I consider myself something of an expert on apologies.A quick temper has__1__me with plenty of opportunities to make them.In one of my earliest __2__,my mother is telling me,“Don't watch the __3__when you say,‘I'm sorry’.Hold your head up and look at the person in the __4__,so he'll know you__5__it.”

My mother thus made the key point of a(n) __6__apology:it must be direct.You must never __7__to be doing something else.You do not __8__a pile of letters while apologizing to a person __9__in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your __10__.You do not apologize to a hostess,whose guest of honor you treat __11__,by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad__12__.

One of the important things we should do for an __13__ apology is a readiness to__14__the responsibility for our careless mistakes.We are used to making excuses,which leaves no__15__for the other person to__16__us.Since most people are open­hearted,the no­excuse apology leaves both parties feeling__17__about themselves.That,after all,is the__18__of every apology.It __19__little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly a fault:answering for one's__20__encourages others to take their share of the blame.

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A.provided  B.mixed  C.compared  D.treated

解析:provide sb.with sth.“提供给某人某物”;mix...with“把……和……混合”;compare...with“把……与……相比较”;treat...as“把……看作”。句意:“急性子让我有许多机会去道歉。”由题意可知,要用A项。

答案:A

2A.dreams  B.courses  C.memories  D.ideas

解析:由下文的内容可知,这是作者的母亲告诉他的,所以应该是记忆中的事情。故此处用memory“回忆;记得的事情”符合题意。

答案:C

3A.side  B.ground  C.wall  D.bottom

解析:由下文的“Hold your head up and look at the person in the __4__,”可知,作者的母亲告诉他道歉时不要看着地面,要抬起头看着对方的眼睛,“让他知道你是真心实意地道歉”。

答案:B

4A.mind  B.soul  C.face  D.eye

解析:解析见3题。

答案:D

5A.imagine  B.enjoy  C.mean  D.regret

解析:imagine“想象,设想”;enjoy“享受……的乐趣,欣赏,喜爱”;mean“怀有某目的;打算”,mean it“真是这个意思”;regret“为……感到遗憾,后悔”。

答案:C

6A.useful  B.successful  C.equal  D.basic

解析:根据上下文可知,应该是你的道歉让别人感受到你的诚意并且能接受才算是成功的道歉。所以此处用successful“成功的”。

答案:B

7A.pretend  B.forget  C.refuse  D.expect

解析:上文说过道歉要看着别人的眼睛,让别人感受到你的真诚,而不能道歉的同时假装在做着别的事情。所以此处用pretend“假装”。

答案:A

8A.hold on  B.put away

C.look through  D.pick up

解析:hold on“继续,不挂断,停止”;put away“放好,储存……备用”;look through“看穿;审核,浏览;温习”;pick up“捡起,拾起”。上文说道歉的时候别假装在做别的事情,所以此处应该是说不要假装在浏览信件。

答案:C

9A.poorer  B.weaker  C.worse  D.lower

解析:根据该句中的“after blaming him or her for a mistake”,由常识可以推断出你要道歉的人职位比你低。故用lower“下级的”。

答案:D

10A.fault  B.reason  C.result  D.duty

解析:由常识可以推出,应该是事实证明是自己错了,才向下属道歉。故用fault“错误,差错”。

答案:A

11A.cruelly  B.freely  C.roughly  D.foolishly

解析:句意:“你冒犯了女主人尊贵的客人后,不要仅仅是第二天以送花的形式道歉而不提及你的不礼貌。”故此处用roughly“粗鲁地,粗暴地”。

答案:C

12A.manners  B.excuses  C.efforts  D.roles

解析:bad manners“不礼貌”,是固定搭配。

答案:A

13A.active  B.effective  C.extra  D.easy

解析:整篇文章讲的都是如何道歉才能让对方接受,认为你是真心实意地向他道歉。所以此处用effective“有效的”,和文章主题相呼应。

答案:B

14A.raise  B.perform  C.admit  D.bear

解析:bear the responsibility for“对……承担责任”,是固定短语。

答案:D

15A.situation  B.need  C.sign  D.room

解析:leave room for“为……留下空间”,是固定短语。

答案:D

16A.advise  B.forgive  C.warn  D.blame

解析:句意:“我们习惯编造理由,这样做没有给对方留下原谅我们的空间。”故用forgive“宽恕,原谅”。

答案:B

17A.wiser  B.warmer  C.better  D.cleverer

解析:上文说了编造理由不能让对方原谅我们,所以不去找任何借口的道歉会让对方感觉更好一些。对方接受了你的道歉,很显然自己也会感觉更好一些。故用better“更好”。

答案:C

18A.purpose  B.method  C.end  D.advantage

解析:由上下文可知,向对方道歉并让对方接受这才是道歉的目的,所以用purpose“目的”。

答案:A

19A.cares    B.matters

C.depends  D.remains

解析:这句话的意思:道歉者是否要承担全部或者部分责任这不要紧:为自己的行为负责这会鼓励对方去承担自己应该的责任。

答案:B

20A.facts  B.states  C.rights  D.actions

解析:answer for one's actions“为自己的行为负责”。

答案:D

1It is you as well as your wife that ______ your son's bad performance at school.

A.is to be blamed for  B.are to be blamed for

C.are to blame for    D.is to blame for

解析:题干中用了强调结构,主语是you,所以谓语要用复数;be to blame是固定句式,用主动形式表示被动意义。

答案:C

2-Johnson,come and look at the sea!It's beautiful,isn't it?

-Absolutely!If only I ______here by the sea.

A.had lived  B.lived

C.live    D.will live

解析:if only“要是……就好了;但愿”,用以表示对现在、未来的愿望,或者与过去事实相反的愿望。根据题意可知,这是现在的愿望,所以B项正确。

答案:B

3-Please ______ us in the discussion.

-I'd like to,but I'm ______busy at the moment.

A.attend;too       B.join;much too

C.take part in;much too  D.join;too much

解析:attend指参加会议、婚礼、典礼、上学、上课、听报告等较为正式的场合;join加入某一组织并成为其中一员;join in指参加活动,常用作join sb.in+活动;take part in指参加某项活动并在其中起一定作用。much too后接形容词或者副词,表示“太……”。故只有B项符合题意。

答案:B

4The workers will go on strike if the demands they ______ put forward are turned down.

A.could  B.would

C./    D.had

解析:the demands后接定语从句,从句中的谓语是put forward,是一般过去时态,所以在put forward 前不再用情态动词。

答案:C

5______ twice a year,whether it is a car or a truck,is the rule that every driver must obey in this city.

A.Examining      B.Examined

C.Having examined   D.Being examined

解析:此题考查非谓语动词。Being examined twice a year系动名词短语的被动形式作了句子的主语。

答案:D

6-Do you like to buy the product an advertisement ______ on TV?

-Not really.I think it's better to look before we leap.

A.advises   B.suggests

C.announces  D.praises

解析:此题考查词义辨析。电视广告自然是“暗示”(suggest)人们买产品。其余advise“建议”;announce“宣布”;praise“赞扬”不合句意。

答案:B

7The official involved in the scandal said he was under ______ to make the false statement to the police.

A.control   B.influence

C.pressure  D.effort

解析:此题考查介词短语的区别。under pressure“在……的压力下”;under control“被控制住”;under influence“在……影响下”;effort多与with搭配。由题意可知,C项符合要求。

答案:C

8______ two giraffes,Zheng He later brought zebras,shells,elephant ivory back to China after his voyages.

A.Besides that  B.Except

C.In addition  D.Apart from

解析:此题考查介词辨析。besides“除……之外还有”;except“除……之外没有”;in addition“另外”;apart from“远离,除……之外”,包括besides和except的意思。根据句意,应该是“除……之外还有”,但A项应去掉that,C项in addition后应加to,所以只有D项是正确的。

答案:D

9-What about saving the drowning boy from the other side of the river?

-In my opinion,______.

A.it makes sense  B.it's out of the question

C.it's up to you   D.it's hard to say

解析:此题考查交际用语。make sense“有意义,行得通”;out of the question“不可能,不允许”;It's up to you “由你决定”;It's hard to say“很难说”。句意:--从河的那边抢救溺水的男孩怎么样?--我看可以。故选A项。

答案:A

10The country has acknowledged ______ every means to fight against any possible attack.

A.to have taken   B.have taken

C.to having taken  D.having taken

解析:句意:那个国家承认他们已经采取了一切措施去抵抗可能发生的任何攻击。acknowledge“承认”,后跟名词或动词­ing形式作宾语。

答案:D

你叫李华,你的美国笔友Tom将在2010年暑假来北京观看奥运会,他很喜欢中国的运动员刘翔、马琳、郭晶晶,希望观看他们的比赛,并委托你安排北京著名景点的两日游。请根据提示给Tom写一封短信。

注意:1.词数:120左右;

2.可根据内容要点适当增加细节,使行文连贯;

3.开头语已为你写好,但不计入总词数。

4.参考词汇:the Imperial Palace故宫;Track and Field田径。

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8月10日-8月23日
国家游泳中心
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乒乓球
8月13日-8月23日
北京大学体育馆
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田径
8月15日-8月24日
国家体育场
二日游
路线
长城-故宫-颐和园
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Dear Tom,

I'm very excited that you will come to Beijing to watch the Olympic Games...

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Yours sincerely,

  Li Hua

参考范文:

Dear_Tom

I'm_very_excited_that_you_will_come_to_Beijing_to_watch_the_Olympic_Games.You said you like Chinese athletes very much,especially Liu Xiang,Ma Lin and Guo Jingjing,and you hope to see their wonderful performances.Here is the arrangement for their games.From August 10th to 23rd,we can watch Diving games in National Swimming Center.Between August 13th and 23rd,we can watch Table Tennis games in the stadium of Peking University.In addition,we can appreciate the match of Liu Xiang in the National Sports Center during August 15th and 24th.Thank you for your love of Beijing.We can make a date traveling together for two days.We will visit the Great Wall,which is the symbol of Chinese wisdom,otherwise it must be a pity.In order to know about the culture and civilization,we'll visit the Imperial Palace and the Summer Palace.Meanwhile,we'll have a chance to taste the local food.Now I am looking forward to meeting you.

Best wishes!

Yours_sincerely

  Li_Hua

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