1. A. had 　　　　　　　 B. polite　　　　 C. cold 　　　　 　　　 D. careful;

15. A。give sb. an apology意为“向某人道歉”。

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Mr. and Mrs. king have lived in our town for nearly twenty years. They have a bookshop by the bus station. They’re __1__ to everybody and have a lot of friends. They often __2__ the poor students and sell them some books cheaply. So there’re many young men in their shop. Of course people __3__ them and their friends often call on (拜访) them and __4__ them. We can always hear their rooms are full of __5__ and quarrel.

It was a Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. King were going to have a picnic on the island the next __6__. It was a little far from our town. So they had to __7__ earlier than usual to catch a six o’clock train. After __8__ a few friends came to see them while they were cooking some __9__ and drinks for the picnic. Mr. king and his wife had to stop __10__ them. They talked a lot and few of them looked at the __11__ on the wall. Mr. and Mrs. King were anxious (焦急) but they couldn’t tell the visitors about it. The woman thought for a few __12__ and had an idea. She said to her __13__, “Oh, it’s eleven o’clock! You’d better stop talking, dear! Our guests are anxious to __14__!

Mr. king heard this and stood up and said __15__ to the visitors and they left soon.

14. C。道歉不仅可以挽救破碎的人际关系, 还可以增强人与人之间的联系。harder指的是具体事物的“坚硬”, 故此处不当。

13. B。这个人其实没有病, 所以在解决了心理问题后,他一下子觉得好了, 而不是好转, 故选well 而不是better。

12. D。根据后面的post box可以得知这里是指寄出了那封信。

11. A。上文得知这人骗了哥哥的遗产, 所以还了他所欠的钱才能治好他的心病。

10. D。made 具有强制性的意思, 故选let sb. do sth..好。

9. 　 A。这是一名很聪明的医生, 所以他提出了下面一个方法。

8. 　 D。

7. 　 B。nothing wrong 表明这个人生理没有任何问题, 看下文就可以知道这一点。