题目内容
It’s never too late to admit that you are in the wrong. Being humans, we all need to know the art of ________. Look back with ________ and think how often you’ve judged roughly, said unkind things, and pushed yourself ahead at the ________ of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were ________. A bit frightening, isn’t it? It is frightening because some deep wisdom ________ us knows that when even a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of ________ until fault is acknowledged and ________ expressed.
I remember a doctor friend, Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of ________: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No physical cause could be ________. Finally Dr. Lieb said to the man, “________ you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you.”
After some ________, the man confessed that, as executor (执行人) of his father’s will, he had been ________ his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance (继承权). Then and there the ________ old doctor made the man ________ to his brother asking for forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good ________. He then went with him to the mailbox in the corridor (走廊). As the letter disappeared, the man burst into ________. “Thank you,” he said, “I think I’m ________.” And he was.
A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damage relationship but also make it ________. If you can think of someone who ________ an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do something about ________ right now.
1.A. apologizingB. expressingC. speakingD. explaining
2.A. truthB. honestyC. valueD. pleasure
3.A. lossB. priceC. failureD. expense
4.A. badB. sadC. sorryD. surprised
5.A. forB. withC. aboutD. in
6.A. problemB. balanceC. heartD. trouble
7.A. regretB. interestC. careD. kindness
8.A. showsB. complaintsC. signsD. questions
9.A. trustedB. testedC. examinedD. found
10.A. WhetherB. UnlessC. WhenD. Until
11.A. decisionB. recallingC. hesitationD. remembering
12.A. cheatingB. lyingC. tellingD. taking
13.A. wiseB. eagerC. puzzledD. excited
14.A. travelB. apologizeC. writeD. express
15.A. relationB. conditionC. situationD. attention
16.A. smilesB. cryingC. laughingD. tears
17.A. treatedB. curedC. caughtD. arrested
18.A. harderB. widerC. warmerD. stronger
19.A. needsB. deservesC. requiresD. requests
20.A. himB. theseC. itD. one
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