4.　　　 Jean is pretty, intelligent, outgoing, diligent and….In one word, she is the e________ of her peers and the pride of her family.　

3.　　　 Most students here have become a____________ to getting up early and doing piles of homework.

2.　　　 People t___________ to think the disabled have an awful life due to their disabilities.

1.　　　 Old Tom, together with his fellows, d__________ the dead baleen whale to the depths of the ocean and the whalers all waved goodbye to them.

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