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 (箱子)．Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly 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 day，I must have found my way to the dairy (乳品的) 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 half­dozen cartons. The cartons were stacked(堆放) 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 reason，I decided it was up to me to put the display 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 examining some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken，but to him it looked as though I was the criminal.He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.I protested(抗议)my innocence and tried to explain，but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident，obviously the manager did not.

1.The author was ________ when he wrote this article.

A．about 8        B．about 18

C．about 23        D．about 15

2.Who should have been blamed for knocking off the stacks of cartons?

A．The author.      B．The manager.

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

3.When the manager scolded him，the author ________.

A．was frightened and cried

B．felt the manager was right

C．did not say anything

D．tried to explain

4.It can be inferred that the author ________.

A．regrets arguing with the manager for what he didn't do

B．has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago

C．would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale

D．expects the woman to say sorry to him for the mistake she made

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇记叙文，作者用自己的亲身体会阐述了，生活中做错事情，有勇气承认自己的错误是令人钦佩的一个品质。

1.C判断推理题。根据第二段开头“I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.”和第三段开头“I was about eight years old at the time，”可知作者写此文时23岁。故选C。

2.C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“The cartons were stacked(堆放) three or four feet….Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons.”可知。该妇女应该承担责任。故选C。

3.D细节理解题。根据最后一段“I protested(抗议)my innocence and tried to explain，”，可知“我”试着解释了这件事。故选D。

4.判断推理题。根据最后一段“Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident，obviously the manager did not.”，可知“我”肯定解释了，而且也原谅了经理对我的误解，所以我很快就忘记了这件事，可是作为做错事情的经理很自责，一直没有忘记这事。故选B。

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