It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty a

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问题    It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of apologizing. Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged roughly, said unkind things; pushed yourself ahead at the expense of a friend. Then count the occasions when you indicated clearly and truly that you were sorry. A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deep wisdom in us knows that whenever a small wrong has been committed, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and regret expressed.
   I remember a doctor friend, the late Clarence Libel, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of signs: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No physical cause could be found. Finally Dr. Libel said to the man, "Unless you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you."
   After some hesitation, the man confessed that as executor of his father’s will, he had been cheating his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance. Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother asking forgiveness and enclosing a check as the first step in restoring their good relation. He then went with him to the mailbox in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears. "Thank you, I think I’m cured." And he was.
   A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it strong. If you can think of someone who deserves an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or judged too roughly, or just neglected, do something about it right now.
What had the patient done to his brother?

选项 A、He had sent his brother abroad.
B、He had cheated his brother out of his inheritance.
C、He had given just a little share of the inheritance to his brother.
D、He had gone abroad leaving his brother nothing.

答案B

解析 本题考查细节。参见第二段第四句话as executor of his father’s will,he had been cheating his brother,who lived abroad,of his inheritance.当他执行父亲的遗嘱时,骗取了居住在海外的哥哥所应得的那部分遗产。cheat sb of sth.“骗取某人的什么东西”。
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