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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. 选A。at all在否定句中表示强调。

(2)

I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper(脾气) has 　1　 　me with plenty of opportunities(机会) 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 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(女主人), whose guest of honor you treat 　11　 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 　12　 .

One of the important things you should do for an 　13 　apology is readiness to　 　14　 　the responsibility(责任) 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 open-hearted, the no-excuse 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 at fault: answering for one’s 　20　 encourages others to take their share of the blame.

19. 选D。全文谈的是学生学习负担沉重的事，因此，由themselves ，我们首先联想到的是kids。

18. 选B。这里讨论的是作业的量，而不是质，故选thin。