10.One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes.It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like"I was wrong about that,"and it is even harder to say,"I was wrong,and you were right about that."
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.He told me he had been the manager of a certain store in the neighborhood where I grew up,and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons (in many countries,eggs are sold by the dozen and are put in cartons.) Then he related an incident (event,matter) and I began to remember unclearly the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time.I went into the store with my mother to do some shopping.On that particular day,I must have found my way to the food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there were lots of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons.The cartons were put three or four feet high.I must have stopped in front of the piles of egg cartons.Just then a woman came by pushing her shopping cart and knocked off the cartons.For some reason,I decided it was up to me to put the eggs back together,so I went to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened.When he appeared,I was on my knees looking at some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken,but to him it looked as though I was the one who just did it.He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.I tried to explain,but it did no good.Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident,it is plain that the manager did not.
5.Which is the correct order of the following?D
a.I forgot all about the incident.
b.I went into the store.
c.A woman knocked off the egg cartons.
d.I stood in front of the egg cartons.
e.The manager reminded me of the incident.
f.The manager didn't believe my explanation.
g.I picked up the unbroken eggs.
A.b; d; g; c; a; f; e   
B.b; d; c; g; f; e; a      
C.b; c; d;g; e; f; a     
D.b; d; c; g; f; a; e
6.The word"reprimanded"in the last paragraph most exactly means"B".
A.frightened         B.scolded          C.warned           D.comforted
7.The best title for this passage should beA.
A.A Case of Mistake                
B.The Manager I Never Forget
C.The Manager and I                
D.An Incident 15 Years Ago.

分析 我15歲的時(shí)候去商店,站在賣雞蛋的紙箱前,這時(shí)有一位婦女打翻了紙箱,經(jīng)理卻認(rèn)為是我做的,批評了我.我不久忘記了這件事但是經(jīng)理卻一直記得他錯(cuò)怪了我.

解答 5.D.排序題.由全文內(nèi)容可知,我15歲的時(shí)候去商店,站在賣雞蛋的紙箱前,這時(shí)有一位婦女打翻了紙箱,經(jīng)理卻認(rèn)為是我做的,批評了我.我不久忘記了這件事但是經(jīng)理卻一直記得.所以正確的順序應(yīng)該是b,d,c,g,f,a,e,故選D.
6.B.詞義推測題.由最后一段but to him it looked as though I was the one who just did it可知,經(jīng)理認(rèn)為是我干的,因此他會責(zé)怪我,故選B.
7.A.主旨?xì)w納題.本文主要講了經(jīng)理在我15歲的時(shí)候錯(cuò)誤冤枉我的事情,故A選項(xiàng)符合題意,故選A.

點(diǎn)評 在做閱讀理解時(shí),考生可快速閱讀短文,通讀測試題,明確考察點(diǎn),在對應(yīng)細(xì)讀,加快做題速度.有時(shí)間還可以復(fù)查校對答案.

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