Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list __16__ in our past that we felt __17__ of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud. This seemed like a very __18__ process, but there’ s always some __19__ soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then __20__ that we find ways to __21__ people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever __22__ my communication. Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my _23__, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff __24__ of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a __25__ 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 sob.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious __26__. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one __27__ found out.” “Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name __28__ on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still __29__. 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 __30__, 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 __31__ discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you __32__ your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it __33___ all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.” Jimmy inspired me to __34__ 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 __35__ the past wrong doings.
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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: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:ashamed 意为“羞愧的”，根据后面列举的几项，不应该是“害怕的(afraid)”的事情。A。
小题3: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。A。
小题4:brave 意为“勇敢的”，尽管是隐私不宜公开，但在自愿者中也有勇敢的人。D。
小题5:suggested 意为“建议”，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。B。
小题6: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”。 C。
小题7: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:make a list 意为“列表、造表”。选B。
小题9: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:play a trick on sb 意为“捉弄某人”。选C。
小题11:sign 意为“记号、标记、符号”，指Jimmy他们写的字。选B。
小题12: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:appear 意为“出现”，指Sheriff Brown的名字被列在表上。选A。
小题14: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15:ring 意为“铃声”，这里指电话被拨通。选B。
小题16: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: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: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:clear up 意为“消除、解除”，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)。选C。
小题20:right 意为“纠正”，此句意为：纠正过去的不道德行为还为时不晚。选C。
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