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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 o'clock.I felt a little uneasy, but to my __2__I had a good excuse: A business meeting had __3__ and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.
When I arrived at the __4__ I apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late.She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I__5__ tell she was angry.“I'm sorry but it was not __6__，” I said.Then I told her about the business meeting. __7__， my explanation seemed to 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.You're stuck __11__ your own way of thinking.You didn't __12__ to be late.But that's 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 Ken's words, I __16__recognized the root cause of such disagreement.It's the result of the action that really__17__.I should have started the conversation by expressing __18__ my actions affected Eleanor and __19__the discussions about 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, I've managed to be on time a lot more frequently.
解题导语：人与人之间为什么会产生误解？作者通过自己的经历告诉我们：那是因为我们思考的出发点不一样，有些人只关注原因忽视了自己的行为对别人的影响而有些人只关注结果没有去考虑原因。1．A.started
B．agreed
C．continued
D．managed
根据上文可知“我”和妻子约好7点在餐厅见面。agree“同意”符合语境。B
2．A.relief
B．surprise
C．regret
D．sorrow
根据but及下文可知选A。句意：但让我宽慰的是我有一个很好的理由：商业会议超时了我一点也没有浪费时间立刻就赶到餐厅。A
3．A.broken out
B．closed down
C．faded away
D．run over
break out“爆发”；close down“关闭”；fade away “褪色慢慢消逝”；run over “超过限度”。故选D其他选项不符合语境。D
4．A.house
B．room
C．restaurant
D．supermarket
根据文章第二句“We had...at the restaurant at seven o'clock”可知选C。C
5．A.could
B．must
C．will
D．might
句意：她对我尖叫：“你从来都不想迟到但是你经常迟到。”“我”能够辨别妻子很生气。A
6．A.movable
B．comfortable
C．acceptable
D．avoidable
根据第一段可知开会时间超限导致了“我”迟到。所以“我”认为这是不可避免D
7．A.However
B．Therefore
C．Moreover
D．Otherwise
根据下文“seemed to make things worse”可知此处应选however表示转折。句意：“我”就告诉她因为会议时间超限。然而“我”的解释似乎让情况更糟糕了她更生气我也几乎要疯掉了。A
8．A.her
B．him
C．me
D．them
根据“as well”可知选C。C
9．A.spread
B．wrote
C．translated
D．described
句意：几个星期以后我把这件事情描述给我的朋友。describe“叙述描述”。D
10．A.knew
B．made
C．found
D．took
make a mistake“犯错误”。句意：他告诉我说我犯了一个经典的错误。只关注自己没有注意到自己的行为对对方产生的影响。B
11．A.in
B．beyond
C．for
D．against
be stuck in “受困于……”符合语境。A
12．A.need
B．prove
C．pretend
D．intend
句意：你不打算迟到但这并不是关键点关键是你的迟到影响了你的妻子。intend“打算”。D
13．A.funny
B．important
C．possible
D．simple
句意：在你们的交流中重要的是你的迟到如何影响到了你的妻子。迟到的结果很重要。B
14．A.while
B．after
C．until
D．unless
根据上下文可知此处表转折关系故选while。A
15．A.all
B．none
C．both
D．neither
考查代词辨析。这是一件“我”和妻子之间的事情所以使用both表示“两者都”；结果我们两个都感觉到被误解了也都很生气。C
16．A.usually
B．merely
C．hardly
D．gradually
句意：我逐渐认识到我们之间的分歧的根本原因了在于我们看待问题的角度不一样。gradually“逐渐D
17．A.inspires
B．matters
C．improves
D．challenges
本句是一个强调句式。句意：真正重要的是行动的结果。matter “事关紧要重要”。B
18．A.how
B．why
C．when
D．what
句意：我本应通过表达我的行动如何影响到妻子开始我们的谈话。故选A其他选项不符合语境。A
19．A.compared
B．reported
C．finished
D．saved
句意：我应该先向她道歉说明我的行动影响到了她事后再向她解释我迟到的原因甚至永远都不要解释。选save在此指“免去避免”。D
20．A.showing
B．satisfying
C．understanding
D．destroying
本句表示能够理解对方的想法了。understanding是本文的关键词。C
七选五
Too much eating.Too many unhealthy foods.Too many advertisements for food.Too few activities.Different explanations are offered for America's weight problem － a problem increasingly shared by others countries.21.________
Schools have been urged to increase physical education, an important tool for public health.And many schools have done so.Yet now comes a study showing an increase in the number of injuries in P．E.class.Injuries increased by 150% between 1997 and 2007.
The study involved injuries treated in hospital emergency departments.Only 2% were serious.The researchers did not try to identify the causes of the increase, but they have some theories.Lara McKenzie from Ohio State University is the lead researcher.22.____________．For example, a 2004 study showed that the number of school nurses nationally failed to meet federal guidelines.Schools without a nurse on duty may be more likely to send an injured child to a hospital.
“23.________This ‘New PE.’ expands the kinds of sports that are taught.But activities that some schools offer now, like rock climbing walls and skateboarding, can also expand the risks, ”says Cheryl Richardson.She is with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.Also, she says not all states require PE teachers to be specially trained.24.________
Cheryl Richardson also points out one of the study's findings that injuries are often result of contact with a person or a structure.This tells her that the teachers might not give each student enough space to move around safely.
Six activities produce 70% of all injuries: running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and gymnastics.
The study appeared online this week in Pediatrics, the journal of the American of Pediatrics.
25．________Larger classes can mean less supervision.The National Association for Sport and Physical Education says twenty to thirty students in a PE class should be the limit.
A．The researchers say larger class sizes are another possible reason for the increase in injuries.
B．Another possible reason for more injuries is a change in the traditional idea of physical education.
C．Almost onefifth of American children and teenagers are overweight.
D．The government has passed laws as a guide for the weight problem.
E．Untrained teachers could be less likely to recognize unsafe conditions.
F．She says one possibility is a decrease in number of school nurses during the period they studied.
G．The public appealed to the school to have more school nurses.
答案：21～25 CFBEA