Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list in our past that we felt of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud. This seemed like a very 38 process, but there’ s always some soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then that we find ways to people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever my communication. Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a on him. After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one found out.” “Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still . Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few , I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.” “And I want you to know that I did it.” Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.” Jimmy inspired me to all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to the past wrongdoings.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:B
小题6:C
小题7:A
小题8:B
小题9:C
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:A
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:C
题目分析：作者是参加一个交际培训班，教员要求我们把我们过去感到羞愧后悔或未完成的任何事情，然后去补救。在两年里Jimmy鼓励了我消除在我的表上的所有做错了事情。
小题1:考查不定代词：A. something某些事情，B. anything任何事， C. somebody一些人，D. anybody任何人，根据下文可知句意为：教员要求我们把我们过去的任何事情(anything)都列成表，这些事情是我们感到羞愧(ashamed)、后悔或未完成的，然后大声读出。若填something只表示一些事情，与句意不符。选B.
小题2:考查形容词：A. ashamed羞愧的，B. afraid害怕的，C. sure有把握的，D. proud骄傲的，，根据后面列举的几项，不应该是“害怕的(afraid)”的事情。而是ashamed “羞愧的”选A。
小题3:考查形容词：A. private私人的，B. secret秘密的，C. interesting有趣的D. funny滑稽的，private 意为“私人的、保密的、不让人知道的”。上述事情都属于个人隐私，不宜公开。选A。
小题4:考查形容词辨析：A. foolish愚蠢的，B. polite礼貌的， C. simple简单的，D. brave勇敢的，尽管是隐私不宜公开，但在自愿者中也有勇敢的人。选D。
小题5:考查动词辨析：A. expected期待，B. suggested建议，C. ordered命令，D. demanded要求，句子谓语用的动词原形，是虚拟语气，可先排除expected；从说话者语气看，不是“命令”，所以可排除ordered和demanded。选B。
小题6:考查动词短语：A．connect with联系，B．depend on依赖，C．make apologise to 向…道歉，D．get along with和…相处，这里教员建议要做以下几件事情：to make apologize to people“向人们道谦”，(to) take some actions right any wrong doings“采取措施纠正错误的所作所为”。 选C。
小题7:考查动词辨析：A．improve提高，改善，B．continue继续，C．realize意识到，D．keep保持，本来作者是参加一个交际培训班，而现在教员所要学员做的一切似乎与培养交际能力无关，所以作者很纳闷这是否能提高(improve)他的交际能力。选A。
小题8:考查名词辨析：A．notes便条，注释，B．list单子，C．plan计划，D．stories故事，make a list 意为“列表、造表”。选B。
小题9:考查代词：A．any任何，B．most大多数， C．none（三者以上）都没有，D．all（三者以上）都，none of us kids liked是定语从句，前面省略了关系代词whom / that(代替Sheriff)，选none表示Jimmy(由短文最后可知此人是Jimmy)和他的少年伙伴都不喜欢那位郡长(Sheriff)，与下文吻合。选C。
小题10:考查名词：A．part部分，B．game游戏，C．trick技巧，D．record记录，play a trick on sb 意为“捉弄某人”。选C。
小题11:考查名词辨析：A. view观点，B. sign标志，C. attention注意，D. remark评论，sign 意为“记号、标记、符号”，指Jimmy他们写的字。选B。
小题12:考查副词：A. also也，B. even甚至，C. still仍然，D. ever曾经，ever用于否定句表示“在任何时候、从来”，由于Jimmy说了谎话，所以“从来就没人查明事实真相(found out)”。与下文“几乎20年后再提及此事”相呼应。选D。
小题13:考查动词辨析：A. appears出现，似乎，B. considers考虑，C. presents呈现，D. remembers记住，appear 意为“出现”，指Sheriff Brown的名字被列在表上。选A。
小题14:考查形容词辨析：A. angry生气的，B. happy高兴的，C. doubtful怀疑的，D. alive活着的，此时Jimmy还不知道Sheriff Brown是否活着，与后面他们接通电话，证实了Sheriff Brown还活着。所以此处不宜用其他形容词。选D。
小题15:考查名词辨析：A. words单词，B. rings铃声，C. repeats重复，D. calls电话，这里指电话被拨通。选B。
小题16: 考查形容词辨析：A. cold冷的，B. plain普通的，C. nervous紧张的，D. lively活泼的，热烈的，由we had a good laugh 可知 Sheriff 和 Jimmy 进行的是热烈的(lively)讨论。所以不宜选其他形容词。选D。
小题17:考查连词短语：A. in case以防，B. so long as 只要，C. unless 除非，D. because因为，后面的句子说明原因，故选 because 引导原因状语从句：因为你的伙伴都把他们做的错事给忘了。选D。
小题18:考查副词辨析：A. around在…周围，B. out外面，C. on向上，D. away远离， around 意为“大约”，此句表示：而 Jimmy 却这些(nearly20年)年来一直把他所做过的错事记在心头。选A。
小题19:考查动词短语：A. build up建立，增强，B. make up组成，化妆，合好，C. clear up“消除、解除”， D. give up放弃，在两年里Jimmy鼓励了我消除在我的表上的所有101项(做错了事情)。选C。
小题20:考查动词辨析：A. regret后悔，B. forgive 原谅，C. right纠正，D. punish惩罚，此句意为：纠正过去的不道德行为还为时不晚。选C。
