I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has 21 me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest 22 , my mother is telling me, “Don’t watch the 23 when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look the person in the _24_ , so he’ll know you 25 it.”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) 26 apology: it must be direct. You must never _27 to be doing something else. You do not 28 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 29 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your _30 __. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat 31 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 32 _ .
One of the important things you should do for an 33 apology is readiness to 34 the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 35 for the other person to 36 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 37 _about themselves. That, after all, is the 38 of every apology. It 39 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for one’s 40 encourages others to take their share of the blame.
21. A. provided B. mixed C. compared D. treated
22. A. dreams B. courses C. memories D. ideas
23. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom
24. A. mind B. soul C. face D. eye
25. A. imagine B. enjoy C. mean D. regret
26. A. useful B.successful C.equal D.basic
27. A. pretend B.forget C.refuse D.expect
28. A. hold on B.put away C.look through D.pick up
29. A. poorer B.weaker C.worse D.lower
30. A. fault B.reason C.result D.duty
31. A. cruelly B.freely C.roughly D.foolishly
32. A. manners B.excuses C.efforts D.roles
33. A. active B.effective C.extra D.easy
34. A. raise B.perform C.a(chǎn)dmit D.bear
35. A. situation B.need C.sign D.room
36. A. advise B.forgive C.warn D.blame
37. A. wiser B.warmer C.better D.cleverer
38. A. purpose B.method C.end D.a(chǎn)dvantage
39. A. cares B.matters C.depends D.remains
40. A. facts B.states C.rights D.a(chǎn)ctions
20. ---Haven’t I told you that the computer needs ______?
---Sorry, I forgot ______ it fixed. I’ll send it for repair right away.
A. to be repaired; having B. to repair; to have
C. repairing; having D. repairing; to have
19. The hospital opposite our school operates well, ______many patients ______ every day.
A. where; are being treated B. which; are treated
C. where; are to be treated D. that; have been treated
18. He ______ all that happened to the poor girl and decided to ______her a favor.
A. witnessed; ask B. witnessed to; give C. witnessed; do D. witnessed to; find
17. He had a strong desire______his parents, but it turned out that the result was far from _____.
A. to satisfy; satisfactory B. satisfying; satisfaction
C. to satisfy; satisfied D. to be satisfied with; satisfaction
16. Tom urged that he ______ with so much work while his parents went on a snorkeling trip.
A. was left alone B. not be left alone C. will be left alone D. isn’t left alone
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