It's never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you've judged roughly, said unkind things, pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isn't it? Frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that whenever a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged(承認(rèn))and regret expressed.

　　I remember a doctor friend, the late(已故的)Clarece Lieb,telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia(失眠)and stomach trouble. No physical cause could be found. Finally Dr. Lieb said to the man, “Unless you tell me what’s worrying you, I can't help you.”

　　After some hesitation, the man confessed that, as executor of his father's will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad ,of his inheritance. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good relation. He then went with him to the mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. "Thank you, "he said, "I think I'm cured." And he was.

　　A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it stronger. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged ,or judged too rough think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged ,or judged too roughly ,or just neglected, do something about it right now.

　　1.When we have done something wrong, we should _______.

　　A. look honest and think over the fault carefully

　　B. escape from being disturbed

　　C. admit the fault and express the regret

　　D. forgive ourselves

　　Best Answer:C

　　詳解：答案C。第一段最后一句表明：我們?nèi)羰亲鲥e(cuò)了事，就應(yīng)該承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤，表示歉意。故選C項(xiàng)。

　　2.What will happen if we have done something wrong?

　　A. Our logic of thinking will be disturbed.

　　B. We shall lose a friend.

　　C. We shall apologize at once.

　　D. Our moral balance will disturbed.

　　Best Answer:D

　　詳解：答案D。第一段最后一句指出：每當(dāng)我們犯了小小的錯(cuò)誤，某種道義上的情感就會(huì)受到擾亂。D項(xiàng)中Our moral balance will be disturbed相當(dāng)于文中Some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed. A項(xiàng)和B項(xiàng)與本文意思不符,C項(xiàng)也不對(duì)。雖然我們應(yīng)立即道歉，但事實(shí)上很多人都做不到，這正和文章一開(kāi)頭就指出的那樣“承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤決不是件容易的事”。

　　3.What was the cause of the patient's disease?

　　A. Headaches.

　　B. Stomach trouble.

　　C. Disturbance of conscience.

　　D. Some unknown physical weakness.

　　Best Answer:C

　　詳解：答案C。根據(jù)第二段和第三段的前部分可以看出，這位病人因在遺產(chǎn)問(wèn)題上欺騙了兄弟而使他的心理失調(diào)，結(jié)果導(dǎo)致了他生理上的一系列疾病�？梢�(jiàn)，種種疾病的根源是他良心不安

　　4. What had the patient done to his brother?

　　A. He had sent his brother abroad.

　　B. He had cheated his brother out of his inheritance.

　　C. He had given just a little share of the inheritances to his brother.

　　D. He had gone abroad leaving his brother nothing.

　　Best Answer:B

　　詳解：答案B。第三段第一句指出，他騙取了住在國(guó)外的兄弟應(yīng)得的遺產(chǎn)。B項(xiàng)中cheat sb. out of sth.與文中的cheat sb. of sth.意思相同。

　　5.The patient was cured by ________.

　　A. writing a letter

　　B. crossing a cheque

　　C. mailing a letter

　　D. asking his brother to forgive him

　　Best Answer:D

　　詳解：答案D。第三段最后一句表明：病人請(qǐng)求兄弟寬恕的信一寄出，他的病就好了。A、B、C三項(xiàng)的內(nèi)容都是錯(cuò)誤的，因?yàn)殡S便寫信、寄信或支票畫上橫線都不能治好他的病。