山东省2015年高考英语阅读表达专项训练十七含解析.docVIP

山东省2015年高考阅读表达专项训练（十七） 阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。 A few years ago, I was in New York City to advise two large banks on the secret to success in business. On the way in from the airport, I struck up a conversation with my taxi driver. Tony was from India. He had studied to be a marine biologist but could not get a decent job in that field here. He was doing okay driving a cab, he said, but in coming all this way, I had hoped to do better than just get by. The more we talked, the more I realized that the counseling（咨询服务） I provide to corporate executives also applies to average people like Tony. Like too many of us, Tony thought that being self-reliant meant never asking for help. But we need to nurture（培养） relationships in order to achieve our goals. Tony loved to chat with his customers, yet he didnt want to bother them. I urged him to give it a try. And he did. Not only did his customers ask that he take them to the airport at the end of their trip, they also recommended him to their friends. Soon he had a long list of regulars and was able to buy his own Town Car, then a second. He had to hire a friend to help with the overflow.Each of us contains seeds of greatness, which can be expressed in numerous ways, from starting a business to giving back to our community to raising the next generation of leaders. Life is all about finding that seed and nurturing it to its full growth. The secret to success consists in the power of relationships. 1 According to the passage, the author was probably a _____(1 word) 2. What can we learn from Tony’s words in Paragraph 2? (no more than 10 words) 3. What does the underlined word “self-reliant” in Paragraph 3 mean? (1 word) 4. According to the passage, what’s the key to