I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has ______ me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earliest ______ , my mother is telling me , “Don’t watch the ______ when you say, ‘I’m sorry’。 Hold your head up and look at the person in the ______ , so he’ll know you ______ it.”
My mother thus made the key point of a（n）______ apology: it must be direct. You must never ______ to be doing something else. You do not ______ a pile of letters while apologizing to a person ______ in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your ______ . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat ______ , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad ______ .
One of the important things we should do for an ______ , apology is a readiness to ______ the responsibility for our careless mistakes .We are used to making excuses ,which leaves no ______ for the other person to ______ us .Since most people are open-hearted ,the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling ______ about themselves .That ,after all ,is the ______ of every apology .It ______ little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly a fault :answering for one’s ______ encourages others to take their share of the blame.
36.A.provided B.mixed C.compared D.treated
37.A.dreams B.courses C.memories D.ideas
38.A.side B.ground C.wall D.bottom
39.A.mind B.soul C.face D.eye
40.A.imagine B.enjoy C.mean D.regret
41.A.useful B.successful C.equal D.basic
42.A.pretend B.forget C.refuse D.expect
43.A.hold on B.put away C.look through D.pick up
44.A.poorer B.weaker C.worse D.lower
45.A.fault B.reason C.result D.duty
46.A.cruelly B.freely C.roughly D.foolishly
47.A.manners B.excuses C.efforts D.roles
48.A.active B.effective C.extra D.easy
49.A.raise B.perform C.admit D.bear
50.A.situation B.need C.sign D.room
51.A.advise B.forgive C.warn D.blame
52.A.wiser B.warmer C.better D.cleverer
53.A.purpose B.method C.end D.advantage
54.A.cares B.matters C.depends D.remains
55.A.facts B.states C.rights D.actions
答案 36.A 37.C 38.B 39.D 40.C 41.B 42.A 43.C 44.D 45.A 46.C 47.A 48.B 49.D 50.D 51.B 52.C 53.A 54.B 55.D
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Five years later, Michael left teaching to develop one of the first luxury rental buildings on the Lower East Side, on property owned by Leslie’s family. He fell in love with the rich cultural and social mix of the ______ , where waves of immigrants had settled since the early 19th century. At the time, Tompkins Square Park, across the street, was filled with ______ people living in temporary huts. When Leslie spotted a flock of pigeons ______ in an area of the tall apartments that Michael said would be their master bedroom, she thought her husband had ______ his mind.
When the family ______ in, Ripton, adopted as an infant, was six. Morgan, also adopted, joined the family two years later. Soon the park was closed, to be a（n）______ showplace of playgrounds and green space. Michael made significant money in the real estate and Leslie joined a gym practice. The family enjoyed ______ vacations in the winter and summers on Shelter Island.
The five boys who came to play video games changed everything. “In the ______ , it was just a lot of kids swarming all over the place,” says Michael. When the Rosens ______ Carlos wasn’t attending school because he didn’t have suitable clothes, they bought him some. Then one night, they took the group to a ______ after a Chinese dinner and realized there were other needs. “The boys had no interest in books at all,” Michael says. Back at the penthouse, he ______ they sit down to read aloud. “Their vocabularies were limited,” he says. “But my concept of what is smart and what is not changed that night because these kids were all smart ______ just uneducated.”
The boys still slept at their homes, though they spent after-school hours, most weekends and summer nights at the penthouse. There, a half-hour reading period before video games or television started. The kitchen timer was set, and everyone had to ______ the words they didn’t know. One summer, Michael took all the boys to the library; each got a card and picked a ______ to study. Will, Michael remembers, chose bodybuilding. A poet friend of the Rosens’ suggested buying copies of Moby Dick and reading it together around the dining-room table. “Well, it was ______ ,” admits Michael. “That book is not written in a language these kids speak. But we kept pushing and pushing.”
______ the big boys became a complete part of the Rosen household, even helping to light the candles at Hanukkah. Chores were assigned, including cleaning and ______ Mr. Jenkins, the family dog.
The boys’ own families were ______ by what was happening. “My mom didn’t believe me when I told her about the penthouse. She thought I was involved with something ______ .” Juan Carlos’s mother, Esther Ruiz, wondered, “Why would the Rosens be doing this?” But as time went on, she noticed ______ in her son. “It wasn’t just the streets anymore. He was getting responsible. Michael and Leslie are the best.”
36. A. surroundings B. neighborhood C. building D. city
37. A. rich B. business C. homeless D. town
38. A. nesting B. singing C. living D. flying
39. A. made up B. lost C. opened D. fixed
40. A. rushed B. came C. hurried D. moved
41. A. urban B. countryside C. building D. park
42. A. swimming B. shopping C. sightseeing D. ski
43. A. end B. video C. game D. beginning
44. A. saw B. noticed C. imagined D. realized
45. A. video shop B. supermarket C. bookstore D. cinema
46. A. hoped B. wished C. insisted D. wanted
47. A. and B. or C. but D. besides
48. A. circle B. write C. read D. copy
49. A. book B. subject C. course D. school
50. A. a nightmare B. great fun C. relaxing D. interesting
51. A. Quickly B. Soon C. Slowly D. Luckily
52. A. visiting B. walking C. accompanying D. chasing
53. A. puzzled B. shocked C. frightened D. irritated
54. A. boring B. meaningless C. helpless D. bad
55. A. secrets B. changes C. mysteries D. improvements
参考答案
36-40 BCABD 41-45 ADDDC 46-50 CCABA 51-55 CBADB
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A feeling of excitement came to me as I looked around the stadium.
At 5: 30 p. m., two hours before the game time, I walked into the locker room （更衣室）。 My______of school, music and what I planned to do on Saturday night were______by the simple aim to beat the football team across the field from us tonight.
Approaching my locker, I noticed my teammates______. Some rested on benches, staring up at the ceiling ______it were a film of the opposing teams play. Some seemed a bit more______, using the time to tell jokes. A few stared at the field, ______what will happen in 120 minutes.
Our coach （教练）, Tony Severino, came out of his office at 6 o’clock. He told the team how______this game was for the season between two of the state’s top teams—my school and our opposing team, Liberty High School. His words gave the team impulse （冲动） to______.
At 7: 10 p. m. , warm-ups finished, we went over the game______and discussed what we needed to do for the next three hours. The sound of the national anthem （国歌）______that we were only minutes from the action. Our coach usually made a final______. But tonight it was different. On this dear night he______looked around the room at all the players and shouted, “Let’s go and get them.” Even______the “get” came out of his mouth, we were already______our way out of the door.
Outside, a few young fans reached to touch our hands, eager to be a______of our school’s winning tradition. When I smiled and______my hand, the young laces lit up as if they had just met Superman.
Seconds later, the team ran onto the______. moving as a mass of blue, in front of a packed stadium. We enjoyed a noisy______from fans and the fight song played by our school band. Breathing in the______of one of the biggest game of the year, I felt we were sure to win. I told myself, “This was what it was all about” and______that it was for moments like this that I loved high school football.
1. A. thoughtsB. plansC. picturesD. minds
2. A. coveredB. mixedC. replacedD. filled
3. A. exercisingB. strugglingC. preparingD. running
4. A. in caseB. even thoughC. as long asD. as if
5. A. relaxedB. worriedC. frightenedD. impressed
6. A. dreaming B. wishingC. expectingD. imagining
7. A. uselessB. difficultC. availableD. important
8. A. warm upB. pick upC. get upD. rise up
9. A. routeB. frameC. planD. forecast
10. A. urgedB. insistedC. suggestedD. stressed
11. A. speechB. preparationC. decisionD. change
12. A. finallyB. simplyC. actuallyD. eventually
13. A. whenB. beforeC. asD. since
14. A. leadingB. draggingC. showingD. making
15. A. playerB. friendC. partD. team
16. A. held outB. took outC. got outD. brought out
17. A. fieldB. stageC. yardD. garden
18. A. successB. replyC. achievementD. welcome
19. A. atmosphereB. experience C. expectationD. examination
20. A. acceptedB. admittedC. realizedD. recognized
参考答案143.ACCDA DDACC ABBDC AADAC