Question

【題目】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 store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons (in many countries, eggs are sold by the dozen and are put in cartons.) Then he related an incident (event, matter) and I began to remember unclearly the incident he was describing.

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

There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there were lots of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were put three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of the piles of egg cartons. Just then a woman came by pushing her shopping cart and knocked off the cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the eggs back together, so I 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 looking at some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the one who just did it. He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, it is plain that the manager did not.

【1】Which is the correct order of the following?

a. I forgot all about the incident.

b. I went into the store.

c. A woman knocked off the egg cartons.

d. I stood in front of the egg cartons.

e. The manager reminded me of the incident.

f. The manager didn't believe my explanation.

g. I picked up the unbroken eggs.

A. b; d; g; c; a; f; e B. b; d; c; g; f; e; a

C. b; c; d ;g; e; f; a D. b; d; c; g; f; a; e

【2】The word “reprimanded” in the last paragraph most exactly means “_________ ”.

A. frightened B. scolded

C. warned D. comforted

【3】The best title for this passage should be________ .

A. A Case of Mistake B. The Manager I Never Forget

C. The Manager and I D. An Incident 15 Years Ago

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章講述了我八歲時，和母親一起去商店。一位女士撞倒了蛋品包裝紙盒，我把未破損的雞蛋撿起來。經(jīng)理卻認(rèn)為是我撞倒的，我怎么解釋都沒有用。十五年以后，這位經(jīng)理向我道歉的故事。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過閱讀文章，可知事件發(fā)生的先后順序是：我去這家商店——我站在蛋品包裝紙盒前——一位女士撞倒了蛋品包裝紙盒——我把未破損的雞蛋撿起來——經(jīng)理不相信我的解釋——我已經(jīng)忘記了這件小事——經(jīng)理提醒我想起了這件事，故選D。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.可知經(jīng)理想讓我賠破損的蛋，由此推知他嚴(yán)厲地批評了我。A. frightened害怕；B. scolded批評；C. warned警告；D.comforted安慰，故選B。

【3】主旨大意題。這篇文章主要講了文章講述了我八歲時，和母親一起去商店。一位女士撞倒了蛋品包裝紙盒，我把未破損的雞蛋撿起來。經(jīng)理卻認(rèn)為是我撞倒的，我怎么解釋都沒有用。十五年以后，這位經(jīng)理向我道歉的故事。所以這篇文章最好的題目應(yīng)該是“一個錯誤的例子”，故選A。