15. A。give sb. an apology意为“向某人道歉”。
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Mr. and Mrs.
king have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by
the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends.
They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So
there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3__ them and
their friends often call on (拜访) them and __4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are
full of __5__ and quarrel.
It was a Friday
evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a
picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town.
So they had to __7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After __8__ a few
friends came to see them while they were cooking
some __9__ and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop __10__
them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the __11__ on the
wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought
for a few __12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__, “Oh,
it’s eleven o’clock! You’d
better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to __14__!
Mr. king heard
this and stood up and said __15__ to the visitors and they left soon.