When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn't very 25 about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn't catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept 26 him why. He always answered, "Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to 27 like a fish. " I remember being even more upset then because, "I'm not a fish!" I didn't know 28 to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think 29 what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really 30 . So, I read some books on fish. And I even 31 the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I 32 that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water 33 . That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water 34 the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunshine than in the shade. The more I understood fish, the more I became 35 at finding and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the business world, I 36 hearing my first boss say, "We all need to think like sales people." But it didn't completely make 37 . My dad never once said, "If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman. " What he said was, "You need to think like a fish. " Years later, with great efforts to 38 long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like 39 . It is not an easy job. But I'm trying my best to learn to think as they do to serve them better.
25. A. amusing B. annoying C. surprising D. confusing
26. A. showing B. telling C. asking D. teaching
27. A. act B. think C. practice D. predict
28. A. when B. where C. why D. how
29. A. hold B. influence C. attract D. discover
30. A. meant B. planned C. arranged D. did
31. A. visited B. joined C. passed D. called
32. A. believed B. guessed C. learned D. concluded
33. A. temperature B. quality C. depth D. surface
34. A. until B. though C. unless D. because
35. A. creative B. upset C. puzzled D. effective
36. A. disliked B. remembered C. minded D. considered
37. A. history B. change C. sense D. progress
38. A. improve B. pay C. cancel D. record
39. A. businessmen B. salesmen C. customers D. producers