A. apparently B. special C. grocery D. vaguely E. admire F. scolded G. display H. simple I. off J. admit One of the qualities that most people 41 in others is the willingness to admit one’s mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a 42 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 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 43 the incident he was describing. I was about eight years old, and I went into the store with my mother to do the weekly 44 shopping. There was a 45 sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs in dozen and half-dozen cartons. The cartons were piled high. I stopped in front of a 46 to admire the piles. Just then a woman pushing her grocery cart knocked 47 the piles 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 to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as though I was the culprit. He severely 48 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 all about the incident, 49 the manager did not. 【查看更多】
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When you are ______ about something, you are ______ to do whatever you can to get it.
Most people, when they talk about education, think that it is only a task for teachers, ________ we teachers consider it is a job of the whole society.
