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

When I arrived at the ，1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not ," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. , my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive mad as well.

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

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

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really her experience of the results

of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

1.A. StartedB. AgreedC. Continued D. Managed

2.A. ReliefB. SurpriseC. RegretD. Sorrow

3.A. broken outB. closed downC. faded awayD. run over

4.A. HouseB. RoomC. RestaurantD. Supermarket

5.A. CouldB. MustC.Will D. might

6.A. Movable B. Comfortable C. Acceptable D. Avoidable

7.A. However B. ThereforeC. MoreoverD. Otherwise

8.A. Her B. HimC. meD. them

9.A. spread B. wroteC. translatedD. described

10.A. knewB. madeC. foundD. took

11.A. InB. beyondC. ForD. against

12.A. NeedB. ProveC. PretendD. Intend

13.A. FunnyB. ImportantC. PossibleD. Simple

14.A. WhileB. After C. UntilD. unless

15.A. AllB. NoneC. BothD. Neither

16.A. UsuallyB. MerelyC. HardlyD. gradually

17.A. InspiresB. MattersC. ImprovesD. challenges

18.A. HowB. WhyC. WhenD. what

19.A. ComparedB. ReportedC. FinishedD. saved

20.A. ShowingB. SatisfyingC. understanding D. destroying

 

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述作者和妻子約定一起吃飯，但是作者因為開會晚了，作者向妻子解釋為什么遲到，妻子反而更生氣，作者也感到要發(fā)瘋了，后來作者和朋友談到這件事，朋友的一番話讓作者意識到重要的是作者應(yīng)該體會遲到對妻子的影響，而不應(yīng)該強(qiáng)調(diào)自己的意圖，通過和妻子的溝通，作者更好的理解了妻子，以后盡量能夠做到準(zhǔn)時。

1.

2.

3. ，I had a good excuse:可知作者有個好借口，因為一個商業(yè)會議超時了，而作者沒有浪費時間，所以選D。

4. to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock.可知作者和妻子約定在飯店一起吃飯，所以作者是到達(dá)飯店，選C。

5. ,"作者對妻子抱歉，所以他能夠感覺出妻子是生氣了，所以選A。

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. your own way of thinking.可知作者犯了一個經(jīng)典的錯誤，所以選B。

11.

12.

13.

14.

15. Eleanor focused on the result.可知作者和妻子兩個人理解的重點不一樣，所以兩個人都感覺被誤解要抓狂，所以選C。

16.

17.

18.

19. my actions affected Eleanor可知作者本應(yīng)該表達(dá)自己的行為對妻子有怎樣的影響，所以應(yīng)該省去解釋自己遲到的目的或以后再說，或者永遠(yuǎn)不要說，所以選D。

20.

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