Question

When I was 9 years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the _____ thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish _____ I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty _____ and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to _____ like a fish.” I remember being even more worried then because I’m not a fish. I didn’t know _____ to think like a fish. Besides, how could what I think _____ what a fish does?

As I got a little older I began _____ what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fishes. And I _____ joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and it is very sensitive(敏感的) to water _____. That’s why fish prefer shallow(淺的) water to deep water because the shallow water is warmer. What’s more, water is usually ______ in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became good at ______ and catching them.

When I grew up and entered the ______ world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn’t completely ______. What my dad said was, “You need to think like a fisherman.” ______ later, I learned to provide long-term services to people much older and richer than me. I understood that what we all need to think more like ______. It’s really not an easy job.

1.A. important B. best C. only D. worst

2.A. but B. though C. and D. then

3.A. angry B. worried C. nervous D. disappointed

4.A. think B. swim C. eat D. rest

5.A. when B. whether C. why D. how

6.A. offer B. develop C. influence D. manage

7.A. understand B. think C. discover D. prepare

8.A. only B. already C. just D. even

9.A. quality B. temperature C. taste D. space

10.A. cooler B. warmer C. brighter D. darker

11.A. finding B. keeping C. getting D. protecting

12.A. computer B. teaching C. sports D. business

13.A. come true B. make sense C. come out D. stick to

14.A. Minutes B. Hours C. Years D. Months

15.A. customers B. bosses C. parents D. fish

Answer 1