【Weweredrivingintherightlane(车道)whenallofasuddenablackcarjumpedoutofaparkingspacerightinfrontofus.Mytaxidriversteppedonhisbrakeshardstoppedandmissedtheothercar’sbackendbyjustinches!T】
Weweredrivingintherightlane(车道)whenallofasuddenablackcarjumpedoutofaparkingspacerightinfrontofus.Mytaxidriversteppedonhisbrakeshardstoppedandmissedtheothercar’sbackendbyjustinches!Thedriveroftheothercartheguywhoalmostcausedabigaccidentturnedhisheadangrilyandstartedyellingbadwordsatus.
Mytaxidriverjustsmiledandwavedattheguy.AndImeanhewasfriendly.SoIsaid“Whydidyoujustdothat?Thisguyalmostruinedyourcarandsentustothehospital!”AndthiswaswhatmytaxidrivertoldmewhichIcall‘TheLawoftheGarbageTruck.’
Manypeoplearelikegarbagetrucks.Theyrunaroundfullofgarbagefulloffrustrationfullofangerandfullofdisappointment.Astheirgarbagepilesuptheyneedaplacetodump(倾卸)it.Andifyouletthemthey’lldumpitonyou.Whensomeonewantstodumponyoudon’ttakeitpersonally.Youjustsmilewavewishthemwellandmoveon.You’llbehappyyoudid.
Sothiswasit:“TheLawoftheGarbageTruck.”IstartedthinkinghowoftendoIletGarbageTrucksrunrightoverme?AndhowoftendoItaketheirgarbageandspreadittootherpeople:atworkathomeonthestreets? ItwasthatdayIsaid“I’mnotgoingtodoitanymore.”
Ibegantoseegarbagetrucks.Iseetheloadthey’recarrying.Iseethemcomingtodropitoff.AndlikemyTaxiDriverIdon’tmakeitapersonalthing;Ijustsmilewaveandmoveon.
Goodleadersknowtheyhavetobereadyfortheirnextmeeting.Goodparentsknowthattheyhavetowelcometheirchildrenhomefromschoolwithhugsandkisses.Whataboutyou?Themarkofasuccessfulpersonishowquicklytheycangetbacktheirfocusonwhat’simportant.
56.Thedriveroftheblackcargotangrybecause .
A.hewasinabadmood B.hecouldn’tcontrolhiscar
C.hemetwithagarbagetruck D.thetaxidrivermadeamistake
57.Whoactedlikeagarbagetruckintheincidentdescribedinthefirsttwoparagraphs?
A.Thewriter. B.Thetaxidriver.
C.Noneofthem. D.Theblackcardriver.
58.Thesentence“You’llbehappyyoudid”attheendofthe3rdparagraphmeansyou’ll
A.beashappyas