We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault .And whose fault is that? Not mine.
Recently, my husband and I got up at the 1 of 4 am to catch an early 2 to New York .We were extremely 3 ,perhaps because we were sleep-walking . And we were all ready when the taxi came to 4 us 45 minutes later.
It was a quiet 5 to the airport .We didn’t even chat ,because he was enjoying his new iPod .At the airport ,the taxi 6 to let us get off ,at which point the iPod guy 7 me and said , “We don’t have our 8 .”
“You are 9 ,right?” I replied ,for he 10 lied like that.
“No. I mean it .Did you bring it down?” I didn’t”
“What do you mean ,you didn’t ?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”
“How 11 !” I was thinking, “You’re always 12 to do things like bringing down luggage .This is your fault , 13 now ,we may 14 our flight.” I didn’t say that out loud, 15 .He already knew how I felt.
The experience showed I had a hard time accepting 16 . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is 17 the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.
Oh ,and that missing suitcase? We went home 18 in the taxi ,picked it up ,returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to 19 .
Later ,while walking along Broadway, I noted how 20 I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.
1．A．point B．hour C．strike D．period
2．A．bus B．train C．flight D．taxi
3．A．still B．excited C．calm D．disappointment
4．A．collect B．pick C．fetch D．draw
5．A．drive B．experience C．travel D．ride
6．A．pulled in B．pushed in C．hurried in D．dragged in
7．A．turned to B．turned up C．turned against D．turned away
8．A．briefcase B．suitcase C．clothes bag D．food bag
9．A．running B．laughing C．joking D．cheating
10．A．rarely B．a(chǎn)lways C．hardly D．never
11．A．clever B．stupid C．terrible D．unlucky
12．A．expected B．a(chǎn)sked C．requested D．supposed
13．A．a(chǎn)nd B．if C．while D．but
14．A．catch B．quit C．change D．miss
15．A．either B．a(chǎn)s well C．though D．besides
16．A．punishment B．a(chǎn)dvice C．responsibility D．belief
17．A．in B．through C．over D．on
18．A．slowly B．carelessly C．sadly D．hurriedly
19．A．spare B．use C．leave D．share
20．A．stupid B．sorry C．wise D．funny
