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No fight can end, and no friendship can move on, until everyone says these little words. I’m sorry Sometimes, though, they can be difficult to say.  1 
It is not about winning.
Friendships aren’t like the Super Bowl, and there should never be a winner and a loser. When you start fighting with a friend, it may feel important that you “win” the fight by proving you’re right and he is wrong, or by making him be the first to apologize.
In reality, you’ll both lose if you let your fight ruin your friendship, and you’ll both win if you find a way to heal it.
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You may have heard the expression “His pride stood in the way”. It is usually used to describe a person who is so determined to be “right” that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever.3  Remember: as time goes on, we usually forget who was right and who was wrong in a disagreement, and only remember the sadness of losing a friend.
Take the first step.
Are you sick of fighting? Do you think this fight is just not important enough to ruin your friendship? 4  you don’t have to take full responsibility for starting the fight, or even say that your feelings were wrong. But you should find something you did or said that’s worth apologizing for. Maybe you’re sorry that you let the fight go for so long, or that you overreacted to something your friend did. If you say you’re sorry, it’s like an invitation for your friend to do the same.  5  

The church seems cold this morning, even after all the people, friends and family, fill the benches. I sit here in silence, in shock and denial. This was not supposed to happen. What about our dreams, or our plans? We were going to raise our children, travel the world, and grow old together. I’m only 37, a typical housewife. I don’t know if I can do all this alone – two children, no father. What do I do or say?

The faces of so many people confuse me as they come to pay their last respects. Some have real sorrow; I can see it in their eyes. The others seem to just say, “I told you so.” Those famous last words: I – told – you – so. How I can’t stand them. And the pointing fingers as so – called family and so – called friends pick me out of the crowd for others to see. I want to scream and wake up but I can’t do anything but sit there. How can they be so blind? I fell in love with a man. Love knows no boundaries.

He was a good man, hardworking, caring and kind. He was retired form the Navy and a gentleman. He was sensitive to others’ needs, the kind of man that knew what to do or say, how to humor any situation and calm everyone’s fears. I remember our first child was a big surprise to both of us. I remember when I told him the news. He fell off his chair, saying over and over in disbelief, “But I’m almost sixty.” After a few months he started planning our next and even doing his famous little dance whenever he discussed the idea.

A man, thirty years older than I , lies in a coffin. Flowers, the American flag and his VFW comrades surround him, paying tribute (颂词) to him as the man he really was. And I sit alone here, with our two children, in silence, praying that this cold morning at church is only a nightmare (梦魇) and I will awake to his loving arms again.

Our son, our first born, his joy and pride, sits to the right of me seeming just as confused as me. I look over at him. How he looks like his father – blonder hair, tall and skinny – even his Irish temperament (气质) and that naughty look in his eyes. He’s wearing his father’s watch. It’s too big for him but he refused to take it off. I know he’ll keep it safe. Our second, the little angel and Daddy’s little girl, lays in her stroller (婴儿车) in the aisle, sound asleep. She’ll never remember the man she called “Da”.

1．The man passed away, leaving his dearest woman to bring up their two children, the elder of whom is a boy of about          .

       A．1                        B．3                        C．7                        D．9

2．The last paragraph, which is italicized, does not lie where it originally was. It’s better for it to go back          .

       A．between para. 1 and para. 2                  B．between para. 2 and para. 3

       C．between para. 3 and para. 4                  D．to the very front

3．We can infer from the passage that         .

       A．the woman’s family were against her marriage to the man

       B．none of the people there showed real sympathy to the woman

       C．the woman did something wrong

       D．the family had lived a happy life before the man died

4．In paragraph 3, the underlined word “our next” means          .

      A．our next dance                                    B．our next news

       C．what for us to do next     D．our next baby

No fight can end，and no friendship can move on，until everyone says these little words：I'm sorry.Sometimes，though，they can be difficult to say.__1__

It's not about winning.

Friendships aren't like the Super Bowl，and there should never be a winner and a loser.When you start fighting with a friend，it may feel important that you “win” the fight by proving you're right and he is wrong，or by making him be the first to apologize.__2__

You may have heard the expression “His pride stood in the way.” It is usually used to describe a person who is so determined to be “right” that he lets an opportunity for happiness pass him by forever.__3__Remember：as time goes on，we usually forget who was right and who was wrong in a disagreement，and only remember the sadness of losing a friend.

Take the first step.

Are you sick of fighting？Do you think this fight is just not important enough to ruin your friendship？__4__You don't have to take full responsibility for starting the fight，or even say that your feelings were wrong.But you should find something you did or said that's worth apologizing for.Maybe you're sorry that you let the fight go for so long，of that you overreacted(反应过度的) to something your friend did.If you say you are sorry，it's like an invitation for your friend to do the same.__5__

A．Then try to be the first to apologize.

B．Stop thinking about your pride.

C．It's about taking some resposibility for the argument.

D．Don't let this happen to a friendship you care about.

E．Here are some things to keep in mind.

F．There are some special cases when you shouldn't be the one to apologize first.

G．Once you've both said it，you'll both f

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech．At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned．Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners．Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say．They hear only what the speaker does say．If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no_one_will_be_any_the_wiser．When such moments occur, don’t worry about them．Just continue as if nothing happened．

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that don’t really matter．If you have ever listen to Martin Luther King’s famous speech — “I Have a dream ”,  you may notice that he stumbles（结巴）his words twice during the speech．Most likely, however, you don’t remember．Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making．People care a lot about making mistakes in a speech because they regard speechmaking as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication．They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition．But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a period performance．They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly．Sometimes a mistake can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human．

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect．Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely．

1．The underlined part an the first paragraph means that no one will ______

       A．be smarter than you                             B．notice your mistakes

       C．do better than you                                                               D．know what you arc talking about

2．You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ______．

       A．you miss the main points of the speech

       B．you don’t fully understand the speech

       C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

       D．you find the way of speech-making more important

3．It can be inferred from the passage that_____

       A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

       B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

       C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

       D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker                B．How to Make a Perfect Speech

       C．Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech             D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech