Question

It's only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake. My boss called it "extremely embarrassing" in a companywide email—which1       ， he wrote because he felt he needed to explain that what1did was something 2        in the company should ever do.

I wish I 3        give a good excuse for what I did. At the very least,I wish I could explain it somehow― 4       it on youth,inexperience or ignorance. Unfortu?nately,I'm 5      ,experienced and I know better.

6       I work with some very kind and compassionate (富于同情心的) people. For the past couple of days many of them have taken time to 7        by my desk and offer comfort,encouragement and support. Some have shared with me similar 8        they have made. Evidently I'm not the only "    9         " person here.

One of the exchanges I had this week was with Lois,the muchhonoured,muchrespected professional who 10        the desk right next to mine. Lois was completely11about her work,and to be honest I was a little nervous about how she would 12        to such an extremely embarrassing incident.

As I expected,Lois didn't pass over the 13        when she saw me the next day. She mentioned it directly,14 with empathetic consideration. She listened to my 15       . Just as I was ready to express my regrets,she brought my selfpity partly to a(n) 16       .

"It happened", she said. "There's nothing you can do to 17        that. It hap?pened. But it's over now. It's 18       . It's in the past. You need to let it go,and move on."And with that she returned her 19        to her work,as if to say, "We're done here."

I beat myself up for weeks. At such times I need to remember those 20        words：It's over. It's done. Let it go. And mostly,move on.

1. A. by the way   B. in the way   C. on the way   D. to the way

2. A. someone   B. anyone   C. no one   D. the one

3. A. should   B. might   C. will   D. could

4. A. fix   B. blame   C. rely   D. put

5. A. outgoing   B. old

   C. cheerful   D. energetic

6. A. Thankfully   B. Naturally   C. Generally   D. Hopefully

7. A. work   B. stop   C. watch   D. sit

8. A. decisions   B. troubles   C. attempts   D. mistakes

9. A. annoying   B. confusing   C. embarrassing   D. puzzling

10. A. repairs   B. wants   C. works   D. occupies

11. A. mad   B. serious   C. curious   D. hopeful

12. A. react   B. agree   C. turn   D. object

13. A. issue   B. outcome   C. criterion   D. message

14. A. for   B. therefore   C. but   D. otherwise

15. A. challenge   B. imagination   C. conclusion   D. explanation

16. A. order   B. key

   C. end   D. process

17. A. forget   B. ruin

   C. prevent   D. change

18. A. broken   B. done   C. lost   D. kept

19. A. attention   B. skill

   C. patience   D. interest

20. A. sweet   B. pleasant   C. meaningful   D. colourful

Answer 1

作者在公司犯了一個嚴重的錯誤，被公開批評后自己很失落、尷尬。在和Lois進行了一次談話后，作者認識到要忘掉過去的不快，重新開始，繼續前行。本文告訴我們要正確認識生活中的煩惱，快樂地生活。

1. A根據下文的解釋可知本空是插人語，表示"順便說一下"，故選擇by the way。這里指"我"的老板在公司的公開信箱里寫出"我"犯的嚴重錯誤。

2. C "我"所在的公司里沒有人曾經犯過"我"這樣的錯誤。本空表示否定，選擇no one說明"我"犯的錯誤的嚴重性。

3. D "我"希望"我"當時能夠對"我"所做的事有一個好的借口。

could表示"過去能夠"，同時根據下句"...I wish I could explain it somehow…"中的could也可得到提示。

4. B blame sth on ffi…一歸結于。本句指的是"我"希望當時能夠把錯誤歸結在年輕、沒經驗和無知上。

5. B根據上文的"…youth,inexperience or ignorance."和下文的"...experienced and I know better."可知這是一個對比，old 和youth形成對比關系。

6. A根據下文的"compassionate (富于同情心的) "可知作者認為當時自己是很幸運的，同事們給"我"安慰、鼓勵和支持，所以選擇A項。

7. B本句指的是人們在"我"的桌旁停下來，故選擇stop。

8. D根據第一句"It's only after three weeks into a new job that I made a serious mistake."可知本空選擇mistakes ,指的是人們和"我"分享他們的錯誤。

9. C根據第一段第二句中的extremely embarrassing可知答案為C項。通過和大家交流可知，"我"不是這里唯一"令人尷尬的人"。

10. D根據next to mine可知Lois在"我"旁邊，緊挨著"我"的桌子。

occupy使用，占用₀

11. B根據下文的"."to be honest I was a little nervous…"可知， Lois是一個對工作很認真(serious) 的人，所以"我"有點緊張。

12. A "我"不知道她對于"我"這件令人尷尬的事情(作者犯錯誤的事情) 會做出怎樣的反應。

react to做出反應。

13. A正如"我"所預料的，第二天Lois遇見"我"的時候，她沒有避開提到這個問題(issue) 。

pass over避免提及。

14. C根據下文的with empathetic consideration可知Lois的反應出乎"我"的預料，所以用轉折連詞but。

15. D本句指的是Lois聽了"我"的解釋。

16. C根據下文Lois的話可知她沒有同情"我"，也就是說結束了"我"的自憐。

bring sth to an end結束。

17. D你不能做任何事情去改變(change) 這件事情，因為它已經發生了。

18. B It's done.它已經結束了。同時根據下文的"We're done here."也可知答案。最后一段也有提示。

19. A說著這些話，她的注意力(attention) 就集中到工作上了，好像在說"我們"的談話也結束了。

20. C "我"會記住Lois對"我"說的那些有意義的(meamngful) 話。