Perhaps what we like most about the successful man who has a sense of humor is that he doesn't seem to take himself too
36 . The average person expects the man in a powerful
37 to be too vain and self-centered. “Walt Dizzy is just a plain, ordinary guy. It's absolutely amazing,” Harvey tells his friends, “He's really not different from any one of us. Boy, I'll tell you, success didn't spoil him.”
38 it was Walt Dizzy's aptitude for making the people around him feel
39 that relaxed everyone who met him and gave people the impression that he’s “one of the boys’’.
It's always a surprise and a
40 when people discover that successful individuals are basically not different from anyone else. The majority of people
41 highly successful men and women to be very solemn and earnest because they
42 such big decisions. An executive who has a relaxed
43 and good sense of humor leaves a favorable impression. You've undoubtedly often heard someone say,
44 discussing one of these tycoons(大人物), “I can identify with him.” The party who makes the remark has absolutely
45 in common with the tycoons, but the 46 atmosphere, not the man himself, becomes the means of identification.
Greeting someone
47 whom you are about to do business with a warm smile is the best way to introduce yourself. People can't
48 immediately liking such an individual. He seems humble, and they're impressed with his informal manner. They notice his “human side,” and he
49 them over at once. People want to cooperate with this kind of man. A
50 first meeting sets the stage beautifully for the formal discussions.
On the other hand, there's the humorless, dull type who turns you completely
51 .Stanley Shtick, president of a large food company, is a good
52 . “He is the coldest fish I’ve
53 met,” says Zelda Zoftik, “You would think he was the King of England, the way he acts,” she
54 . “The longer it is before I meet with him again, the
55 .”| 小题1: | | A．seriously | B．highly | C．easily | D．simply |
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| 小题2: | | A．situation | B．position | C．location | D．tradition |
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| 小题3: | | A．Actually | B．Eventually | C．Gradually | D．Naturally |
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| 小题4: | | A．nervous | B．conscious | C．comfortable | D．reliable |
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| 小题5: | | A．pressure | B．pleasure | C．relief | D．shock |
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| 小题6: | | A．expect | B．want | C．hope | D．think |
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| 小题8: | | A．figure | B．smile | C．personality | D．shape |
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| 小题9: | | A．when | B．if | C．though | D．since |
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| 小题10: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题11: | | A．excited | B．relaxed | C．interested | D．embarrassed |
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| 小题13: | | A．help | B．control | C．stand | D．risk |
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| 小题14: | | A．wins | B．gets | C．beats | D．captures |
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| 小题15: | | A．energetic | B．regular | C．friendly | D．normal |
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| 小题17: | | A．idea | B．example | C．friend | D．person |
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| 小题18: | | A．ever | B．seldom | C．never | D．often |
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| 小题19: | | A．explains | B．suggests | C．complains | D．praises |
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| 小题20: | | A．more | B．closer | C．better | D．worse |
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