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It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had ___41___ to meet at the restaurant at seven o¡¯clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my ___42___, I had a good excuse: A business meeting had ___43___ and I¡¯d wasted no time getting to the dinner. ª¥

When I arrived at the ___44___, I apologized and told Eleanorªªª© I didn¡¯t mean to be late. She screamed, ¡°You never mean to.¡± Well, I ___45___ tell she was angry. ¡°I¡¯m sorry but it was not ___46___,¡± I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. ___47___, my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive ___48___ mad as well. ª¥

Several weeks later, when I ___49___ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, ¡°You ___50___ a classic mistake. You¡¯re stuck ___51___ your own way of thinking. You didn¡¯t ___52___ to be late. But that¡¯s not the point. What is ___53___ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.¡± He pointed out that I focused on the intention ___54___ Eleanor focused on the result. Thus, ___55___ of us felt misunderstood and crazy. ª¥

Thinking more about Ken¡¯s words, I ___56___ recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It¡¯s the result of the action that really ___57___. I should have started the conversation by expressing ___58___ my actions affected Eleanor and ___59___ the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never. ª¥

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really ___60___ her experience of the results of my lateness, I¡¯ve managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

41. A. started            B. agreed                  C. continued             D. managed

42. A. relief              B. surprise                C. regret                   D. sorrow

43. A. broken out      B. closed down          C. faded away           D. run over

44. A. house              B. room                    C. restaurant             D. supermarket

45. A. could              B. must                     C. will                      D. might

46. A. movable          B. comfortable          C. acceptable             D. avoidable

47. A. However         B. Therefore              C. Moreover             D. Otherwise

48. A. her                 B. him                      C. me                       D. them

49. A. spread             B. wrote                   C. translated              D. described

50. A. knew              B. made                    C. found                   D. took

51. A. in                   B. beyond                 C. for                       D. against

52. A. need               B. prove                   C. pretend                 D. intend

53. A. funny             B. important              C. possible                D. simple

54. A. while              B. after                     C. until                     D. unless

55. A. all                  B. none                     C. both                     D. neither

56. A. usually            B. merely                  C. hardly                  D. gradually

57. A. inspires           B. matters                 C. improves              D. challenges

58. A. how                B. why                     C. when                    D. what

59. A. compared        B. reported                C. finished                D. saved

60. A. showing          B. satisfying              C. understanding       D. destroying

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