Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt 16 of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud. This seemed like a very 17 process, but there's always some brave soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then 18 that we find ways to 19 people, or take some action to right any wrongdoings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever 20 my communication. Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my 21 , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff none of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies(老兄) and I decided to play a 22 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 FOX. The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious 23 . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one 24 found out.” "Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name 25 on my list. I didn't even know if he was still 26 . 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 27 , 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 28 discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you because your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it around all these years. I want to thank you for calling me … for your sake.” Jimmy inspired me to 29 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 30 the past wrongdoings.
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小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
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小题6:B
小题7:C
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小题10:A
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小题12:D
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题目分析：文章讲述作者参加一个交际培训班，教员要学员把过去羞愧、后悔或未完成的的任何事情列成表，采取措施纠正错误的所作所为，作者消除表上的所有101项(做错了事情)。
小题1:考查形容词：A. Ashamed羞愧的， B. Afraid害怕的，C. Sure确定的，D. Proud自豪的，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。选A
小题2: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3:考查动词：A. expected期望，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4:考查词组：A. connect with和…有联系B. depend on依赖，取决于，C. make an apology 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5:考查动词：A. improve提高，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6:考查名词：A. notes便条，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7:考查名词：A. part部分B. game 运动C. trick诡计，D. record计谋，play a trick on sb 意为“捉弄某人”。选C
小题8:考查名词：A. view观点，B. sign“记号、标记、符号” C. attention注意D. remark评论，sign指Jimmy他们写的字。选B
小题9: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10:考查动词：A. appears出现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11:考查形容词：A. angry生气的，B. happy快乐的，C. doubtful怀疑的，D. alive活着的，alive 意为“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12:考查名词：A. words单词，B. calls 电话，C. repeats重复，D. rings铃声，这里指电话被拨通。选D
小题13:考查副词：A. lively 生动的，B. plain普通的，C. nervous 紧张的，D. cold冷淡的，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。A
小题14:考查，词组：A. build up建立，增强，B. make up组成，占据，化妆，合好，C. clear up消除、解除，D. give up此句意为：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)。C
小题15:考查动词：A. regret后悔，B. forgive原谅，C. right纠正，D. punish惩罚，， right 意为“纠正”，此句意为：纠正过去的不道德行为还为时不晚。C
点评：本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，不应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。