- 1 - / 11 完形填空(建议用时 : 40 分钟 ) A (2013 ·唐山模拟 ) 体裁议论文话题道歉词数236 I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has1me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earlier2, my mother was telling me “Don’t watch the3when you say, ‘I ’m sorryHold your head up and look at the person in the4, so he’ll know you 5it. ”My mother thus made the key point of a(n)6apology: It must be direct. You must never7to be doing something else. You do not8a pile of letters while apologizing to a person9in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your10. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat11, by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad12. One of the important things we should do for an13apology is a readiness to14the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no15for the other person to16us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling17about themselves. That, after all, is the18of every apology. It19little whether the - 2 - / 11 apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault. Answering for one’s20encourages others to take their share of the blame. 1. A. provided B. mixed C. compared D. treated 2. A. dreams B. courses C. memories D. ideas 3. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom 4. A. mind B. soul C. face D. eye 5. A. imagine B. enjoy C. mean D. regret 6. A. useful B. successful C. equal D. basic 7. A. pretend B. forget C. refuse D. expect 8. A. hold on B. put away C. look through D. pick up 9. A. poorer B. weaker C. worse D. lower 10. A. fault B. reason C. result D....
