Is"sorry"the hardest word？Not for the British Education Secretary Michael Gove，（1）whowho has apologized recently to his former French teacher （2）forfor his bad behavior in class．It took him 30 years to express regret．In a letter （3）publishedpublished （publish） in a magazine．Mr．Gove says："It may be too late to say I'm sorry．But，as my mom tole me，it's never too late to set the record straight．"
Researchers argue that people have too high expectations of the power of saying sorry．Some psychologists say in a study that（4）receivingreceiving （receive） an apology isn't（5）helpfulhelpful （help） as people think．Nevertheless，apologies might be an important social tool as they reaffirm （再次确定） the（6）existenceexistence （exist） of rules that need to be observed．
The Education Secretary's apology might have been accepted by his old teacher but he might get（7）himselfhimself （he） into trouble．According to Daily Mail，Mr．Gove's mother didn't know her son was causing trouble at school and she（8）saidsaid （say）："He would have been punished（9）ifif I had known he was being so naughty．"later，Gove said："I can never express my apology to him face to face these days-it just goes through to his answering machine．But when I do（10）eventuallyeventually （eventual） speak to him，I will say sorry．"
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【答案】who；for；published；receiving；helpful；existence；himself；said；if；eventually
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发布：2024/6/27 10:35:59组卷：62引用：6难度：0.5
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