[单项选择]Pupil: I apologize for being late this morning. My alarm clock didn’’t ring. Teacher: ______
A. That’s all right. These things often happen.
B. Would you please forgive me I never accept any apologies at all.
C. Thank you. You’re really too kind apologizing to me.
D. Never mind. You don’t have to be so polite.

[单项选择]Pupil: I apologize for being late this morning. My alarm clock didn’’t ring. Teacher: ______
A. That’s all right. These things often happen.
B. Would you please forgive me I never accept any apologies at all.
C. Thank you. You’re really too kind apologizing to me.
D. Never mind. You don’t have to be so polite.

[单项选择]Mary: Excuse me for being late, Peter. I was held up by the traffic. Peter: __________, Mary. Come in and take a seat.
A. That’s quite all right
B. No problem
C. Don’t mention it
D. Welcome

[单项选择]Speaker A: Sorry for being late. You see, I was held up by the traffic.
Speaker B: （　）.
A. Oh, it’s quite all right. Forget it!
B. I also find the traffic very heavy during the rush hours.
C. Yes, the traffic jam is more serious than before.
D. Not at all. You can come anytime.

[简答题]Being late is a habit—but no one can cure himself of it until he determines the cause of his tardiness. (1) Most people are continually attempting to crowd too many chores, amusements and social or business engagements into an inexorable number of hours and minutes. Some people have stopwatch minds: some are sundial beings to whom time is a fuzzy thing, particularly after dark. (2) There are others who are deliberately late, to make a dramatic entrance or to show an imagined superiority. In Hollywood, it’s been said, everyone important is usually late for everything but studio conferences. At a party, each star arrives late—in order of status. The top box-office attraction is allotted the final arrival. A psychiatrist tells me that sometimes tardiness is a form of subconscious sulking, an attempt to get even with another person. It is also a sign of immaturity. (3) People who are habitually late are in a sense still infants to whom time and the other person’s convenience mean nothi

[单项选择]His excuse ______ being late was not accepted.
A. for
B. about
C. over
D. to

[填空题]Does Mr. lee (resentment) ______ her being late

[填空题]It being late, they insisted on (leave) ______ right now.

[填空题]It being late, they insisted on (leave)______ right now.

[单项选择]The reason ______ he gave for being late was ______ he overslept this morning.
A. why; that
B. why; because
C. which; that
D. which; because

[简答题]It was not until in my late thirties that I made this important discovery: giving-away makes life so much more exciting.

[单项选择]I came late to class today; the reason being that the bus broke down.
A. today, and the reason being that
B. today, for the reason being that
C. today because
D. today; due to

[单项选择]I arrived at the airport so late that I （） missed the plane.
A. only
B. quite
C. narrowly
D. seldom

[单项选择]W: I’m terribly sorry I’m late. I had rather a difficult time finding your office.
M:（）
A. Saying sorry won’ t be enough for being late. You have to account for what you’ ve done.
B. That’ s all fight. 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.