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 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.D

2.B

3.A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了我八岁时，和母亲一起去商店。一位女士撞倒了蛋品包装纸盒，我把未破损的鸡蛋捡起来。经理却认为是我撞倒的，我怎么解释都没有用。十五年以后，这位经理向我道歉的故事。

1.细节理解题。通过阅读文章，可知事件发生的先后顺序是：我去这家商店——我站在蛋品包装纸盒前——一位女士撞倒了蛋品包装纸盒——我把未破损的鸡蛋捡起来——经理不相信我的解释——我已经忘记了这件小事——经理提醒我想起了这件事，故选D。

2.词义猜测题。根据wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.可知经理想让我赔破损的蛋，由此推知他严厉地批评了我。A. frightened害怕；B. scolded批评；C. warned警告；D.comforted安慰，故选B。

3.主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲了文章讲述了我八岁时，和母亲一起去商店。一位女士撞倒了蛋品包装纸盒，我把未破损的鸡蛋捡起来。经理却认为是我撞倒的，我怎么解释都没有用。十五年以后，这位经理向我道歉的故事。所以这篇文章最好的题目应该是“一个错误的例子”，故选A。