1 A: I'm terribly sorry I'm late. I had rather a difficult time finding your office.

　　B: ____________

　　A. Saying sorry won't be enough for being late. You have to account for what you've done.

　　B. That's all right. Please sit down and I'll start to ask you a few questions.

　　C. You needn't saying sorry. It's often the case.

　　D. Put on your name in the attendance record and go to your work.

　　2、Teacher: Richard, class begins at 9, and you are late.

　　Student: I know, but I missed my bus. I’m sorry.

　　Teacher: ___ _____. You are to be here on time.

　　A. Don’t mention it

　　B. That’s no excuse

　　C. You needn’t be

　　D. No problem

　　3 A: I got home very late last night. I hope I didn’t disturb you.

　　B: ________ .

　　A. No, I heard a lot of noise.

　　B. No, I didn’t hear a thing.

　　C. Yes, I didn’t hear any noise.

　　D. Yes, I didn’t hear you.

　　答案解析：

　　1. B． A說：“很抱歉我遲到了，找到您的辦公室相當?shù)睦щy。”本題情境中A因遲到而感到很抱歉，根據(jù)英語交際語言習慣，B應(yīng)禮貌的表示諒解。A項表達很粗魯，不符合情境。C項不符合諒解的表達法。D項也不符合對于諒解的表達法。只有B項是正確的表達法。

　　2．B．老師“Richard，九點上課，你遲到了”學生“我知道，很抱歉我錯過了公車”老師“______,你應(yīng)該暗示到校。”可以推斷老師沒有因為學生的道歉而原諒他的失誤，B項符合英語語言表達習慣。

　　3. B．A：“我昨天回來的很晚，希望沒有打擾到你”，B項符合題意“不，我沒聽到任何聲音”A項No, I heard a lot of noise.前面否定，后半部分卻是肯定，自相矛盾。C項和D項Yes, I didn’t hear any noise.前半部分肯定，后半部分否定，自相矛盾。