2015年成人高考学士学位英语考试考前训练(2)_第9页

　　Reading Comprehension(20 points)

　　Directions：There are 4 reading passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D.You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with o single line throught the center.

　　41、根据以下内容回答41-60题：

　　One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the wiHingness to admit one’s mis-takes.It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like“1 was wrong about that”，and it is even harder to say，“l was wron9，and you were right about that.”I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years a90.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.Then he related an incident and I began to remember vaguely 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 shoppin9.On that particular day，I must have found me way to the dairy food department where the incident took place.

　　There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive dis-play of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons.The cartons were stacked 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 1 went to work.

　　The manager heard the'noise and came pushing over to see what had happened.When he appeared.1 was on my knees inspecting,some of the cartons to see if any of the eggs were broken，but to him it looked as though I was the culprit.He severely reprimanded 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 forgot the incident，apparently the manager did not.

　　How old was the author when he wrote this article?

　　A.About 8 years old.

　　B.About l8 years old.

　　C.About 23 years old.

　　D.About l5 years old