Question

It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my ，I had a good excuse: A business meeting had and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.

When I arrived at the ，1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not ," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. , my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive mad as well.

Several weeks later, when I the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You a classic mistake. You're stuck your own way of thinking. You didn't to be late. But that's not the point. What is in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor." He pointed out that I focused on the intention Eleanor focused on the result. Thus, of us felt misunderstood and crazy.

Thinking more about Ken's words, I recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really .I should have started the conversation by expressing my actions affected Eleanor and the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never.

Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really her experience of the results

of my lateness, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.

1.A. StartedB. AgreedC. Continued D. Managed

2.A. ReliefB. SurpriseC. RegretD. Sorrow

3.A. broken outB. closed downC. faded awayD. run over

4.A. HouseB. RoomC. RestaurantD. Supermarket

5.A. CouldB. MustC.Will D. might

6.A. Movable B. Comfortable C. Acceptable D. Avoidable

7.A. However B. ThereforeC. MoreoverD. Otherwise

8.A. Her B. HimC. meD. them

9.A. spread B. wroteC. translatedD. described

10.A. knewB. madeC. foundD. took

11.A. InB. beyondC. ForD. against

12.A. NeedB. ProveC. PretendD. Intend

13.A. FunnyB. ImportantC. PossibleD. Simple

14.A. WhileB. After C. UntilD. unless

15.A. AllB. NoneC. BothD. Neither

16.A. UsuallyB. MerelyC. HardlyD. gradually

17.A. InspiresB. MattersC. ImprovesD. challenges

18.A. HowB. WhyC. WhenD. what

19.A. ComparedB. ReportedC. FinishedD. saved

20.A. ShowingB. SatisfyingC. understanding D. destroying

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.B

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述作者和妻子约定一起吃饭，但是作者因为开会晚了，作者向妻子解释为什么迟到，妻子反而更生气，作者也感到要发疯了，后来作者和朋友谈到这件事，朋友的一番话让作者意识到重要的是作者应该体会迟到对妻子的影响，而不应该强调自己的意图，通过和妻子的沟通，作者更好的理解了妻子，以后尽量能够做到准时。

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3. ，I had a good excuse:可知作者有个好借口，因为一个商业会议超时了，而作者没有浪费时间，所以选D。

4. to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock.可知作者和妻子约定在饭店一起吃饭，所以作者是到达饭店，选C。

5. ,"作者对妻子抱歉，所以他能够感觉出妻子是生气了，所以选A。

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10. your own way of thinking.可知作者犯了一个经典的错误，所以选B。

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15. Eleanor focused on the result.可知作者和妻子两个人理解的重点不一样，所以两个人都感觉被误解要抓狂，所以选C。

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19. my actions affected Eleanor可知作者本应该表达自己的行为对妻子有怎样的影响，所以应该省去解释自己迟到的目的或以后再说，或者永远不要说，所以选D。

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