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Which of the following is NOT true about apologies...

Câu hỏi: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Apologies are powerful. They resolve conflicts without violence and restore equilibrium to personal relationships. They can be a sign of strength: proof that the apologizer has the self-confidence to admit a mistake.
Apologies, like so many other communication strategies, begin at home. In the American context, there is ample evidence that women are more inclined to offer an expression of contrition than men. One woman, for example, told me that her husband's resistance to apologizing makes their disputes go on and on. Once, after he forgot to give her a particularly important telephone message, she couldn't get over her anger, not because he had forgotten (she realized anyone can make a mistake) but because he didn't apologize. "Had I done something like that," she said, "I would have fallen all over myself saying how sorry I was... I felt as though he didn't care." When I asked her husband for his side of the story, he said apologizing would not have repaired the damage. "So what good does it do?" he wondered.
The good it does is to cement the relationship. By saying he was sorry - and saying it as if he meant it – he would have conveyed that he felt bad about letting her down. Showing that you empathize provides the element of contrition, remorse, or repentance that is central to apologies - as does the promise to make amends and not repeat the offense. In the absence of these, why should the wife trust her husband not to do it again?
Apologies can be equally powerful in day-to-day situations at work. One company manager told me that they were magic bullets. When he admitted to subordinates that he had made a mistake and then expressed remorse, they not only forgave him but became even more loyal. Conversely, when I asked people what most frustrated them in their work lives, co-workers refusing to admit fault was a frequent answer.
(Adapted from Contrite Makes Right in Civilization Magazine by Deborah Tannen)​
Which of the following is NOT true about apologies according to the passage?
A. More apologies are offered by women than men in American society.
B. Apologies made by the manager led to his employees' frustration.
C. Apologies are similar to promises not to repeat wrongdoings.
D. Apologies help to repair strained relationships without physical force.
Điều nào sau đây là KHÔNG đúng về lời xin lỗi, theo đoạn văn?
A. Phụ nữ đưa ra nhiều lời xin lỗi hơn nam giới trong xã hội Mỹ.
B. Lời xin lỗi của người quản lý đã dẫn đến sự bực mình trong nhân viên.
C. Lời xin lỗi giống như lời hứa không tái phạm.
D. Lời xin lỗi giúp hàn gắn các mối quan hệ căng thẳng mà không cần đến vũ lực.
Thông tin:
+ In the American context, there is ample evidence that women are more inclined to offer an expression of contrition than men.
(Lấy bối cảnh nước Mỹ, có nhiều bằng chứng cho thấy phụ nữ có khuynh hướng bày tỏ sự ăn năn hơn nam giới.)
A đúng
+ Showing that you empathize provides the element of contrition, remorse, or repentance that is central to apologies - as does the promise to make amends and not repeat the offense.
(Thể hiện rằng bạn đồng cảm cho thấy các yếu tố như hối hận hoặc ăn năn là trọng tâm của lời xin lỗi - cũng như lời hứa sẽ sửa đổi và không tái phạm.)
C đúng
+ They resolve conflicts without violence and restore equilibrium to personal relationships.
(Chúng giải quyết xung đột mà không dùng đến bạo lực và khôi phục trạng thái cân bằng cho các mối quan hệ cá nhân.)
D đúng
Đáp án B.
 

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