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 (对……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
(对……负责) one’s
actions encourages others to take their share of (承担)
the blame.
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