职称英语在线答题

每日一练：职称英语综合类每日一练(2015-2-9)
【单选题】

You Need Courage！

Shortly after I began a career in business, Ilearned that Carl Weatherup, president of PepsiCo （百事可乐公司）, was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down theperson handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment.（1）

So there I was sitting outside the university'sauditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking tothe students……, and talking, and talking.（2） He was now five minutes over, whichdropped my time with him down to 10 minutes. Decision time.

I wrote a note on the back of my business card,reminding him that he had a meeting "You have a meeting with Jeff Hoye at2:30 p.m." I took a deep breath, pushed open the doors of the auditoriumand walked straight up the middle aisle （过道） toward himas he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped. （3） Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that hewas running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck andwalked out to where I was now sitting, holding my breath.

He looked at the card and then at me. "Letme guess," he said. "You're Jeff." He smiled.（4）

He spent the next 30 minutes offering me histime; some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit himand his group in New York. But what he gave me that value the most was theencouragement to continue to do as I had done. （5） When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or youdon't.

A I began breathing again and we grabbed （霸占） an office right there at school and closed the door.

B As I sat listening to him, I knew that Icould trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him.

C I became alarmed: his talk wasn't ending whenit should have

D He said that it took nerve for me tointerrupt him, and that nerve was the key to success in the business world.

E I was told, however, that he was on a tightschedule and only had 15 minutes available after his talk to the businessclass.

F I handed him the card then I turned andwalked out the way I came.