Question

Jerry was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?” Jerry replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.’ I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live your life.” I reflected on what Jerry said. Later, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was stopped at gun point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe(保險(xiǎn)箱), he forgot the password, nervous. The robbers shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found rather quickly and rushed to the local hospital. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry left hospital with fragments（碎片）of the bullets(子彈) still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, “The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door,” Jerry replied. “Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.” “Weren’t you frightened? Did you lose consciousness(知覺)?” I asked. Jerry continued, “The doctors and nurses were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really frightened. I knew I needed to take action.”

“What did you do?” I asked. “Well, there was a big, strong nurse shouting questions at me,” said Jerry. “She asked if I was allergic (過敏的)to anything. ‘Yes,’ I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and shouted, ‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them. ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

1.The author left Jerry’s restaurant industry because he________.

A. wanted to start business on his own

B. was afraid of another robbery later

C. was not equal to the job any longer

D. didn’t get along well with others

2.Why was Jerry shot? ________.

A. Because he left the back door open

B. Because he refused to open the safe

C. Because he didn’t open the safe in time

D. Because he pretended to forget the password

3.What was Jerry really afraid of in the emergency room? ________.

A. The doctors and nurses gave him up.

B. He decided to take action to live again.

C. He saw many doctors and nurses waiting there.

D. He might not be saved by doctors and nurses.

4.From the passage we can learn that Jerry was ________.

A. no longer positive to his life after the operation

B. optimistic even when things were at their worst

C. influenced by all his colleagues in many ways

D. badly injured and stayed in hospital for six months

5.Which of the following is conveyed in this article?

A. Where there is life, there is hope.

B. Everything comes to him who waits.

C. Attitude determines everything.

D. Humor is the best medicine that creates miracle(奇跡).

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：你的選擇決定你的人生。本文講述了Jerry樂觀積極的生活態(tài)度。在面臨選擇時(shí)，他總是會(huì)選擇積極那個(gè)選項(xiàng)，即便是在生命垂危時(shí)，他也會(huì)樂觀地面對(duì)，說明態(tài)度決定一切。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段的Later, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business.可知作者離開Jerry的飯店是因?yàn)樽约合雱?chuàng)業(yè)。故選擇A。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的While trying to open the safe(保險(xiǎn)箱), he forgot the password, nervous. The robbers shot him.可知，Jerry被射擊是因?yàn)樗�想打開保險(xiǎn)箱時(shí)卻忘了密碼，沒有及時(shí)打開。故選擇C。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段的But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really frightened.可知，Jerry看到護(hù)士和醫(yī)生的表情，暗示他當(dāng)時(shí)情況危急，所以他此時(shí)擔(dān)心自己不能被挽救。故選擇D。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的I took a deep breath and shouted, ‘Bullets!’ Over their laughter, I told them. ‘I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.’”可知，即便在最糟糕的時(shí)刻，Jerry都是那么的樂觀。故選擇B。

5.主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude.可知樂觀的態(tài)度使得Jerry存活了下來，說明態(tài)度決定一切。故選C。

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