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Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list ___1___ in our past that we felt ___2___ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.

This seemed like a very ___3___ process, but there’ s always some ___4___soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then ___5___ that we find ways to ___6___ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever ___7___ my communication.

Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my ___8___, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff ___9___ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a ___10___ on him.

After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious ___11___. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ___12___ found out.”

“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name ___13___ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still ___14___. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few ___15___, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”

“And I want you to know that I did it?”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a ___16___ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you ___17___ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it ___18___ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”

Jimmy inspired me to ___19___ all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to ___20___the past wrongdoings.

1. A. something         B. anything            C. somebody         D. anybody

2. A. ashamed          B. afraid              C. sure              D. proud

3. A. private           B. secret               C. interesting          D. funny

4. A. foolish         B. polite              C. simple            D. brave

5. A. expected           B. suggested            C. ordered           D. demanded

6. A. connect with       B. depend on          C. make apologize to    D. get along with

7. A. improve          B. continue           C. realize             D. keep

8. A. notes                     B. list                      C. plan                     D. stories

9. A. any               B. most               C. none               D. all

10. A. part                     B. game               C. trick               D. record

11. A. view            B. sign               C. attention            D. remark

12. A. also                B. even                C. still                D. ever

13. A. appears          B. considers            C. presents             D. remembers

14. A. angry         B. happy              C. doubtful          D. alive

15. A. words            B. rings               C. repeats             D. calls

16. A. cold                  B. plain               C. nervous            D. lively

17. A. in case          B. so long as         C. unless               D. because

18. A. around           B. out                            C. on                 D. away

19. A. build up         B. make up            C. clear up            D. give up

20. A. regret            B. forgive           C. right             D. punish

1--20   BAADB   CABCC   BDADB   DDACC  


解析:

1. B。根據(jù)下文可知句意為:教員要求我們把我們過去的任何事情(anything)都列成表,這些事情是我們感到羞愧(ashamed)、后悔或未完成的,然后大聲讀出。若填something只表示一些事情,與句意不符。

2. A。ashamed意為“羞愧的”,根據(jù)后面列舉的幾項,不應該是“害怕的(afraid)”的事情。

3. A。private意為“私人的、保密的、不讓人知道的”。上述事情都屬于個人隱私,不宜公開。

4. D。brave意為“勇敢的”,盡管是隱私不宜公開,但在自愿者中也有勇敢的人。

5. B。suggested意為“建議”,句子謂語用的動詞原形,是虛擬語氣,可先排除expected;從說話者語氣看,不是“命令”,所以可排除ordered和demanded。

6. C。這里教員建議要做以下幾件事情:to make apologize to people“向人們道謙”,(to) take some actions right any wrong doings“采取措施糾正錯誤的所作所為”。

7. A。本來作者是參加一個交際培訓班,而現(xiàn)在教員所要學員做的一切似乎與培養(yǎng)交際能力無關(guān),所以作者很納悶這是否能提高(improve)他的交際能力。

8. B。make a list意為“列表、造表”。

9. C。none of us kids liked是定語從句,前面省略了關(guān)系代詞whom / that(代替Sheriff),選none表示Jimmy(由短文最后可知此人是Jimmy)和他的少年伙伴都不喜歡那位郡長(Sheriff),與下文吻合。

10. C。play a trick on sb意為“捉弄某人”。

11. B。sign意為“記號、標記、符號”,指Jimmy他們寫的字。

12. D。ever用于否定句表示“在任何時候、從來”,由于Jimmy說了謊話,所以“從來就沒人查明事實真相(found out)”。與下文“幾乎20年后再提及此事”相呼應。

13. A。appear意為“出現(xiàn)”,指Sheriff Brown的名字被列在表上。

14. D。alive意為“活著的”,此時Jimmy還不知道Sheriff Brown是否活著,與后面他們接通電話,證實了Sheriff Brown還活著。所以此處不宜用其他形容詞。

15. B。ring意為“鈴聲”,這里指電話被撥通。

16. D。由we had a good laugh可知 Sheriff和 Jimmy進行的是熱烈的(lively)討論。所以不宜選其他形容詞。

17. D。后面的句子說明原因,故選 because引導原因狀語從句:因為你的伙伴都把他們做的錯事給忘了。

18. A。around意為“大約”,此句表示:而 Jimmy卻這些(nearly20年)年來一直把他所做過的錯事記在心頭。

19. C。clear up意為“消除、解除”,此句意為:在兩年里Jimmy鼓勵了我消除在我的表上的所有101項(做錯了事情)。

20. C。 right意為“糾正”,此句意為:糾正過去的不道德行為還為時不晚。

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