A. The author. B. The manager.

C. A woman. D. The author's mother.

7. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?

A. The woman who knocked off the pile of boxes was seriously scolded by the manager.

B. The author was loudly scolded by the manager.

C. A woman carelessly knocked off the pile of boxes.

D. It was the author who tried to put the boxes back together.

8. The tone of the article expresses the author's .

A. admiration for the manager's willingness to admit mistakes

B. anger to the manager for his wrong doing

C. dissatisfaction with the woman who knocked off the pile of cartons

D. regret for the mistake he made in the store

【答案】5. C 6. C 7. A 8. A

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了十五年前被商店经理误解的事，十五年后经理向作者道歉。作者告诉我们一个人为自己之前犯下的错而主动道歉是件不容易的事。

【5题详解】

推理判断题。根据第二段"I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago."和第三段"I was about eight years old at the time."可知当时作者八岁，这件事发生在十五年前，因此推知作者现在二十三岁，即当作者写这篇文章的时候二十三岁，故选C。

【6题详解】

细节理解题。根据第三段"Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the stacks of cartons."可知推倒箱子的是一位妇女，故选C。

【7题详解】

细节理解题。根据最后一段"He scolded me loudly and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs."可知，经理严厉指责了作者而不是碰到箱子的妇女，所以选项A的表述是错误的，故选A。

【8题详解】

推理判断题。作者在文章开头先提出One of the qualities that most people admire in others