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One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like“I was wrong about that，” and it is even harder to say，“I was wrong, and you were right about that.”
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago. He told me he had been the manager of a certain store in the neighborhood where I grew up, and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons (in many countries, eggs are sold by the dozen and are put in cartons). Then he related an incident (event, matter) and I began to remember unclearly the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time. I went into the store with my mother to do some shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there were lots of eggs in dozen and halfdozen cartons. The cartons were put three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front of the piles of egg cartons. Just then a woman came by pushing her shopping cart and knocked off the cartons. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the eggs back together, so I went to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was on my knees looking at some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the one who just did it. He severely reprimanded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I tried to explain, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the incident, it is plain that the manager did not.
【语篇解读】 文章讲述了我八岁时，和母亲一起去商店。一位女士撞倒了蛋品包装纸盒，我把未破损的鸡蛋捡起来。经理却认为是我撞倒的，我怎么解释都没有用。十五年以后，这位经理向我道歉的故事。
1．Which is the correct order of the following?
a．I forgot all about the incident.
b．I went into the store.
c．A woman knocked off the egg cartons.
d．I stood in front of the egg cartons.
e．The manager reminded me of the incident.
f．The manager didn't believe my explanation.
g．I picked up the unbroken eggs.
A．bdgcafe B．bdcgfea
C．bcdgefa D．bdcgfae
D [细节理解题。通过阅读文章，可知事件发生的先后顺序是：我去这家商店——我站在蛋品包装纸盒前——一位女士撞倒了蛋品包装纸盒——我把未破损的鸡蛋捡起来——经理不相信我的解释——我已经忘记了这件小事——经理提醒我想起了这件事，故选D。]
2．The word “reprimanded” in the last paragraph most exactly means “________”．
A．frightened B．scolded
C．warned D．comforted
B [词义猜测题。根据“wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.”可知经理想让我赔破损的蛋，由此推知他严厉地批评了我。frightened害怕；scolded批评；warned警告；comforted安慰，故选B。]
3．The best title for this passage should be ________．
A．A Case of Mistake
B．The Manager I Never Forget
C．The Manager and I
D．An Incident 15 Years Ago
A [主旨大意题。这篇文章主要讲述了我八岁时，和母亲一起去商店。一位女士撞倒了蛋品包装纸盒，我把未破损的鸡蛋捡起来。经理却认为是我撞倒的，我怎么解释都没有用。十五年以后，这位经理向我道歉的故事。所以这篇文章最好的题目应该是“一个错误的例子”，故选A。]
