Ineverknewthatonelittle"I'msorry"couldmeansomuch.Ineverthoughtthatonemomentintimecould(1)therestofmylife.Iwassittinginclassoneday(2)ashortandshykidcalledVictorcamein.Hesatdown(3)tomelooke

Question

 I never knew that one little "I'm sorry" could mean so much. I never thought that one moment in time could (1) the rest of my life.

  I was sitting in class one day (2) a short and shy kid called Victor came in. He sat down (3) to me looked at me and looked away. I often talked to him but he just smiled at me when our (4) met. I didn't think he was the boy I'd like to become friends with.

  One day I joined the unkind kids (5) at him though I knew it was wrong.

  "Do you have any friends?" A kid asked Victor who walked (6) us alone head down.

  "No he hasn't got any friends. He's too foolish " I said.

  Victor looked (7) at me with sad eyes. That night I couldn't sleep because I couldn't get Victor's (8) out of mind. In the next weeks he never met my eyes in class or smiled at me.

  It was really (9) for me to ask him to forgive me. I couldn't forget his sad eyes every time I saw him.

  The next day in class I wrote him a note telling him how (10) I felt. About five minutes later I saw tears in his eyes. Later he told me that I would never (11) how much my apology had meant to him. He said he hoped that we could become friends.

  We had a very (12) talk over lunch that noon. And then we became 13 friends. When I think back I realize that my apology made it (14) for me to make good friends with Victor，a lovely person.

  So never (15) a chance to tell somebody you are sorry. Apologies can really change your life.

(   ) 1. A. change    B. call     C. have    D. get

(   ) 2. A. thought    B. because    C. when    D. since

(   ) 3. A. next    B. nearly   C.alone    D. away

(   ) 4. A. ears    B. eyes     C. noses    D. mouths

(   ) 5. A. looking    B. smiling    C. laughing    D. knocking

(   ) 6 A. over    B. along     C. across    D. past

(   ) 7. A. down    B. up     C. over    D. round

(   ) 8. A. face    B. head      C. heart    D. body

(   ) 9. A. easy    B. different    C. hard    D. funny

(   ) 10. A. happy    B. bored     C. bad    D. lucky

(   ) 11. A. worry    B. mind     C. regard    D. realize

(   ) 12. A. angry    B. pleasant    C. sad    D. beautiful

(   ) 13. A. close    B. open      C. common    D. deep

(   ) 14. A. comfortable    B. possible    C. terrible    D. unable

(   ) 15. A. have    B. want     C. forget    D. miss

Answer 1

1. A从下文可知这件事改变了作者的后半生。2. C当个子矮小害羞的Victor进来的时候，我正坐在教室。3. A next to为罔定词组，意为"在旁边"。4. B eyes此处指目光，当我们目光对视时，他只是笑了一下。5. C laugh at是固定词组，意为"嘲笑"。6. D walk past意为''路过"。7. B look up at me意为"抬起头来看着我"。8. A get sth. out of mind意为"把某物从脑海里清除出去"。这里指我整夜都在回想Victor的那张伤心的面容。9. C我伤害了Victor，要想请求他的原谅是很难的。10. C我伤害了Victor，感觉很难过。11. D后来他告诉我，我永远不会意识到我的道歉对他来说意义是多么重大。12. C因为我们关系缓和了，所以我们的谈话是愉快的。13. A我们成了亲密的朋友。14. B我的道歉使我和Victor成为好朋友成为可能。15. D miss a chance意为"失去机会"，本句意为：永远都不要错过向别人道歉的机会。