第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 “Tell me, Wally,” my amazed friend asked the driver, “have you always served customers like this?” Wally smiled into the back-view mirror. “No, not always. In fact, it’s only been in the last two years. My first five years driving, I spent most of my time complaining like all the rest of the taxi drivers do. Then I heard the personal growth of Wayne Dyer, on the radio one day. He had just written a book called You’ll See It When You Believe It. Dyer said that if you get up in the morning expecting to have a bad day, you’ll rarely disappoint yourself. He said, ‘Stop complaining! Distinguish yourself from your competition. Don’t be a duck. Be an eagle. Ducks quack and complain. Eagles fly high above the crowd.’” “That hit me right between the eyes. Dyer was really talking about me. I was always quacking and complaining, so I decided to change my attitude and become an eagle. I looked around at the other taxis and their drivers. The taxis were dirty, the drivers were unfriendly, and the customers were unhappy. So I decided to make some changes. I put in a few at a time. When my customers responded well, I did more.” “I take it that has paid off for you,” I said. “It sure has,” Wally replied. “My first year as an eagle, I doubled my income from the previous year. This year I’ll probably quadruple(增四倍) it. You were lucky to get me today. I don’t sit at taxi-stands anymore. My customers call me for appointments on my cell phone or leave a message on my answering machine. If I can’t pick them up myself, I get a trustworthy friend to do it and I take a piece of the action.” Wally was phenomenal. He was running a first-class service out of a Yellow Taxi. I’ve probably told that story to more than fifty taxi drivers over the years, and only two took the idea and ran with it. Whenever I go to their cities, I give them a call. The rest of the drivers quacked like ducks and told me all the reasons they couldn’t do any of what I was suggesting. Wally, the Taxi Driver, made a different choice. 51. The underlined word “phenomenal” means ______. A．easy-going B．warm-hearted C．flexible D．remarkable 52. Wally doesn’t park his taxi at taxi-stands just because _______. A．his income doubles. B．his taxi is usually fully booked C．he has a company of his own. D．he has a look of a disgusting eagle 53. Wally’s income doubled when he improved his service about ______. A．one year ago B．two years ago C．five years ago D．seven years ago 54. After reading the passage we may draw a safe conclusion that ______. A．kindness must be rewarded B．it’s easy to say but hard to do C．good service pays off in the end D．the early bird catches the worm |