Always Changing

Mark is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad.
You probably don’t know Mark, but you might be lucky enough  36 someone just like him. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining  37 professional skills with a sweet and gentle nature.
And now he’s moving on to an exciting new professional  38 . It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we’re  39 for him. But that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to him.
Life has a way of throwing these curve(曲线)balls  40 us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to   41 the recipe.
Our ability to cope with change  42 to a great degree, our peace, happiness and contentment in life.
But how do we do that? A friend of mine is fond of reminding us that“survivability depends upon  43 .”And then there’s Chris the California surf-rat, who once told me that the answer to life’s problems can be  44 in four words:“Go with the flow.”
I’m not exactly sure , but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of   45 —both good and bad . No matter how excellent your skill , there will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no  46 . The truly successful person expects the unexpected, and is prepared to    47 adjustments should the need arise-as it almost  48 does.
That doesn't mean you don't keep trying to make all your  49 come true．It just means that when things come up that aren't  50 in your plan，you work around them—and then you move on。
“Change，indeed，is painful，  51 ever needful，”said philosopher Thomas Carlyle．“And if memory has its force and worth，so also has  52 .”
we're going to miss Mark. But rather than stay on the  53 of our parting，we'll focus on our hopes for a brighter future－for him，and for us．And then we'll go out and   54  
everything we can to make that future happen．  55 our plans change--again.

My son Paul got a job in a guitar store.It was the first time that he did such a job.The pay was based on a small salary (薪水) and his sales.They offered him some training on how to approach a customer，introduce the product and make the sale.However，he wasn’t doing well.He was very puzzled (困惑的)．

One morning，Paul said to me，“Mom，you used to be a sales trainer.Can you tell me why I’m not doing well？” I said，“The key is that you must love the people you are selling a product to.Never count the money you will make in your mind.Do what is best for them even though they are just buying something small.”

He promised he would try to do so.After some time，his sales began to increase.He became the top salesman in the store and his salary was raised.After six months，he became one of the top ten salesmen in the whole chain of guitar stores around the country.

This company held a big party once a year to honor (给予荣誉) their top ten salespeople.Famous cars，great hotels and wonderful dinners were the prizes.Paul was of course included.After the dinner，the boss of the company asked，“Paul，how did you make it？”

Paul answered，“I don’t want to tell you.You won’t believe me.”

“Of course I’ll believe you.Tell me.”

“I started loving the people who came in，” Paul told him.

The boss replied，“Okay，Paul，now tell me how you really did it.”

71．This passage mainly tells us Paul________.

A．successfully increased his sales by loving customers

B．learned from his mother about the meaning of life

C．found the way to succeed in doing everything

D．found the best way to play the guitar

72．What do we know about Paul?

A．He used to change jobs.

B．He was sure that he couldn’t do the sales job well.

C．He didn’t know why he failed to do the sales job well.

D．He did the sales job just in order to make some pocket money.

73．The underlined word “approach” in the first paragraph can be replaced by“________”．

A．pass by                                             B．deal with

C．look after                                           D．come near to

74．Paul asked his mother for advice because________.

A．his father asked him to do that

B．his mother was a very successful businesswoman

C．his mother was an experienced worker in that store

D．his mother used to train people how to sell products

75. What can we learn from the dialogue between Paul and his boss?

A．Paul played a joke on the boss.

B．The boss didn’t believe what Paul said.

C．The boss finally knew how Paul succeeded.

D．Paul didn’t want to tell the boss how he succeeded.