Question

  A true apology is more than just acknowledgement（承认）of a mistake. It’s recognition that something you’ve said or  36  has damaged a relationship - and that you  37  enough about that relationship to want it  38 .
  It’s never  39  to acknowledge yon are in the wrong. Being human, we all need the art of apology. Look hack and think how  40  you’ve judged roughly（草率），said  41  things，pushed yourself  42  at the expense（在使某人受损的情况下）of a friend. Some deep thought in us know that when  43  a small mistake has been made, your  44  will stay out of balance until the mistake is acknowledged and your regret is  45 .
  I remember a doctor friend,  46  me about a man who came to him with  47  illnesses: headache, insomnia（失眠）,stomachaches and so on. No physical  48  could be found. Finally the doctor said to the man,“  49  you tell me what’s on your conscience（良心）,I can’t help you.”
After a short silence, the man told the doctor that he  50  all the money that his father gave to his brother, who was  51  His father had died, so only he himself knew the matter. The old doctor made the man write to his brother making an  52  and enclosing（附寄）a 53 .In the post office, the man dropped the letter into the mail box. As the letter disappeared, the man  54  into team. “Thank you, doctor,” he said, “I think I'm all right now.” And he  55 .

 

36．A. done	B. thought	C. announced	D. expected
37．A. lost	B. care	C. advise	D. heard
38．A. built	B. formed	C. repaired	D. damaged
39．A. difficult	B. easy	C. foolish	D. shy
40．A. long	B. often	C. much	D. soon
41．A. unusual	B. harmful	C. precious	D. unkind
42．A. ahead	B. away	C. down	D off
43．A. still	B. even	C. only	D. such
44．A. sense	B. brain	C. weight	D. feeling
45．A. shown	B. explained	C. offered	D. expressed
46．A. asking	B. telling	C. requiring	D. setting
47．A. strange	B. serious	C. various	D. much
48．A. signs	B. reason	C. cause	D. marks
49．A. Whenever	B. Unless	C. Suppose	D. Although
50．A. stole	B. accepted	C. seized	D. wasted
51．A. mad	B. lost	C. abroad	D. dead
52．A. order	B. excuse	C. agreement	D. apology
53．A. note	B. card	C. check	D. photo
54．A. joyed	B. burst	C. laughed	D. cried
55．A. should	B. did	C. had	D. was

 

Answer 1

  36．A 与said进行对比可知。
  37．B care about在此处为“关心”。
  38．C 从上文damaged推理可得。
  39．B 承认错误是需要勇气的，决非易事。
  40．B 此处是说“回顾一下自己是否常作出粗鲁的决定”。
  41．D 由上文可知，“说一些不友好的话”。
  42．A  push somebody ahead at the expense of someboty 意思是“在损害某人的情况下把某人推出来”。此句意为“在损害朋友的前提下提高自己”。
  43．B “甚至”，加强语气。
  44．D “感情”失去平衡。
  45． “表达”个人后悔之意。
  46．B tell somebody about something，非谓语动词。
  47．C 各种疾病，由下文可知。
  48．C reason为决定做某一件事的“理由”，对某种行为进行解释。而cause为引起某种后果的“起因、内因”。
  49．B 提供一种可能的假设。
  50．C seized意为“独占、霸占”。
  51．C abroad在国外，其他不合常理。
  52．D make an apology为固定搭配。
  53．C 支票check可随信邮寄。钞票note不行。
  54．B burst into tears为固定搭配。
  55．D 此句完整应为：And he was all right.