2017-2018学年高考英语北师大版一轮复习课时作业：语言朋友(19)

2017-2018学年

语言朋友(19)

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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

解析：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。

答案：B

2．A.relief B．surprise

C．regret D．sorrow

解析：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。

答案：A

3．A.broken out B．closed down

C．faded away D．run over

解析：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。

答案：D

4．A.house B．room

C．restaurant D．supermarket

解析：根据文章第二句“We had...at the restaurant at seven o'clock”可知选C。

答案：C

5．A.could B．must

C．will D．might

解析：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。

答案：A

6．A.movable B．comfortable

C．acceptable D．avoidable

解析：根据第一段可知开会时间超限导致了“我”迟到。所以“我”认为这是不可避免的。

答案：D

7．A.However B．Therefore

C．Moreover D．Otherwise

解析：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。

答案：A

8．A.her B．him

C．me D．them

解析：根据“as well”可知选C。

答案：C

9．A.spread B．wrote

C．translated D．described

解析：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”。

答案：D

10．A.knew B．made

C．found D．took

解析：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。

答案：B

11．A.in B．beyond

C．for D．against

解析：be stuck in “受困于……”符合语境。

答案：A