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 neighbourhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg boxes. 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 boxes. The boxes 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 boxes. 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 inspecting some of the boxes to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I was the culprit(肇事者). He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I tried to explain it wasn't me who had broken them, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, obviously the manager did not.

　　問(wèn)題：

　　1.How old was the author when he wrote this article?

　　A.About 8.

　　B.About 18.

　　C.About 23.

　　D.About 15.

　　【參考答案】C

　　[考點(diǎn)]推理判斷題

　　【精析】C 根據(jù)第二段第一句“…that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.”和第三段第一句“I was about eight years old at the time…”可推知，作者寫(xiě)這篇文章時(shí)大約是23歲。故選C。

　　2. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of boxes?

　　A.The author.

　　B.The manager.

　　C.A woman.

　　D.The author's mother.

　　【參考答案】C

　　[考點(diǎn)]事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題

　　【精析】C 根據(jù)第四段倒數(shù)第二句“Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of boxes.”可知，一個(gè)女人碰倒了箱子，所以應(yīng)該是她應(yīng)為此負(fù)責(zé)。故選C。

　　3. Which of the following statements is not true?

　　A.The woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes was seriously criticized by the manager.

　　B.The author was severely criticized by the manager.

　　C.A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of boxes.

　　D.It was the author who put the display back together.

　　【參考答案】A

　　[考點(diǎn)]事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題

　　【精析】A 根據(jù)最后一段第三句“He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.”可知，作者被經(jīng)理狠狠地罵了一頓，因此選項(xiàng)B正確，選項(xiàng)A錯(cuò)誤;根據(jù)第四段最后兩句“Just then a woman…knocked off the stacks of boxes…to put the display back together, so I went to work.”可知，選項(xiàng)C、D正確。故選A。

　　4. Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?

　　A.It's Harder to Admit One's Mistake

　　B.I Was Once the Culprit

　　C.I Remember an Incident

　　D.A Case of Mistaken Identity

　　【參考答案】D

　　[考點(diǎn)]主旨大意題

　　【精析】D 通讀全文可知，作者講述了他多年前被誤解的一件事，之后又在15年后收到了經(jīng)理的道歉。選項(xiàng)A概括不全面;B、C兩項(xiàng)不符合原文;只有選項(xiàng)D最符合題意。故選D。

　　5. The tone of the article expresses the author's__________ .

　　A.admiration for the manager's willingness to admit mistakes

　　B.anger at the manager for his wrong accusation

　　C.indignation at the woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes

　　D.regret for the mistake he made in the store

　　【參考答案】A

　　[考點(diǎn)]推理判斷題

　　【精析】A 作者在文章開(kāi)頭就指出承認(rèn)自己所犯的錯(cuò)誤很難，下文又以作者的親身經(jīng)歷為例，所以作者想表達(dá)的是對(duì)經(jīng)理能夠坦然承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤的敬佩之情。選項(xiàng)B、C、D均不符合文章大意。故選A。