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专题十六 完形填空 一、记叙文 高考精萃 Cloze 1 (2014 辽宁卷· ) It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had __1__ to meet at the restaurant at seven oclock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my __2__， I had a good excuse: A business meeting had __3__ and Id wasted no time getting to the dinner. When I arrived at the __4__ ， I apologized and told Eleanor I didnt mean to be late. She screamed, “You never mean to.”Well, I __5__ tell she was angry. “Im sorry but it was not __6__，” I said. Then I told her about the business meeting. __7__， my explanation seemedto make things worse, which started to drive __8__ mad as well. Several weeks later, when I __9__ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You __10__ a classic mistake. Youre stuck __11__ your own way of thinking. You didnt __12__ to be late. But thats not the point. What is __13__ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.”He pointed out that I focused on the intention __14__ Eleanor focused on the result. Thus, __15__ of us felt misunderstood and crazy. Thinking more about Kens words, I __16__ recognized the root cause of such disagreement. Its the result of the action that really __17__. I should have started the conversation by expressing __18__ my actions affected Eleanor and __19__ the discussionsabout my intention for later, much later and even never. Later on, after talking to Eleanor and really __20__ her experience of the results of my lateness, Ive managed to be on time a lot more frequently. 1．A.started B．agreed C ．continued D ．managed 2．A.relief B．surprise C ．regr