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Section A (12 marks)

Directions： Complete the following passage by filling in each black with one word that best fits the context.

Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. Some Americans attend religious services on the day before Thanksgiving， 　64　 on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel great distances to be with their families. They have a large dinner， 　65　 is the main part of the celebration.

More than any 　66　 American holiday， Thanksgiving celebrates family and home. For many Americans， Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of a family gather together. The holiday is a time of family reunion.

Thanksgiving is also a time 　67　 Americans share what they have with people who do 　68　 have as much. All across the country， thousands of groups provide Thanksgiving meals 　69　 older adults， poor people and the homeless. Some people spend part of the holiday helping to prepare and serve meals. 　70　 becoming president， Barack Obama and his family have volunteered one day before each Thanksgiving at 　71　organization that helps the needy.

Section B (10 marks)

Directions： Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.

When Should a Leader Apologize and When Not?

Why Difficult?

When we wrong someone we know，even not intentionally，we are generally expected to apologize so as to improve the situation. But when we’re acting as leaders，the circumstances are different. The act of apology is carried out not only at the level of the individual but also at the level of the institution. It is a performance in which every expression matters and every word becomes part of the public record. Refusing to apologize can be smart，or it can be stupid. So，readiness to apologize can be seen as a sign of strong character or as a sign of weakness. A successful apology can turn hate into personal and organizational harmony—while an apology that is too little，too late，or too obviously strategic can bring on individual and institutional ruin. What，then，is to be done?How can leaders decide if and when to apologize publicly?

Why Now?

The question of whether leaders should apologize publicly has never been more urgent. During the last decade or so，the United States in particular has developed an apology culture—apologies of all kinds and for all sorts of wrongdoings are made far more frequently than before. More newspaper writers have written about the growing importance of public apologies. More articles，cartoons，advice columns，and radio and television programs have similarly dealt with the subject of private apologies.

Why Bother?

Why do we apologize?Why do we ever put ourselves in situations likely to be difficult，embarrassing，and even risky?Leaders who apologize publicly could be an easy target. They are expected to appear strong and capable. And whenever they make public statements of any kind，their individual and institutional reputations are in danger. Clearly，then，leaders should not apologize often or lightly. For a leader to express apology，there needs to be a good，strong reason. Leaders will publicly apologize if and when they think the costs of doing so are lower than the costs of not doing so.

Why Refuse?

Why is it that leaders so often refuse to apologize，even when a public apology seems to be in order?Their reasons can be individual or institutional. Because leaders are public figures，their apologies are likely to be personally uncomfortable and even professionally risky. Leaders may also be afraid that the admission of a mistake will damage or destroy the organization for which they are responsible. There can be good reasons for hanging tough in tough situations，as we shall see，but it is a high-risk strategy.

―→·Public apology is much more than a(an) 　72　 act.

·It’s no 　73　 job to strike a balance between apologizing or not.

·Apologies not 　74　 offered can bring on individual and institutional ruin.

―→ ·In an 　76　， admission of all sorts of wrongdoings is more required than before.

·The 　77　 of public apologies has been widely reported in the mass media.

―→ ·Being public figures， leaders are supposed to appear 　78　.

·There needs to be a sufficient reason for a leader to 　79　 in public.―→ ·Making apologies is likely to be personally uncomfortable and 　80　.

·Admission of a mistake or wrongdoing will probably do 　81　 to their organization.

Section C (8 marks)

Directions： Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

If there were a literary award bigger than the Nobel Prize， Alice Munro would probably win that， too. Munro,82， was awarded literature’s highest honor， respected by the Nobel committee as a thorough but forgiving chronicler(事件的记录者) of the human spirit.

Among her best-known is The Bear Came Over the Mountain， about a woman who agrees with her husband that she should be put in a nursing home. The narrative begins in a relatively tender， traditional mood. But we soon learn that the husband has been unfaithful and doesn’t always regret it. The wife， meanwhile， has fallen for a man at the nursing home. Munro won a National Book Critics Circle prize in 1998 for The Love of a Good Woman and she is also a three-time winner of the Governor General’s prize， Canada’s highest literary honor.

She received a scholarship to study at the University of Western Ontario， majoring in journalism， and was still an undergraduate when she sold a story to CBC radio in Canada. She dropped out to marry a fellow student， James Munro， had three children and became a full-time housewife. By her early 30s， she was so frightened and depressed that she could barely write a full sentence.

Her good fortune was to open a bookstore， in 1963. Inspired by everything from the conversation of adults to simply filling out invoices(发票)， she saw her narrative talents resurface. Her first collection， Dance of the Happy Shades， came out in 1968 and won the Governor General’s prize.

Her books having been sold more than 1 million copies in the U.S. alone， she has long been an international ambassador for the short story. Critics and peers have praised her in every way a writer can be praised： the precision of her language; the perfection of detail; the surprise and logic of her storytelling; the graceful shifts of moods. So， she is the kind of writer about whom it is often said-no matter how well known she becomes—that she ought to be better known.

82. What do we know about the woman’s husband in The Bear Came Over the Mountain? (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)

83. Why did Munro stop her study at the University of Western Ontario? (No more than 4 words) (2 marks)

84. What happened to Munro in 1963? (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)

85. What is the main idea of the passage? (No more than 10 words) (2 marks)

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