Question

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 simple thing like “I was wrong about that，” and it is even harder to say “I was wrong, and you were right about that.”

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

I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where the incident took place.

There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons. For some reasons, I decided it was up to me to push the display back together, and went to work.

The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees inspecting some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the wrongdoer. He severely punished me and warned me to pay for any broken eggs. I protested my innocence and tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, apparently the manager did not.

　　  1. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons?

　　   　　A. The author.　　　　　　 B. The manager.

　　　　   C. A woman.　　　　　　  D. The author's mother.

　　  2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　　　   A. The woman who knocked off the stacks of cartons was seriously criticized by the manager.

　　　　   B. The author was severely criticized by the manager.

　　　　   C. A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of cartons.

　　　　  D. It was the author who put the display back together.

　　 3. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?

　　　　  A. It's Harder to Admit One's Mistake.

　　　　  B. I Was Once the Wrongdoer.

　　　　  C. I Remember an Incident.

　　　　  D. A Case of Mistaken Identity.

　　 4. The tone of the article expresses the author's——.

   　　   A. admiration for the manager’s willingness to admit mistake

　　　　  B. anger to the manager for his wrong accusation

　　　　  C. indignation against the woman who knocked off the stacks of cartons

　　　　  D. regret for the mistake he made in the store

 

Answer 1

答案：C;A;D;A
解析：

1．C。细节题。第四段讲得很清楚，是一名妇女用购物车撞倒了鸡蛋盒，作者当时是被人误会了。     2．A。细节题。从本文不难看出，这位妇女撞倒了鸡蛋盒；当时是作者在查看是否有破鸡蛋，结果被误解而遭到指责。     3．D。主旨题。本文讲一个典型的由于判断失误而指责他人的故事，故选项D正确。其他三项均偏离了主题。     4．A。语气态度题。作者在讲故事之前就在第一句说明，一个令大多数人羡慕的品质就是能勇于承认自己的错误。这是作者在讲故事前定下的基调。据此，选项A正确。事后作者很快就把这件事忘了(本文最后一句)，所以不存在对这位经理表示愤怒。其他三项均错。

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