You Need Courage!

　　Shortly after I began a career in business，I learned that Carl Weatherup president of PepsiCo (百事可樂公司), was speaking at the University of Colorado. I tracked down the person handling his schedule and managed to get myself an appointment.46

　　So there I was sitting outside the university's auditorium, waiting for the president of PepsiCo. I could hear him talking to the students... and talking, and talking.47 He was now five minutes over, which dropped 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 at 2: 30 pm.” I took a deep breath, pushed open the doors of the auditorium and walked straight up the middle aisle (過道) toward him as he talked. Mr. Weatherup stopped. 48 Just before I reached the door, I heard him tell the group that he was running late. He thanked them for their attention, wished them luck and walked out to where I was now Sitting, holding my breath.

　　49 He spent the next 30 minutes offering me his time, some wonderful stories that I still use, and an invitation to visit him and his group in New York. But what he gave me that I value the most was the encouragement to continue to do as I had done. 50 When things need to happen, you either have the nerve to act or you don'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 I could trust him, and that he deserved every bit of loyalty I could give to him.

　　C　I became alarmed: his talk wasn't ending when it should have.

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

　　E　I was told, however, that he was on a tight schedule and only had 15 minutes available after his talk to the business class.

　　F　I handed him the card then I turned and walked out the way I came

　　46　E文章的第一段談到，“我”得知百事公司的老總要在科羅拉多大學講學，就設法得到了約見他的機會。接下去應該是E，這是一個轉折，“我”雖然得到了約見他的機會，但在他作完演講之后卻只有15分鐘的時間。所以，在第二段的開頭才會出現：“我”在大學禮堂外面等候的描述。E與前后連貫，所以是答案。

　　47　C第二段開頭描述“我”在禮堂外面等候的情況。第二個句子談到，“我”能聽到他給學生們講話，他講啊講……最后一個句子提到，他已經超過了五分鐘了。在第二句和最后一句之間應該是C，“我大為吃驚，他該停的時候沒?！?。

　　48　F第三段講“我”在名片后面寫了個便條提醒他還有個約會，然后推開門，向他走去。接下去很自然應該是F，把名片遞給他。

　　49　A第四段談到，百事的老總看了看名片，又看了看我，……他笑了。他笑了，說明他同意和我談話，所以，接下去應該是A。

　　50　D第五段第二個句子談到，他所給“我”的也是“我”最珍視的，就是他鼓勵“我”繼續按照“我”做過的做法做?！拔摇弊鬟^的做法就是有膽量打斷一個總裁的演講，所以，接下去應該是D，是總裁對“我”所作鼓勵的具體內容。

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