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A businesswoman got into a taxi in midtown. As it was the rush hour and she was in a1to catch a
train, she2a quick way to reach it. 'I have been a taxi driver for 15 years!' the driver said3 . 'You
don't think I know the best way to go?'
The woman tried to explain that she hadn't4to annoy him, but the driver kept5. She finally
realized that he was too annoyed to be6 , so she changed her7. 'You know, you are right,' she told
him. 'It must seem8for me not to think you know the best way9the city.'
10, the driver glanced at his11in the rearview mirror (后视镜), turned down the street she wanted
and got her to the train on time. 'He didn't say another word the rest of the ride,' she said, '12I got out
and paid him. Then he thanked me.'
When you find yourself13with people like the taxi driver, you will always try to14your idea. It
can lead to longer arguments, lose job chances or even15marriages. I have discovered one 16
extremely effective method that can pr the disagreement or other difficult situations from17in a
disaster.
The18is to put yourself in the other person's shoes and look for the19in what that person is
saying. Find a way to20, and the result may surprise you.
( )1. A. hurry
( )2. A. chose
( )3. A. jokingly
( )4. A. supposed
( )5. A. apologizing
( )6. A. reasonable
( )7. A. road
( )8. A. strange
( )9. A. across
( )10. A. Surprised
( )11. A. rider
( )12. A. until
( )13. A. satisfied
( )14. A. give up
( )15. A. combine
( )16. A. or
( )17. A. lying
( )18. A. problem
( )19. A. fact
( )20. A. agree B. rush
B. made
B. angrily
B. hoped
B. driving
B. thoughtful
B. mind
B. wrong
B. in
B. Worried
B. speaker
B. after
B. concerned
B. turn down
B. destroy
B. that
B. resulting
B. importance
B. meaning
B. argueC. moment
C. found
C. anxiously
C. meant
C. asking
C. normal
C. direction
C. terrible
C. through
C. Annoyed
C. helper
C. because
C. crowded
C. stick to
C. suffer
C. but
C. setting
C. key
C. expression
C. explainD. way
D. suggested
D. curiously
D. decided
D. shouting
D. practical
D. manner
D. stupid
D. along
D. Disappointed
D. comer
D. since
D. faced
D. point out
D. divide
D. though
D. leading
D. reply
D. truth
D. escape