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专题检测卷(十九) 完形填空 （建议用时：40分钟） A 体裁 议论文 话题 道歉 词数 236 I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has　1　me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earlier　2　, my mother was telling me“Don’t watch the　3　when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the　4　, so he’ll know you　5　it. ” My mother thus made the key point of a(n)　6　apology: It must be direct. You must never　7　to be doing something else. You do not　8　a pile of letters while apologizing to a person　9　in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your　10　. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat　11　, by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad　12　. One of the important things we should do for an　13　apology is a readiness to　14　the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no　15　for the other person to　16　us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling　17　about themselves. That, after all, is the　18　of every apology. It　19　little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault. Answering for one’s　20　encourages others to take their share of the blame. 1. A. provided B. mixed C. compared D. treated 2. A. dreams B. courses C. memories D. ideas 3. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom 4. A. mind B. soul C. face D. eye 5. A. imagine B. enjoy C. mean D. regret 6. A. useful B. successful C. equal D. basic 7. A. pretend B. forget C. refuse D. expect 8. A. hold on B. put away C. look through D. pick up 9. A. poorer B. weaker C. worse D. lower 10. A. fault B. reason C. result D. duty 11. A. cruelly B. freely C. roughly D. foolishly 12. A. manners B. excuses C. efforts D. roles 13. A. active B. effective C. extra D. easy 14. A. raise B. perform C. admit D. b