Oneofthequalitiesthatmostpeopleadmireinothersisthewillingnesstoadmitone'smistakes.Itisextremelyhardsometimestosayasimplethinglike"Iwaswrongaboutthat,"anditisevenhardertosay,"Iwaswrong,andyouwererightaboutthat."
Ihadanexperiencerecentlywithsomeoneadmittingtomethathehadmadeamistakefifteenyearsago.HetoldmehehadbeenthemanagerofacertaingrocerystoreintheneighbourhoodwhereIgrewup,andheaskedmeifIrememberedtheeggcartons.ThenherelatedanincidentandIbegantoremembervaguelytheincidenthewasdescribing.
Iwasabouteightyearsoldatthetime,andIhadgomeintothestorewithmaymothertodotheweeklygroceryshopping.Onthatparticularday,Imusthavefoundmywaytothedairyfooddepartmentwheretheincidenttoodplace.
Theremusthavebeenaspecialsaleoneggsthatdaybecausetherewasanimpressivedisplayofeggsindozenandhalf-dozencartons.Thecartonswerestackedthreeorfourfeethigh.Imusthavestoppedinfrontofadisplaytoadmirethestacks.Justthenawomancamebypushinghergrocerycartandknockedoffthestacksofcartons.Forsomereason,Idecideditwasuptometoputthedisplaybacktogether,soIwanttowork.
Themanagerheardthemoiseandcamerushingovertoseewhathadhappened.Whenheappeared,Iwasonmykneesinspectingsomeofthecartonstoseeifanyoftheeggswerebroken,buttohimitlookedasthoughIwastheculprit.Heseverelyreprimandedmeandwantedmetopayforanybrokeneggs.Iprotestedmyinnocenceandtriedtoexplain,butitdidnogood.EventhoughIquicklyforgotallabouttheincident,apparentlythemanagerdidnot.
1.Howoldwastheauthorwhenhewrotethisarticle?
2.Whowastoblameforknockingoffthestacksofcartons?
3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?
a.Thewomanwhoknockedoffthestacksofcartonswasseriouslycriticizedbythemananger
b.Theauthorwasseverelycritizizedbythemanager.
c.Awomancarelesslyknockedoffthestacksofcartons
d.Itwastheauthorwhoputthedisplaybacktogether
4.Whichofthefollowingcanserveasthebesttitleforthepassage?
a.ItsHardertoAdmitOne'sMistake
d.Acaseofmistakenidentity
5.Thetoneofthearticleexpressestheauthor's_______.
a.admirationforthemanager'swillingnesstoadmitmistakes
b.angertothemanagerforhiswrongaccusation
c.indignationagainstthewomanwhoknockedoffthestacksofcartons
d.regetforthemistakethemadeinthestore
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