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 right lane 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 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 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 (倒) 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 more . 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 rather 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.
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:C
小题10:D
小题11:C
小题12:B
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:D
题目分析：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。
小题1:考查动词辨析：A. injure受伤，B. ruin 毁坏，C. hurt伤害，D. harm伤害，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
小题2:考查介词辨析：A. through通过； B. from从…，C. in在里面； D. for为。固定短语：head for sp“前往某地”，故答案选D
小题3:考查连词辨析：A. while然而，当…时候，B. when当…时候，这时，C. since自从，D. as随着，因为，我们真正正确的道路上行驶，这时一辆黑色的 车从停车场出来，正好在我们前面，when后面接时间点，选B
小题4:考查动词辨析：A. knocked 敲，B. overtook承担，承诺，C. missed错过，D. left离开，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
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. laughing笑，B. throwing扔，C. glancing 瞥见，D.yelling叫喊，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
小题6:考查动词辨析：A. wondered想知道，B. smiled微笑，C. ignored忽略，D. guessed猜想，从下文出租车司机的话Just smile, wave, wish them well,可知此处选B
小题7:考查形容词辨析：A. friendly 友好的，B. Angry生气的，C. frightened 害怕的，D. Disappointed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
小题8:考查动词辨析：A. Showed展示，B. suggested 建议，C. Explained解释，D. hated 讨厌，下文是司机的解释。选C
小题9:考查名词辨析：A. expectation期待； B. passengers .行人； C. garbage垃圾； D. goods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，由此可知选C
小题10:考查动词辨析：A. Turns转弯，B. Pushes推，C. Holds持有，D. Piles堆，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
小题11:考查名词辨析：A. Roads道路，B. Children孩子，C. You你，D. Dustbins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
小题12:考查形容词辨析：A. Healthy健康的，B. Happy快乐的，C. Pitiful同情的，D. Wealthy富有的，从下文的内容，可知是：相信我，你会更快乐，选B
小题13:考查动词辨析：A. Spread传播，B. Share分享，C. explain 解释，D. Contribute贡献，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
小题14:考查名词辨析：A. surprise 惊讶，B. pleasure 快乐，C. Doubt怀疑，D. Regrets后悔，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
小题15:考查形容词辨析：A. Funny滑稽的，B. important 重要的，C. Strange奇怪的，D. Embarrassing令人尴尬的，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
小题16:考查动词辨析：A. Remember记住，B. Forget忘记，C. Value重视，D. Appreciate欣赏，感激，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
小题17:考查动词辨析：A. Enjoy享受，B. Exchange交换，C. recall 回想，D. Imagine想象，从上下文可知人们经常去回想不好的事情，选C
小题18:考查动词辨析：A. Inspire激励，B. Take拿，C. Mend修补，D. Notice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
小题19:考查动词辨析：A. letting让，B. consisting 组成，C.making制作，D. dreaming梦想，let go of“放弃，摒弃，放松，松手”，所以答案选A
小题20:考查动词辨析：A. distinguish区分 ； B. deserve值得； C. deliver传送； D. determine决定由情理可知播下的种子决定着明天的收获，答案选D