One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard to 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 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 inspecting some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the culprit (罪人). He severely reprimanded me and wanted 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.
41. How old was the author when he wrote this article?
42. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of cartons?
43. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
44. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
45. The tone of the article expresses the author’s（ ）.
问题1选项
A.About 8 years old
B.About 18 years old
C.About 23 years old
D.About 15 years old
问题2选项
A.The author
B.The manager
C.A woman
D.The author’s mother
问题3选项
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.
问题4选项
A.It Is Harder to Admit One’s Mistake
B.I Was Once the Culprit
C.I Remember an Incident
D.A Case of Mistaken Identity
问题5选项
A.anger to the manager for his wrong accusation
B.admiration for the manager’s willingness to admit mistake
C.indignation against the woman who knocked off the stacks of cartons
D.regret for the mistake he made in the store
第1题:C
第2题:C
第3题:A
第4题:D
第5题:B
41. 推理判断题。定位在第二段第一句I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.（我最近有一次经历，一个人向我承认他在15年前犯了一个错误。）由本句开始作者开始谈及15年前发生的一件事情。随即我们看到第二段I was about eight years old at the time.（我那时差不多8岁）作者的那段回忆发生在他8岁的时候，离现在已经过了15年，由此可以推断出作者现在应该在23岁左右。故选C，同理可排除ABD选项。
42. 客观细节题。定位在第四段Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons.（就在这时，一个顺道经过的女人，她的购物车撞倒了一堆纸箱）由此可知，纸箱盒是这个女人推倒的。A选项“作者”，B选项“经理”，C选项“女人”，D选项“作者的妈妈”，故选C。
43. 推理判断题。定位在第五段He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.（他严厉地批评了我并且想让我赔付每一个碎了的鸡蛋。）因为作者才是那个被严厉批评的人。所以A选项“那个打翻一叠纸箱的女人受到经理的严厉批评”错误。B选项“作者受到了经理的严厉批评”正确。C选项“一个女人不小心把一叠纸箱撞倒了”正确。原文中Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons.（就在这时，一个顺道经过的女人，她的购物车撞倒了一堆纸箱。）D选项“作者把它们摆放在了展柜上”根据原文For some reasons, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to work.（出于某些原因，我决定由我将它们再摆放好，于是我开始了工作。）BCD选项全部正确，故选A。
44. 主旨大意题。文章第一句One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes.（令大多数人钦佩另一个人的一个品质就是愿意承认自己的错误。）本文开始讲到了能够积极地承认错误是令人值得钦佩的品质。接下来就主要讲述了作者15年前因为一场误会而被批评的故事。A选项“很难承认自己的错误”，只是一小部分的陈述，不够全面。B选项“我曾是罪魁祸首”，以偏概全。C选项“我记得那次的小插曲”定位在最后一句Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, apparently the manager did not.（尽管我很快就把这件事忘得一干二净，但经理显然没有。）所以C不正确。D选项“一个被误解的事例”，是对全文的一个总的概括，由这个事例具体展开，阐述愿意承认错误的优良品质。故选D。
45. 推理判断题。文章的第一段第一句，作者就有指出One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes.（令大多数人钦佩另一个人的一个品质就是愿意承认错误。）Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, apparently the manager did not.（尽管我很快就把这件事忘得一干二净，但经理显然没有。）隔了15年，那位经理再见到作者的时候还愿意承认自己过去的错误，由此也能够了解到作者对他的这种行为是钦佩的，B选项“赞赏经理愿意承认犯过的错误”正确。A选项“对经理的错误指责感到愤怒”，C选项“对撞倒一堆纸箱的女人表示愤慨”，AC选项在文中并未体现，属于主观猜测。D选项“为他在店里犯下的错误而后悔”，由第一题可知，是经理主动承认错误，作者并没有错。故选B。
