(接受者) as well as the 12 .
After learning that a neighbour who seemed 13 due to my small errors, I wrote a 14 and apologized for my 15 .I said I wasn’t asking for 16 ， merely hoping that we could have a harmonious 17 ， and then delivered the letter with a jar of my homemade jam.
Expecting nothing 18 ， I was greatly relieved when my doorbell rang and the neighbour 19 me for what I had said and done.I felt as if I’d not only got rid of a(n) 20 but made a new friend, which is indeed how it played out in the days that followed.
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。不找任何借口，带着诚意与尊重为自己的过失道歉，不仅会减少一个敌人，而且会多交一个朋友。
1．A.accepted C．proved
B．found D．remembered
解析：选A 根据该空后的“often with a response like, ‘No problem.’”可知，大多数人每天为各种微不足道的小事说许多次“对不起”，这些道歉容易做到，通常也易于“接受(accepted)”。
2．A.Therefore C．However
B．Otherwise D．Besides
解析：选C 根据上文中的“easy”与下文中的“hardest”的对比可知，该空前后两个句子之间是语意上的转折关系，故However符合语境。
3．A.say C．forget
B．gain D．control
解析：选A 根据该空前的“to right truly hurtful words or acts”可知，但是当“对不起”是为了弥补确实很伤人的话语或行为时，会很难“说(say)”出口。另外联系上文中的“apologies”以及该空前的“I’m sorry”可知，要道歉就是要说出口。
4．A.described C．recorded
B．weakened D．trusted
解析：选B 根据下文中的“poorly worded”与选项中的“weakened”近义词复现可知，即便你是本着最大的善意致歉，也有可能因为措辞不当而被“削弱(weakened)”。
5．A.depend on C．take in
B．look on D．result in
解析：选D 根据上文内容可知，措辞不当的道歉会“导致(result in)”持久的愤怒，也会“破坏(destroy)”一段重要的关系。
6．A.continue
B．manage
C．judge
解析：选D 参见上题解析。 7．A.lying C．apologizing
D．destroy
B．dreaming D．praising
解析：选C 根据“especially when I thought I was right”可知，作者承认“道歉(apologizing)”是人生的一个挑战，尤其是当他认为自己是对的，或被“误解(misunderstood)”时。其中right与misunderstood是并列关系。
8．A.admired C．misunderstood
解析：选C 参见上题解析。 9．A.discovered C．promised
B．expected D．feared B．worried D．delighted
解析：选A 根据“But”提示和该空前后语境转折可知，“that the need ...failed to do”是作者最近“发现(discovered)”的道理。
10．A.moved C．attracted
B．hurt D．criticized
解析：选B 根据该空后的“by something I said or did or failed to do”可知，被自己所言、所行或未能做到的事“伤害(hurt)”到的人，更需要“我”的道歉。
11．A.simple C．beneficial
B．impossible D．interesting
解析：选C 根据下一段的具体事例可知，真诚的道歉不论对接受者还是“给予者(giver)”而言，都是非常“有好处的(beneficial)”。
12．A.quitter C．lover
B．giver D．rescuer
解析：选B 参见上题解析。上文“recipient”和选项中的“giver”是反义词。 13．A.excited C．embarrassed
B．puzzled D．annoyed
解析：选D 根据该空后的“due to my small errors”以及“apologized for”可知，邻居因作者的一些小错误而“感到恼火(annoyed)”。
14．A.letter C．story
B．book D．poem
解析：选A 根据第17空后的“delivered the letter”提示可知，作者写了一封“信(letter)”。此处为原词复现。
15．A.jokes
B．mistakes
C．excuses D．decisions
解析：选B 根据第13空后的“small errors”和选项中的“mistakes”之间是同义词复现关系，故此处表示作者为自己的“错误(mistakes)”道歉。
16．A.introduction C．forgiveness
B．suggestion D．encouragement
解析：选C 根据该空后的“merely hoping that we could have a harmonious 17 ”以及最后一段中的“Expecting nothing”可知，作者并不请求“原谅(forgiveness)”。
17．A.occupation C．community
B．relationship D．situation
解析：选B 根据上文可知，因作者的错误破坏了他与邻居之间的关系，那么作者道歉的初衷只是希望保持一种和谐的“关系(relationship)”。
18．A.in total C．in brief
B．in turn D．in return
解析：选D 联系上下文内容可知，作者并不期待任何“回报(in return )”。 19．A.thanked C．comforted
B．changed D．helped
解析：选A 根据该空前的“greatly relieved”可知，邻居“感谢(thanked)”作者所说的话和所做的事。
20．A.worker C．neighbour
B．relative D．enemy
解析：选D 根据该空后的“but”转折可知，该空与“a new friend”形成对比，故enemy符合语境。此处“friend”与“enemy”是反义词。
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体裁 记叙文 话题 母亲的来信 词数 263 限时 15分钟 “I have a letter for you，” my friend Kirsten told me on the phone.“I think it’s from your mother.” I was 1 ， since my mother had been 2 for seven years.
A few weeks later Kirsten handed me the 3 dated Aug.30,2002.Around then I was preparing for my pilot course’s final exam at the 4 school.The students finished the training on 5 days.I was the first to 6 .My mother’s letter 7 after I left.Kirsten picked it up from my mail-box, to keep it 8 she next saw me. 9 ， a few days later, when it was her turn to leave, she 10 the letter among the piles of papers she 11 packed into boxes.It 12 there for a decade, during which my mother died.In 2013, when Kirsten 13 some dusty belongings from
her flying school days, she 14 the letter.
It’s been two years since Kirsten gave me the letter which I’ve carried on my long flights.But I haven’t 15 it yet.When I told some friends this, they 16 their heads.They said they wouldn’t have been able to wait a second.Of course, I 17 — How could I not? — about her 18 in the envelope.Surely, I think, she had written to wish me luck, ask about my life and tell me the news from 19 to make me at ease.However, for now it’s 20 to look at her handwriting on the envelope, and to remember that until I open it, I know I’ll hear from her once more.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了“我”的母亲写给“我”的一封信，但由于意外，“我”在十年后才收到这封信。“我”在文中表达了对母亲的怀念。
1．A.delighted C．terrified
B．confused D．moved
解析：选B 根据下文可知，“我”的母亲已经去世七年了。所以，当朋友告诉“我”这封信来自“我”的母亲时，“我”很迷惑(confused)。
2．A.back C．dead
B．lost D．sick
解析：选C 根据第二段中的“during which my mother died”可知，选C。此处属于同根词复现。
3．A.envelope C．ticket
B．package D．stamp
解析：选A 根据第一段可知，这是母亲写给“我”的一封信，所以柯尔丝滕交给“我”的是一个带有日期的信封。且文章最后一句中的“on the envelope”也是信息暗示，属于原词复现，故选A。
4．A.art C．flight
B．sports D．military
解析：选C 根据空前的“my pilot course’s final exam”和下文中的“flying school days”以及第三段第一句中的“on my long flights”可知，作者上的是飞行学校。此处是原词复现，故选C。
5．A.blessed C．particular
B．hard D．different
解析：选D 根据下文可知，“我”是第一个离开的，再结合下文中的“when it was her turn to leave”可知，学生们是在不同的日子完成训练的，故选D。
6．A.flee C．fly
B．leave D．escape
解析：选B 根据下文中的“after I left”可知，此处leave符合语境。此处为原词复现。
7．A.landed C．disappeared
B．returned D．delivered
解析：选A 根据下文“Kirsten picked it up from my mail-box, to keep it”可知，在“我”离开之后，母亲的信到了。land“着陆，到达”。
8．A.until C．unless
B．when D．after
解析：选A 柯尔丝滕从“我”的邮箱里把信拿出来，保存到她下次见到“我”的时候(再给“我”)，故选A。until“直到……”符合语境。
9．A.Surely C．Doubtfully
B．Thankfully D．Unfortunately
解析：选D 根据上下文语境可知，此处表示转折，不幸的是(Unfortunately)，轮到她离开时，她把那封信误放到(misplaced)她匆忙(hurriedly)装到箱子里的成堆的文件里了。
10．A.removed C．hid
解析：选B 参见上题解析。 11．A.slowly C．hurriedly
解析：选C 参见第9题解析。 12．A.appeared C．settled
B．stood D．remained B．seriously D．carefully B．misplaced D．unfolded
解析：选D 结合语境可知，它在那里待了十年。remain“停留，保持”。 13．A.sorted through C．put down
B．set down D．got through
解析：选A 2013年，当她查看并整理(sorted through)一些在飞行学校上学时留下来的积满灰尘的物品的时候，她发现了(found)那封信。sort through“查看并整理”。
14．A.posted C．found
解析：选C 参见上题解析。 15．A.received C．touched
B．opened D．replied B．recalled D．addressed
解析：选B 根据文章最后一句中的“and to remember that until I open it”可知选B。此处为原词复现。