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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 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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