Section Ⅲ 沙场点兵,能力自评 (时间:45分钟 满分100分) .完形填空 Over the years I have learned what harm can come from gossip. In my work place, gossip is a big problem, which is__1__by a couple of women who actually feel the need to stretch and__2__certain bits of information, simply for the sake of fighting against each other. Having been on the receiving end of their back hurt, I have become very__3__of what I say and to whom. I have 3way calling on our phone. One night, I was on the__4__with my sisterinlaw, Dawn. I had called her to let her know our husbands__5__have to work very late that Saturday night. Just then, my dad__6__, hoping to get Arlo’s help. I clicked back over to my Dad and began talking to him,__7__forgetting Dawn. We inadvertently(不经意地)got on the__8__of Dawn, and I said she was so careless, caring for money and mean. Then I__9__that she should have “gotten off her butt(臀部)and did something herself”. Monday evening Arlo__10__to the house, and said, “Brenda, next time you are talking__11__about someone, make sure the threeway calling is__12__.” Almost immediately I knew what he was talking about,__13__I wasn’t exactly sure what all I had said. Dawn’s answering machine had__14__the entire conversation between Dad and me! |