2014届高三英语二轮专题复习测试题：完形填空23.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题复习测试题：完形填空 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项 I “Don’t watch the __38__ when you say ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the __39__, so he’ll know you __40__ it.” My mother thus made the key point of a(n) __41__ apology: it must be direct. You must never __42__ to be doing something else. You do not __43__ a pile of letters while apologizing to a person __44__ in position after blaming him or her a mistake that turned out to be your __45__. You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat __46__, by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad __47__. One of the important things you should do for an __48__ apology is a readiness to __49__ the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no __50__ for the other person to __51__ us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuses apology leaves both feeling __52__ about themselves. That, after all, is the __53__ of every apology. It __54__ little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault: answering for one’s __55__ encourages others to take their share of the blame. 36. A. provided B. mixed C. compared D. treat 37. A. dreams B. courses C. memories D. ideas 38. A. side B. ground C. wall D. bottom 39. A. mind B. soul C. face D. eye 40. A. imagine B. enjoy C. mean D. regret 41. A. useful B. successful C. equal D. basic 42. A. pretend B. forget C. refuse D. expect 43. A. hold on B. put aside C. look through D. pick up 44. A. poorer B. weaker C. worse D. lower 45. A. fault B. reason C. result D. duty 46. A. cruelly B. freely C. roughly D. foolishly 47. A. manners B. excuses C. efforts D. roles 48. A. active B. effective C. extra D. easy 49. A. raise B. perform C. admit D. bear 50. A. situation B. need C. sigh D. room 51. A. advise B. forgive C. warn D. blame 52. A. wiser B. warmer C. better D. cleverer 53. A. purpose