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： Excuse me! Can I borrow your coloured pencils?B
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．they B．you C．there D．we
To err is human. To blame（责备） the other guy is even more human.
Common sense is not all that common.
Why tell the truth when you can come up with a good excuse?
These three popular misquotes（戏谑的引语）are meant to be jokes, and yet they tell us a lot about human nature. To err, or to make mistakes, is indeed a part of being human, but it seems that most people don’t want to accept the responsibility for the problem. Perhaps it is the natural thing to do. The original quote about human nature went like this: “To err is human, to forgive, divine（神圣的）.” This saying mirrors an ideal: People should be forgiving of others’ mistakes. Instead, we tend to do the opposite – find someone else to pass the blame on to. However, taking responsibility for something that went wrong is a mark of great maturity（成熟）.
Common sense is what we call clear thought. Having common sense means having a good general plan that will make things work well, and it also means staying with the plan. Common sense tells you that you take an umbrella out into a rainstorm, but you leave the umbrella home when you hear a weather forecast for sunshine. Common sense does not seem to be common for large companies, because there are so many things going on that one person cannot be in charge of everything. People say that in a large company, “the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.”
And what is wrong with a society that thinks that making up a good excuse is like creating a work of art? One of the common problems with making excuses is that people, especially young people, get the idea that it’s okay not to be totally honest all the time. There is a corollary（直接推论）to that: if a good excuse is “good” even if it isn’t honest, then where is the place of the truth?
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT based on common sense?
| A．A secretary works to a timetable. |
| B．A company’s next move follows a good plan. |
| C．A girl goes out with an umbrella in stormy weather. |
| D．A man tries to manage everything in a large company. |
| A．A good excuse is the same as honesty. |
| B．Inventing a good excuse needs creative ideas. |
| C．Unpleasant truth is better than a good excuse. |
| D．Making a good excuse is sometimes a better idea. |
| A．A Mirror of Human Nature |
| B．To Blame or to Forgive |
| C．A Mark of Maturity |
| D．Truth or Excuse |
One day something went wrong with a man’s bicycle chain(链条). The man could not repair it, so he looked 36 for help. The only house nearby belonged to a woman who had 37 there a few months earlier. The man knocked at the door, but the woman did not answer. The door had clear glass in it, and the man 38 see that the woman was home. He decided to knock again. Finally the woman came to the door. The man immediately explained his 39 . “I can fix the chain,” the woman said. Later when the bike was 40 to go, the man said, ‘Thanks. I hope I can help you some day.” “I never need help,” the woman said.
The following week the man was riding his bike 41 he noticed the woman walking down the street. A strong wind suddenly lifted her hat and sent it into the branches(树枝) of an old tree. The woman tried to get her hat with a stick, but she failed. She seemed 42 because she clearly was not dressed for tree-climbing. The man hurried over, quickly climbed up to the hat and 43 it into the woman’s waiting hands. When she put on her hat, she 44 the man as he climbed back on his bike. ‘I think I told you I never need help,” the woman said, “I’m glad you didn’t 45 me. Thanks.” Then they both smiled.
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--Could you please tell me something about your travel in Sydney?
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A． Excuse me |
B．It’s very nice pf you to say so |
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C．Certainly, I’ll be glad to |
D．No, I don’t like it |