外教社新世纪中职英语1Unit 3 Making Apologies练习及答案Part one ListeningⅠ.Listen and fill in the blanks with what you have heard.1. Sorry to ________ you waiting for such a long time2.I have to __________ because I should have arrived earlier3. Don’t ________it. I have just bought a new cup4. I’m so rry that I _________ to call you before I cane5.I’m afr aid I __________this Friday because of the flu6. That’s _________. I can wait for another 30 minutes7. I’m afraid ther e’s something _________ with the contract8.Y ou’d better __________ the documents again before the meeting9.Don’t worry I’ll _________ you of the interview time.10.I’m writing to express my ________for being unable to attend your birthday party Ⅱ.Listen to the conversations. Then choose the best answer to each question you have heard.11.a. Student and teacher.b. Children and parents.c. Staff member and doss12.a. The customer was kept waiting for a long timeb .He didn’t get the right changec .He wanted to change some money13.a. At homeb. In the hospitalc. In a hotel14 .a. Because he cheated his teacher.b. Because he cheated his parentsc. Because he cheated in the exam.15.a. 60. b15. c.16.16.a. Prof. Wang didn’t answer puma’s callb. puma didn’t have his mo bile phone with himc. puma wouldn’t is late for the meeting17.a. Mr. Carpenter is going to a meetingb. Mr. Smith can’t see Mr. Carpenter now.. c. Mr. Smith is late for the meetingⅢ. Listen to the passage twice. Then choose the best answer to complete each sentence.21. Ellen is a ________ student.a. middle schoolb. collegec. high school22. She was attracted by a dress when she was ________.a. viewing the cityb. wandering in a shopc. wandering around in the city23. Ellen asked the shop assistant if she could ________.a. have a tryb. try the dress onc. try the dress out24. Unfortunately, the dress was ________ for Ellen.a. a little too largeb. too tinyc. a little small25. The shop assistant apologized that the dress ________.a. was in stockb. was out of stockc. of a smaller size is not available nowPart two SpeakingComplete each conversation with the best choice.1. A: I’m sorry to have broken your glasses.B: _________. Don’t worry about it.a. It’s OK with meb. It’s not seriousc. It doesn’t matter2. A: ________, you are in my way.B: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m waiting for my friend.a. Sorryb. Excuse mec. Forgive me3. A: ___. I’ve just answered a call. You must have been kept waiting for a long time. B: That’s all right.a. I’m sorryb. Excuse mec. Beg your pardon4. A: I’m sorry for being unable to keep our appointment.B: _________. Forget it.a. All rightb. I accept your apologyc. It doesn’t matter5. A: I must ________ for not calling you sooner.B: Don’t worry about it.a. fellb. apologizec. feel badPart three GrammarComplete each conversation with the best choice1. I feel really sorry to keep you _________.a. to waitb. waitc. waiting2. Yesterday, I found the heating system in my room ________.a. was wrongb. doesn’t workc. was not working3. He apologized for not ________ me for a long time.a. to writeb. writec. writing4. I hope that he will ________ my apologies.a. acceptb. receivec. make5. Sorry, I _________ the books on the bus.a. keptb. forgotc. left6. She ________ like swimming in winter. But now she likes going skating.a. used tob. doesc. do7. I will call you half an hour before Mr. Black ________.a. cameb. comesc. is coming8. My boss said that he ________ a meeting with some important suppliers this eveninga. will haveb. hadc. would have9. My father is on a business trip. He won’t come back ________ next Friday.a. beforeb. until after10. She felt ________ while waiting for the interview.a. boringb. boredc. borePart four VocabularyComplete each conversation with the best choice1. She took great ________ in the painting course.a. interestingb. interestc. interested2. He read the ________ about our new products carefully in the meeting room.a. introduceb. brochurec. company3. Ms. Gina made a(n) ________ with her client for the afternoon.a. appointmentb. meetingc. apology4. Our client had to wait while the boss was ________.a. handing upb. handing aroundc. on the phone5. The secretary told me something was ________ in the documenta. leftb. forgottenc. missing6. I would to visit you on Friday if it is ________ for you.a. niceb. goodc. convenient7. He ________ all the important points mentioned at the meeting last night.a. write downb. wrote downc. writes down8. He ________ me to meet all the job applicants.a. hopedb. needc. wanted9. Please accept my apologies. It’s my ________.a. carelessnessb. mistakec. fault10. He forgave me for my carelessness. It’s very nice ________ him to do so.a. forb. ofc. toPart five Reading comprehensionRead the passages. Then choose the best answer to each of the questions that followPassage lNowadays, job-hunting is by no means an easy thing. Many college graduates(毕业生)have to face fierce（激烈的）competition in the talent market(人才市场). Xuan Xiaoli is a senior student in Nanjing Mechanical Normal College. She has been busy looking for a reasonably well-paid job. She has applied for a job with several companies in Nanjing Industrial Park, but has so far had no response. Last week, she learned from an advertisement in the newspaper that one company was looking for an assistant engineer. After she read the requirements, she decided to have a try and wrote a letter of application. Yesterday, the company called and said sorry for there being no vacancy that quite suited her.1. Now, looking for a job is＿＿＿＿＿for college graduates.a. very easyb. not easy at allc. hopeless2. In the job market,___________.a. many people are fierceb. people have to fierce competitorsc. many people compete against each other for a position3. As a senior college student, Xuan Xiaoli is busy___________.a. looking for a part-time jobb. looking for a satisfactory jobc. looking for a job with a good salary4. She has made several attempts to apply for a job and___________.a. several companies have tried to contact herb. is waiting for job interviewsc. has had no response so far5. Finally, a company called Xuan Xiaoli and said___________.a. that she was a acceptedb. tha t she didn’t meet the requirementsc. that the company didn’t have a vacancy that suited her at presentPassage 2It was ten to nine in the morning. Mr. Heaver hurried towards his clinic in his car as usual. All of a sudden, a taxi came round a corner and knocked right into Mr. Heaver’s car. A window broke and a wheel came off. Mr. Heaver was thrown sidewise and hit his head on the door. The taxi did not come to a stop. It drove away.A policeman shouted and stopped the taxi in the end. Mr. Heaver got out of his car. The policeman was very angry. He wrote the number of the taxi in his little black book. In the meantime, the taxi driver seemed angry, too. He shouted and waved his hands. The policeman asked many questions and made the taxi driver apologize to Mr. Heaver. Poor Mr. Heaver later walked to his clinic. There he sat over a cup of tea and for hours he couldn’t bring himself to work.6. In the morning, Mr. Heaver usually ________.a. took a taxi to his clinicb. walked to his clinicc. drove to his clinic7. On his way to his clinic that morning, he ________.a. knocked somebody over near a street cornerb. had a car accidentc. was stopped by a policeman8. After the taxi ran into Mr. Heaver’s car, he ________.a. was seriously injuredb. couldn’t move at allc. hit his head on the door9. After running into Mr. Heaver’s car, the taxi driver________.a. stopped at onceb. drove awayc. tried to run away but was stopped by a policeman10. In the end, Mr. Heaver ________.a. was sent to hospitalb. was asked to make apologiesc. went to his clinic on footPart six Translation Translate the Chinese sentences into English1. 开会迟到通常被认为是不礼貌的行为。