Question

  A true apology is more than just acknowledgement（承認(rèn)）of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or  36  has damaged a relationship - and that you  37  enough about that relationship to want it  38 .
  It’s never  39  to acknowledge yon are in the wrong. Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look hack and think how  40  you’ve judged roughly（草率），said  41  things，pushed yourself  42  at the expense（在使某人受損的情況下）of a friend. Some deep thought in us know that when  43  a small mistake has been made, your  44  will stay out of balance until the mistake is acknowledged and your regret is  45 .
  I remember a doctor friend,  46  me about a man who came to him with  47  illnesses: headache, insomnia（失眠）,stomachaches and so on. No physical  48  could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man,“  49  you tell me what’s on your conscience（良心）,I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he  50  all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was  51  His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The old doctor made the man write to his brother making an  52  and enclosing（附寄）a 53 .In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man  54  into team. “Thank you, doctor,” he said, “I think I'm all right now.” And he  55 .

 

36．A. done	B. thought	C. announced	D. expected
37．A. lost	B. care	C. advise	D. heard
38．A. built	B. formed	C. repaired	D. damaged
39．A. difficult	B. easy	C. foolish	D. shy
40．A. long	B. often	C. much	D. soon
41．A. unusual	B. harmful	C. precious	D. unkind
42．A. ahead	B. away	C. down	D off
43．A. still	B. even	C. only	D. such
44．A. sense	B. brain	C. weight	D. feeling
45．A. shown	B. explained	C. offered	D. expressed
46．A. asking	B. telling	C. requiring	D. setting
47．A. strange	B. serious	C. various	D. much
48．A. signs	B. reason	C. cause	D. marks
49．A. Whenever	B. Unless	C. Suppose	D. Although
50．A. stole	B. accepted	C. seized	D. wasted
51．A. mad	B. lost	C. abroad	D. dead
52．A. order	B. excuse	C. agreement	D. apology
53．A. note	B. card	C. check	D. photo
54．A. joyed	B. burst	C. laughed	D. cried
55．A. should	B. did	C. had	D. was

 

Answer 1

  36．A 與said進(jìn)行對比可知。
  37．B care about在此處為“關(guān)心”。
  38．C 從上文damaged推理可得。
  39．B 承認(rèn)錯誤是需要勇氣的，決非易事。
  40．B 此處是說“回顧一下自己是否常作出粗魯?shù)臎Q定”。
  41．D 由上文可知，“說一些不友好的話”。
  42．A  push somebody ahead at the expense of someboty 意思是“在損害某人的情況下把某人推出來”。此句意為“在損害朋友的前提下提高自己”。
  43．B “甚至”，加強(qiáng)語氣。
  44．D “感情”失去平衡。
  45． “表達(dá)”個人后悔之意。
  46．B tell somebody about something，非謂語動詞。
  47．C 各種疾病，由下文可知。
  48．C reason為決定做某一件事的“理由”，對某種行為進(jìn)行解釋。而cause為引起某種后果的“起因、內(nèi)因”。
  49．B 提供一種可能的假設(shè)。
  50．C seized意為“獨(dú)占、霸占”。
  51．C abroad在國外，其他不合常理。
  52．D make an apology為固定搭配。
  53．C 支票check可隨信郵寄。鈔票note不行。
  54．B burst into tears為固定搭配。
  55．D 此句完整應(yīng)為：And he was all right.