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A man hired a taxi outside the airfield. The cab had a woolen carpet with  1  lace edges. On the glass
partition that  2  the driver's seat was a copy of a famous painting. Its windows were all clean. The
customer was very much  3  and said to the driver,"I've never seen a nicer  4  . ""Thank you for your
praise. "the driver answered  5  .
"The car isn't mine,"said the driver. "It belongs to the company. I used to be a  6  of cabs. When they
returned,all of them were as  7  as garbage cans with cigarette butts and rubbish  8  here and there. On
the seats and door-handles could be found something  9   like peanut sauce or, chewing gum. Why so?
I thought if the car itself were very clean the passengers would most  10  be considerate and refrain from
littering. "
"So when I got a  11  to be a taxi-driver,I began  12  my idea into practice-to tidy and  13  the car.
Now before a new passenger gets on my car,I'd make a cheek and be sure it is in good order. When
my car  14  after a day's work,it always remains  15  . "
When doing a thing,one makes efforts and wants to see the result. To change others,one has to make
twice the  16  but get half the result. To change oneself is the other way round-more fruit with less effort.
One had better ask oneself why one makes  17  on others much more than on oneself.  18  you take
enough care to do as best you can for other people's sake,your efforts will yield results,If you  19  the
inner world of your own,examine yourself and wipe out the dust and dirt,instead of fixing your eyes on
other people,you will find a cheerful  20  for yourself and create a pleasant environment for others.

(     ) 1. A. ugly     (     ) 2. A. separated   (     ) 3. A. moved       (     ) 4. A. seat     (     ) 5. A. naturally   (     ) 6. A. driver     (     ) 7. A. attractive   (     ) 8. A. spread     (     ) 9. A. funny       (     )10. A. likely     (     )11. A. permit     (     )12. A. put       (     )13. A. provide     (     )14. A. speeds     (     )15. A. spotless     (     )16. A. progress     (     )17. A. suggestions (     )18. A. Though     (     )19. A. look into   (     )20. A. spirit

B. exciting B. covered   B. annoyed   B. carpet   B. smilingly B. cleaner   B. pleasant B. extended B. busy     B. willingly B. 1icense   B. take     B. drive     B. leaves   B. pretty   B. effort   B. comments B. While     B. look for B. mood

C. brilliant C. protected C. disappointed C. garage C. hopefully C. repairer C. dirty    C. dotted C. sticky C. extremely C. certificate C. make    C. decorate C. arrives C. bright C. attempt C. demands C. As    C. look up C. mind

D. favorite     D. prevented   D. surprised   D. cab         D. firmly       D. customer     D. clean       D. 1eft         D. clumsy       D. regularly   D. passport     D. get         D. describe     D. returns     D. dirty       D. trial       D. decisions   D. If           D. look through D. sense

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