Question

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a (n) ________ thing like “I was wrong about that,” and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that.”

And I had an experience recently with someone ________ to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the ________ of a certain grocery store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me ________ I remembered the egg boxes. Then he ________ an incident and I began to remember vaguely the incident he was describing.

I was about eight years old ________, and I had wandered into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that ________ day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department ________ the incident took place. There must have been a special ________ on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen boxes. The boxes were ________ three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of them to ________ the boxes. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart, ________ the boxes and left. For some reason, I ________ that it was up to me to put the display back together even though it was not my ________, so I began to work.

The manager heard the ________ and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my ________ checking some of the boxes to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I was the wrongdoer. He severely ________ me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs to ________ the loss. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did ________ good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, ________ the manager did not.

1.A. pleasantB. enjoyableC. simpleD. difficult

2.A. arguingB. notingC. promisingD. admitting

3.A. bossB. cleanerC. cashierD. manager

4.A. ifB. howC. whyD. when

5.A. imaginedB. rememberedC. performedD. related

6.A. at a timeB. at the timeC. at timesD. at one time

7.A. usualB. luckyC. wonderfulD. particular

8.A. whereB. afterC. untilD. though

9.A. displayB. exhibitionC. saleD. design

10.A. piledB. decoratedC. wrappedD. packed

11.A. inspectB. admireC. arrangeD. destroy

12.A. knocked onB. knocked overC. knocked offD. knocked at

13.A. declaredB. pretendedC. decidedD. regretted

14.A. faultB. taskC. goalD. plan

15.A. screamB. alarmC. noiseD. call

16.A. back B. kneesC. stomachD. head

17.A. praisedB. hitC. shoutedD. scolded

18.A. set asideB. sort outC. make up forD. pick up

19.A. nothingB. noC. anyD. something

20.A. obviouslyB. frequentlyC. unfortunatelyD. unnecessarily

Answer 1