How do apology languages work? Have you ever tried to apologize, only to be refused? It may be that you were offering a partial apology in a “language” , that was foreign to your listener．The five languages of apology include:

Apology Language 1: “I am sorry.”

List the hurtful effects of your action．Not “I am sorry if …”, but “I am sorry that…”．You might ask if they want to add any points that you have not recognized.

Apology Language 2:“I was wrong.”

     Name your mistake and accept fault．Note that it is easier to say “You are right” than “ I am wrong”, but the latter carries more weight.

Apology Language 3: “ What can I do to make it right?”

     How are you now? How shall I make amends(弥补) to you? How can I restore your confidence that I love you— even though I was so hurtful to you?

Apology Language 4: “I’ll try not to do that again.”

     Engage in problem-solving．Don’t make excuses for yourself such as, “Well, my day was just so…” Instead, offer what you will change to prevent yourself from putting them in the same bad situation again．

Apology Language 5: “Will you please forgive me?”

      Be patient in seeking forgiveness．They may need some time or greater clarification of your input from Apology Languages 1-4.

      Finally, your apology may not be accepted, but at least you know that you have been faithful in offering a sincere olive branch of peace.

1.The passage mainly talks about___________

     A．5 tips for apologies that work            B．5 ways of refusing apologies

     C．the function of apology languages         D．the importance of apology languages

2.According to Paragraph 1, your apology may be refused mainly because________

     A．your listeners can’t understand your dialect.

     B．your listeners can’t hear what you said clearly.

     C．your apology is not sincere.

     D．your apology is not expressed well enough.

3.When offering an apology, which of the following does the author prefer?

     A．“You are right”                      B．“I am sorry if …”

         C.“I was wrong.”                    D．“Well, my day was just so…”

4.In the last paragraph, the author tells us even if your apology may not be accepted, at

least ___________.

     A．It’s your fault any more                    B．your mind will be at peace

     C．your friend will make peace with you       D．your apology is true to your heart

根据对话情景的内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能够填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。该选项中有两个为多余选项。

M: How are your new neighbors, Nancy?

W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who’s driving me crazy．

M: ___6___

W: He comes home every night around 10 with his car window rolled down and radio turned up really loud．___7___ But by then Brian and Lisa are wide awake．

M: Oh, no．

W: Oh, yes．Sometimes it takes us until midnight just to get them to settle down again．

M: ___8___

W: We haven’t even really met them yet except to say a quick hello．

M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them, I dare say．

W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining．___9___ I’m just not getting enough sleep and neither are the children．

M: ___10___

W: Yeah．

M: Then you could mention that the hardest thing at present is getting your children to sleep at night．

       A．Have you tried talking to them?

       B．What do you mean?

       C．Actually, they didn’t say anything．

       D．Maybe you could ask about their son and they’ll be sure to ask about yours．

       E．Well, you know how early I have to get up to be here at the office．

       F．Don’t get your hopes too high!

       G．It stops as soon as he turns the car off．

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Last Sunday, my father invited his colleagues to our home for a     
dinner party, included his boss. However, my three-year-old sister        76. _________          
stared at my father’s boss sitting across from her all time during          77. _________         
the dinner. He can hardly eat because of her stare. So embarrassed        78. _________         
was the boss so that he checked his tie, touched his face                 79. _________         
and look at himself in the mirror. Even so, nothing stopped her         80. _________         
staring at him. He tried to pay not attention to my sister,                   81. _________         
and finally it was too much for him. He couldn’t help asking           82. _________         
her, “How are you staring at me?” Everybody present had noticed       83. _________         
her behavior and the table went quietly for her response. My           84. _________         
sister replied, “My daddy said you are a big eater and I don’t          85. _________         
want to miss it!”

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出增加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。
One day, while my friend and I was traveling through Germany, we were not very hungry but we only had a little money.  We decided to stop at a village market to buy something to eat.   We choose
the cheapest biscuits and ate it under a tree.   We thought the biscuits were great.“Let’s gets some more,” I said, “They’re cheap and they really taste well.” My friend could read some Germans, but I couldn’t,  and I gave her the biscuit bag to find the name.  She looked it and started to laugh, “How are you laughing?” I asked.  “Because they’re dog biscuits!” She said.       

Some couples spend every waking minute together. Others fill their hours with personal hobbies,outside interests and even part-time jobs, just to keep their distance from each other! "There should be private time and couple time," suggests Dr. Stephen Treat at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia."You don't want your latter years to turn into a process where two people unite as one. If you hold too tightly to your partner, it's going to cause resentment and anger. If you're completely separate, you'll both be lonely and disconnected. You need balance. So you have to talk about how you'll achieve that."

The right balance? It's different for every couple. "Having a conversation about time can be difficult,but it's important for both partners to process those feelings out loud," Dr. Treat says. "You should not be accusing and act as a judge—ask the difficult questions, but do it in a loving way. You could say something like, 'How are we going to be as individuals and how are we going to be as a couple?' "

   Barbara and Chris Christensen have achieved the balance that works for them. In addition to daily routines that keep them close—including about 10 minutes for a daily check-in and about a half hour of relaxation time—they each maintain separate interests and friendships.

 "We have found that we need time apart," Barbara says. "I have a group of women friends that I have known for the last 30 years. We have dinner out once a month. We women also have parties and weekend or weeklong vacations as a group at a beach or somewhere. Chris, a former fighter pilot, has many aviation-oriented(航空的) groups and friends and also a poker-playing group of our friends. I may be with him during the poker night, but I don't play, and the wives usually watch a chick flick' DVD or something while the poker group has an evening of fun. We have found it important to have separate time as well as together time."

1.The author writes the passage to ______.

A. offer some suggestions on how to spend the time after retirement

B. advise couples to develop their separate hobbies

C. warn couples not to be accusing each other

D. give people some advice on how to entertain themselves after retirement

2. Dr. Stephen suggests that _________after retirement.

A. couples stay together all the time

B. couples express their feelings in a loving way

C. couples be separate

D. wives make many friends

3.It can be inferred that________.

A. many couples are faced with problems after retirement

B. America has a large population of retired people

C. most people join various social groups after retirement

D. playing poker is a popular activity among retired people

4.Barbara and her friends do the following EXCEPT_______.

A. having dinner regularly

B. holding parties

C. having weekly vacations at the beach

D. having fun playing poker

5.The second paragraph is mainly intended to_______.

A. warn the husband not to act as a judge

B. suggest couples have discussions about difficulties

C. suggest how to keep the correct balance

D. require couples to be considerate