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I consider myself something of an expert on apologies.

(2014-12-02 18:00:00)
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教育

分类: 5.完形填空

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

 

    I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has   21   me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest   22  . my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the   23   when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the   24  , so he’ll know you   25   it.”

    My mother thus made the key point of (关键点) a(n)   26   apology; it must be direct. You must never   27   to be doing something else. You do not   28   a pile of letters while apologizing to a person   29   in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your   30  . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guests of honor (贵宾) you treat   31  , sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad   32  .

    One of the important things you should do for an   33   apology is a readiness (乐意) to   34   the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no   35   for (无隙可乘;留有空间) the other person to   36   us. Since most people are open-minded (虚心的), the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling   37   about themselves. That, after all, is the   38   of very apology. It   39   little whether the apologizer is wholly (完全地) or only partly at fault (有错); answering for (……负责) one’s   40   encourages others to take their share of (承担) the blame.

 

21. A. provided           B. mixed          C. compared     D. treated

22. A. dreams           B. courses          C. memories     D. ideas

23. A. side             B. ground           C. wall         D. bottom

24. A. mind            B. soul              C. face        D. eye

25. A. imagine          B. enjoy            C. mean        D. admit

 

26. A. useless          B. successful         C. equal        D. basic

27. A. pretend          B. forget            C. refuse       D. consider

28. A. hold on          B. put away         C. look through   D. pick up

29. A. poorer           B. weaker          C. worse         D. lower

30. A. fault            B. reason            C. result        D. duty

 

31. A. cruelly          B. freely            C. roughly       D. foolishly

32. A. manners         B. excuses          C. efforts        D. roles

33. A. active            B. effective         C. extra         D. easy

34. A. raise             B. perform         C. rise          D. bear

35. A. situation          B. need            C. sign         D. room

 

36. A. advise            B. forgive         C. warm         D. blame

37. A. wiser            B. warmer         C. better         D. cleverer

38. A. purpose          B. method         C. end          D. advantage

39. A. cares            B. matters         C. depends       D. remains

40. A. facts            B. states           C. rights         D. actions

 

21—25 ACBDC   26—30 BACDA   31—35 CABDD   36—40 BCABD

 

 

    I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has provided me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest memories. my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the ground when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the eye, so he’ll know you mean it.”

    My mother thus made the key point of (关键点) a(n) successful apology; it must be direct. You must never pretend to be doing something else. You do not look through a pile of letters while apologizing to a person lower in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your reason. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guests of honor (贵宾) you treat   roughly, sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad manners.

    One of the important things you should do for an effective apology is a readiness (乐意) to bear the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no room for (无隙可乘;留有空间) the other person to forgive us. Since most people are open-minded (虚心的), the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling better about themselves. That, after all, is the purpose of very apology. It matters little whether the apologizer is wholly (完全地) or only partly at fault (有错); answering for (……负责) one’s actions encourages others to take their share of (承担) the blame.

 

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