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?
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 looked around and started at us.
My taxi driver just and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really . 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 explained that 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 ．Don’t take their garbage and it to other people at work，at home，or on the streets. 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. 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！
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
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】
試題分析：
本文敘述了作者乘坐出租車時發生的事情，通過出租車司機的一番話，闡明一個道理：記住美好的，忘卻不愉快的，專注重要的；對待生活的態度決定生活的狀態。
1.下文敘述的是出租車司機的豁達和睿智：不要讓那些滿腹怒氣罵罵咧咧的人影響自己的心情，做自己該做的事情。作者設問“你會讓……等人毀壞你一天的心情嗎”以引起下文。ruin: 毀壞。enrich: 豐富。spare: 抽出、騰出。obtain: 獲得。均與下文語境不合。故B項正確。
2.head for: 前往。介詞for表示方向。類似的短語還有leave for. 故D項正確。
3.A. latter：后者 B. right：正確的；右邊的； C. opposite：相反的；對面的；D. free：有空的；：免費的；自由的；作者乘坐的出租車應該是在“正確的”車道上行駛。作者提及此事是為了襯托下文小車司機的無禮。故選擇B項。
4.一輛小車突然從路旁停車位駛出，出租車司機只得猛踩“剎車”。故選擇brakes（車剎），A項正確。常理可知“門窗、座位”不合題意。
5.A. knock：敲； B. overtake：超過、超越； C. miss：錯過；思念；D. lose：遺失。出租車司機緊急剎車、向傍邊猛打方向，才避免了與小車相撞。miss: 錯過；未擊中。故C項正確。
6.從下文作者不理解出租車司機的友善舉動可推斷，此處應該是小車司機無禮。laugh at: 嘲笑；throw sth. at sb: 將某物向某人砸過去； glance at: 看一眼； yell at sb. 對某人吼叫。故選擇D項。
7.此處顯示出租車司機的大度，對著對方“微笑、揮手”，絲毫沒有因為小車司機有錯且無禮以及差點發生的嚴重后果而生氣，反而主動示好。wonder: 想知道、納悶；guess: 猜測； ignore: 不理、忽略。不合語境。故選擇B項。
8.出租車司機主動示好不是因為怕事或敷衍，而是真誠地表示友善。所以作者不能理解。angry:憤怒的；disappointed:失望的； tired: 疲勞的；故選擇friendly:，A項正確。
9.A. expectation：期望、期待； B. passenger：乘客；C. garbage；垃圾； D. goods；貨物。前一句提到“垃圾車定律”。這里及后文是對該定律的解釋：許多人就像垃圾車，滿腹沮喪、憤怒、失望等垃圾，垃圾滿了就要傾倒。故選擇C項。
10.A. turn up 出現；B. push；推C. hold up：延誤；D. pile up：堆積。垃圾堆積起來就需要找地方傾倒。pile up: 堆積。故D項正確。
11. A. road：道路；B. child：兒童；C. you：你；D. dustbin：垃圾箱。這些滿腹“垃圾”的人有時會將不良情緒傾瀉到他們碰到的任何人身上。本題選擇you，泛指任何人。故C項正確。
12. A. upset：難過的；B. happy：快樂的、幸福的；C. pitiful：可憐的；D. frightened：害怕的。
作者說，相信他說的話，你就會“快樂一些”。故選擇B項。
13.不要接受別人傾倒的“垃圾”并轉倒給其他人。spread sth. to sb.：將某事傳給某人； share sth. with sb.：與某人分享某物。 故選擇 A項。
14.A. surprise：驚訝；B. pleasure：樂趣；C. doub：疑慮D. regret：后悔。如果不接受別人的“垃圾”并轉倒給其他人，你就不會因輕率沖動而后悔。人生苦短，每天早晨從“后悔”中醒來是難以承受之重。故選擇D項。
15.A. funny：有趣的；B. important：重要的；C. strange：奇怪的；D. embarrassing：令人尷尬的。能否成功的標志在于你能否迅速忘卻不快而專注于“重要”的人生目標。故選擇B 項。
16. A. remember：記得；B. forget：忘記；C. value：重視；D. appreciate：欣賞、感激。后句說到人們更容易儲存不好的記憶，所以此處說的是人們更經常“記住”的是糟糕的事情。故A項正確。
17.A. enjoy：享受、喜愛；B. exchange：交換；C. recall：記起、回憶起；D.imagine：想象。人們更容易儲存不好的記憶，自然也更容易“回想”起不好的記憶。故選擇C項。
18.A. inspire：激勵；B. take：接受、參加；C. mend：修補、修正；D. notice：注意到、看到。生活中你的努力只占一層，九層取決于你的生活態度。此處take意為“接受”。故B項正確。
19.A. let：讓；允許；B. consist：包括、包含；C. make：制造；D. dream：夢想、希望。只有“忘卻”不好的，才能為美好的東西在心中留下位置。let go of sth. 放棄；忘卻。故A項正確。
20.今天播下的種子“決定”明天的收獲。distinguish: 區分、分辨。deserve: 應得、配得。deliver: 投遞、分發。故D項正確。
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D
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E
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-----Anonymous
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I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets? It was that day I said, "I'm not going to do anymore."
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A. The taxi almost hit another car.
B. The taxi driver was injured.
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D. The author learned a lesson from the driver of the garbage truck.
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A. He yelled back at the driver. B. He sent the driver to the hospital.
C. He was friendly towards the driver. D. He dumped some garbage in front of his car.
74. What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A. The author used to have a lot of garbage trucks.
B. The author used to complain a lot.
C. The author used to have a lot of money.
D. The author used to be a good manager.
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A. Ignore them and go on with our own work.
B. Try our best to persuade them not to do that again.
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Information from the Framingham Study showed earlier that happiness can spread from person to person. So can behaviors like littering and the ability to stop smoking.
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Having a so
cial connection with a lonely person increased the chances that another individual would feel lonely. In fact, a friend of a lonely person was 52% more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. A friend of that person was 25% more likely. The researchers say this shows that a person could indirectly be affected by someone’s loneliness.
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【小題1】What is TRUE about the Framingham Study?
| A．It was only conducted in 1948. |
| B．It involves more than 12,000 participants. |
| C．It was led by John Cacioppo. |
| D．It showed that any behavior could spread. |
| A．The spreading effect was the second strongest among friends. |
| B．No spreading effect was found on husbands and wives. |
| C．Women are more likely to be affected than men. |
| D．Brothers are more easily affected than neighbors. |
| A．Actions should be taken to help lonely people. |
| B．People feel lonely for many reasons. |
| C．Ways to fight against loneliness. |
| D．Lonely people can affect others. |
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