ faults.

   D. Parents should pay more attention to children’s good deeds.

When someone says, “Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music,” it doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this or that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to be faced. At some time or another, every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can remember father’s angry voice: “I want to talk to you!” And only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!

The phrase “face the music” is known to every American, old and young. It is at least one hundred years old. Where did the expression come from?

The first explanation came from the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, that expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings (舞台的两侧) to go on stage. After they got their clue(暗示) to go on , they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did face the orchestra (乐队) which was just below the stage. An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience(观众) that might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So “face the music” came to mean: having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.

1．The expression “face the music” means ______.　

A. plan to go to a concert　　 　　　　　　　　　

B. get one’s clue to do something

C. have to go through something far less pleasant　

D. disobey what one's father says

2．The passage tells us that the expression was first used by _____.

A. children　　　 　 B. novelists　　　 　 C. actors　　　　 　 D. audience

3．In the last paragraph the Chinese meaning of the word “line” is _______.

A. 老板　　　　 B. 同事　　　 　 C. 角色　　 　　　　 D. 台词

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The expression came from James Fenimore Cooper, an American novelist

B. The expression has a history of 100 years.

C. If someone doesn’t obey his boss, he will have to face the music.

D. Almost everyone once had an experience to face the music.

When I was a child I never said, "When I grow up, I want to be a CEO," but here I am. When I look back on my career, I realize the road to becoming a CEO isn't a straight, clearly clarified path. In fact, no two paths are the same．But whether you want to be a boss one day or not, there's a lot to learn from how leaders rise to the top of successful companies.

       As this series of stories shows, the paths to becoming a CEO may vary, but the people in that position share the qualities of commitment, work ethic（守则）and a strong desire for building something new. And every CEO takes risks along the way — putting your life savings on the line to start a software company or leaving a big business to be one of the first employees at a startup.

       I grew up in Minnesota, and learned how to be an entrepreneur（企业家）from my father, who has run a small business for almost 30 years. I went to Georgetown University and tried a lot of business activities in college with varying degrees of success. And I always had a dream job pattern: to walk to work, work for myself and build something for consumers.

       I'm only 29, so it's been a quick ride to CEO．Out of college, I worked for AOL as a product manager, then moved to Revolution Health and ran the consumer product team．In mid-2007 I left Revolution Health and started LivingSocial with several other colleagues, where I became a CEO.

       Career advice: Don't figure out where you want to work, or even what industry you'd like to work at．Figure out what makes you do so. What gives you a really big rush? Answer why you like things, not what you like doing...and then apply it to your work life. Also, just because you're graduating, don't stop learning. Read more books than you did in college. If you do, and they're not, you're really well-positioned to succeed in whatever you do.

60. What can we know from the first paragraph?

     A. The author hasn't achieved his childhood ambition.

     B. The author thinks there is some easy way to become a CEO.

     C. The author had an ambition of becoming a CEO in his childhood.

     D. The author believes success stories of CEOs can be beneficial to everybody.

61. According to the author, successful CEOs should ________.

     A. try not to take risks                                      B. stay in the same business

     C. have a strong sense of creativity                D. save every possible penny

62. What can we know about the author from the passage?

     A. He started LivingSocial when he was still a student of Georgetown University.

     B. His father had far-reaching influence on him.

     C. His business activities at college ended up in more failure than success.

     D. He used to run the consumer product team for AOL.