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One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's
mistakes.It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about
that," and it is even harder to say,"I was wrong,and you were right about that."
I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake
fifteen years ago.He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the
neighborhood where I grew up,and he asked me if I remembered the egg cartons(箱子).
Then he related an incident and I began to remember clearly the incident he was describing.
I was about eight years old at the time,and I had gone into the store with my mother to
do the weekly grocery shopping.On that particular day,I must have found my way to dairy
food department where the incident took place.
There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive
display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons.The cartons were stacked (堆放)three
or four feet high.I must have stopped in front of a display to admire the stacks.Just
then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons.
For some reason,I decided it was up to me to put the display back together,so I went
to work.
The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened.When
he appeared,I was on my knees examining some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs
were broken,but to him it looked as though I was the criminal.He severely scolded me
and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs.I protested my innocence and tried to explain,
but it did no good.Even though I quickly forget all about the incident,obviously the
manager did not.
1.The author was __________ when he wrote this article.______
A.about 23
B.about 15
C.about 8
D.about 18
2.When the manager scolded him the author _______.
A.was frightened and cried
B.did not say anything
C.felt the manager was right
D.tried to explain the incident
3.It can be inferred that the author _______.
A.expects the woman to say sorry to him for the mistake she made
B.has forgiven the manager for what he did to him fifteen years ago
C.would like to tell people never to be fooled by an egg sale
D.regrets arguing with the manager for what he didn't do
