1 . I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the _______ of the restaurant came over and said our meal was free. I was _______. He stood there smiling at me and there was an air of _______. Finally I asked him if he knew me. He said I had _______ forgotten him, but I had _______ his life. My friend was quite _______ and asked him how I had done this.
He said twelve years ago I was teaching a stress management class and he was one of the _______. I asked the group what their number one _______ was and most of them said it was from their bosses.
I listened to everyone, then _______ a chair and invited everyone to stand on it. I wanted them to look at the room from ________ there. After that, I asked the group to think about how the room looked ________ when they changed their perspective (角度).
Then I asked them to ________ their bosses. Was this the same person who had ________their good qualities and hired them? Do they remember how ________ they were to be chosen for the job?
He said I looked at him and asked if he had ever thanked his boss for the ________ to earn a living and ________him new skills and to be a better employee.
He said he went back to work the next day with a thank-you card to his ________. He learned to ________ stress in a smart way. Now he has been the manager of the restaurant for eight years. He said I had taught him to ________life from different perspectives and to express ________.
1. A.waiter | B.manager | C.cook | D.owner |
2. A.satisfied | B.excited | C.surprised | D.moved |
3. A.familiarity | B.understanding | C.importance | D.dignity |
4. A.hardly | B.rarely | C.specially | D.probably |
5. A.changed | B.planned | C.built | D.noticed |
6. A.patient | B.anxious | C.curious | D.doubtful |
7. A.Employers | B.students | C.organizers | D.teachers |
8. A.joy | B.stress | C.danger | D.pride |
9. A.removed | B.broke | C.held | D.took |
10. A.down | B.outside | C.up | D.inside |
11. A.natural | B.different | C.funny | D.strange |
12. A.consider | B.ask | C.visit | D.watch |
13. A.seen | B.predicted | C.chosen | D.improved |
14. A.puzzled | B.touched | C.Happy | D.calm |
15. A.ability | B.chance | C.process | D.luck |
16. A.allowing | B.advising | C.encouraging | D.teaching |
17. A.colleague | B.customer | C.boss | D.parent |
18. A.leave behind | B.deal with | C.suffer from | D.bring about |
19. A.look at | B.talk about | C.work on | D.take over |
20. A.apology | B.regret | C.appreciation | D.sympathy |