Question

It's only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it "extremely embarrassing" in a companywide email—which1       ， he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what1did was something 2        in the company should ever do.

I wish I 3        give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least,I wish I could explain it somehow― 4       it on youth,inexperience or ignorance. Unfortu?nately,I'm 5      ,experienced and I know better.

6       I work with some very kind and compassionate (富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to 7        by my desk and offer comfort,encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar 8        they have made. Evidently I'm not the only "    9         " person here.

One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois,the muchhonoured,muchrespected professional who 10        the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely11about her work,and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would 12        to such an extremely embarrassing incident.

As I expected,Lois didn't pass over the 13        when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly,14 with empathetic consideration. She listened to my 15       . Just as I was ready to express my regrets,she brought my selfpity partly to a(n) 16       .

"It happened", she said. "There's nothing you can do to 17        that. It hap?pened. But it's over now. It's 18       . It's in the past. You need to let it go,and move on."And with that she returned her 19        to her work,as if to say, "We're done here."

I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 20        words：It's over. It's done. Let it go. And mostly,move on.

1. A. by the way   B. in the way   C. on the way   D. to the way

2. A. someone   B. anyone   C. no one   D. the one

3. A. should   B. might   C. will   D. could

4. A. fix   B. blame   C. rely   D. put

5. A. outgoing   B. old

   C. cheerful   D. energetic

6. A. Thankfully   B. Naturally   C. Generally   D. Hopefully

7. A. work   B. stop   C. watch   D. sit

8. A. decisions   B. troubles   C. attempts   D. mistakes

9. A. annoying   B. confusing   C. embarrassing   D. puzzling

10. A. repairs   B. wants   C. works   D. occupies

11. A. mad   B. serious   C. curious   D. hopeful

12. A. react   B. agree   C. turn   D. object

13. A. issue   B. outcome   C. criterion   D. message

14. A. for   B. therefore   C. but   D. otherwise

15. A. challenge   B. imagination   C. conclusion   D. explanation

16. A. order   B. key

   C. end   D. process

17. A. forget   B. ruin

   C. prevent   D. change

18. A. broken   B. done   C. lost   D. kept

19. A. attention   B. skill

   C. patience   D. interest

20. A. sweet   B. pleasant   C. meaningful   D. colourful

Answer 1

作者在公司犯了一個(gè)嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤，被公開(kāi)批評(píng)后自己很失落、尷尬。在和Lois進(jìn)行了一次談話(huà)后，作者認(rèn)識(shí)到要忘掉過(guò)去的不快，重新開(kāi)始，繼續(xù)前行。本文告訴我們要正確認(rèn)識(shí)生活中的煩惱，快樂(lè)地生活。

1. A根據(jù)下文的解釋可知本空是插人語(yǔ)，表示"順便說(shuō)一下"，故選擇by the way。這里指"我"的老板在公司的公開(kāi)信箱里寫(xiě)出"我"犯的嚴(yán)重錯(cuò)誤。

2. C "我"所在的公司里沒(méi)有人曾經(jīng)犯過(guò)"我"這樣的錯(cuò)誤。本空表示否定，選擇no one說(shuō)明"我"犯的錯(cuò)誤的嚴(yán)重性。

3. D "我"希望"我"當(dāng)時(shí)能夠?qū)?我"所做的事有一個(gè)好的借口。

could表示"過(guò)去能夠"，同時(shí)根據(jù)下句"...I wish I could explain it somehow…"中的could也可得到提示。

4. B blame sth on ffi…一歸結(jié)于。本句指的是"我"希望當(dāng)時(shí)能夠把錯(cuò)誤歸結(jié)在年輕、沒(méi)經(jīng)驗(yàn)和無(wú)知上。

5. B根據(jù)上文的"…youth,inexperience or ignorance."和下文的"...experienced and I know better."可知這是一個(gè)對(duì)比，old 和youth形成對(duì)比關(guān)系。

6. A根據(jù)下文的"compassionate (富于同情心的) "可知作者認(rèn)為當(dāng)時(shí)自己是很幸運(yùn)的，同事們給"我"安慰、鼓勵(lì)和支持，所以選擇A項(xiàng)。

7. B本句指的是人們?cè)?我"的桌旁停下來(lái)，故選擇stop。

8. D根據(jù)第一句"It's only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake."可知本空選擇mistakes ,指的是人們和"我"分享他們的錯(cuò)誤。

9. C根據(jù)第一段第二句中的extremely embarrassing可知答案為C項(xiàng)。通過(guò)和大家交流可知，"我"不是這里唯一"令人尷尬的人"。

10. D根據(jù)next to mine可知Lois在"我"旁邊，緊挨著"我"的桌子。

occupy使用，占用₀

11. B根據(jù)下文的"."to be honest I was a little nervous…"可知， Lois是一個(gè)對(duì)工作很認(rèn)真(serious) 的人，所以"我"有點(diǎn)緊張。

12. A "我"不知道她對(duì)于"我"這件令人尷尬的事情(作者犯錯(cuò)誤的事情) 會(huì)做出怎樣的反應(yīng)。

react to做出反應(yīng)。

13. A正如"我"所預(yù)料的，第二天Lois遇見(jiàn)"我"的時(shí)候，她沒(méi)有避開(kāi)提到這個(gè)問(wèn)題(issue) 。

pass over避免提及。

14. C根據(jù)下文的with empathetic consideration可知Lois的反應(yīng)出乎"我"的預(yù)料，所以用轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but。

15. D本句指的是Lois聽(tīng)了"我"的解釋。

16. C根據(jù)下文Lois的話(huà)可知她沒(méi)有同情"我"，也就是說(shuō)結(jié)束了"我"的自憐。

bring sth to an end結(jié)束。

17. D你不能做任何事情去改變(change) 這件事情，因?yàn)樗�已�?jīng)發(fā)生了。

18. B It's done.它已經(jīng)結(jié)束了。同時(shí)根據(jù)下文的"We're done here."也可知答案。最后一段也有提示。

19. A說(shuō)著這些話(huà)，她的注意力(attention) 就集中到工作上了，好像在說(shuō)"我們"的談話(huà)也結(jié)束了。

20. C "我"會(huì)記住Lois對(duì)"我"說(shuō)的那些有意義的(meamngful) 話(huà)。