A true apology is more than just acknowledgement of a mistake. It’s recognition

A true apology is more than just acknowledgement of amistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or done has damaged arelationship—and that you care enough about that relationship to want it __46__.

It’s never __47__ to acknowledge you are in the wrong.Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look back and think how __48__you’ve judged roughly, said __49__ things, pushed yurself ahead at the expenseof a friend. Some deep thought lets us know that when __50__ a small mistakehas been made, your __51__ will stay out of balance until the mistake isacknowledged and your regret is __52__.

I remember a doctor friend, telling me about a man whocame to him with __53__ illnesses: headache, insomnia, stomachaches and so on.No physical __54__ could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man, “__55__you tell me what’s on your conscience, I can’t help you.”

After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he__56__ all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was __57__. Hisfather had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The doctor made the manwrite to his brother making an __58__ and enclosing a __59__. In the postoffice, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letterdisappeared, the man burst into tears. “Thank you, doctor,” he said, “I thinkI’m all right now.” And he __60__.

1.                A．built           B．formed         C．repaired  D．damaged

2.                A．difficult         B．easy           C．foolish   D．shy

3.                A．long           B．often           C．much D．soon

4.                A．unusual        B．harmful         C．worthless D．unkind

5.                A．hardly          B．even           C．only D．such

6.                A．sense          B．brain           C．weight   D．feeling

7.                A．apologized      B．explained       C．offered   D．expressed

8.                A．strange         B．fatal           C．various   D．dangerous

9.                A．sign           B．injury          C．cause    D．symptom

10.               A．Whenever      B．Unless         C．Suppose   D．Although

11.               A．neglected       B．accepted       C．seized D．wasted

12.               A．mad           B．lost            C．abroad    D．dead

13.               A．order          B．excuse         C．agreement D．apology

14.               A．note           B．card           C．check D．photo

15.               A．should         B．did            C．had  D．was

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.D

14.C

15.D

【解析】

试题