Punctuality means observing regular or appointed time. A man who gets up at seven o’clock every morning is punctual. A man who h

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问题     Punctuality means observing regular or appointed time. A man who gets
up at seven o’clock every morning is punctual. A man who has permitted to                S1.______
call on a friend at five o’clock in the afternoon and actually does such at that         S2.______
hour is also punctual. Punctuality is a good habit, and unpunctuality is a bad
one. A few minutes delay may not be a serious matter. But it may have bad re-            S3.______
sults. Getting up five minutes later than usually may upset the plan of the day.         S4.______
Call on a friend five minutes later than the appointed time may cause him some un-       S5.______
expected trouble. Nevertheless, habitual unpunctuality leads to indolence(懒惰)          S6.______
and even failure in life. One delay after another makes a man unable to exert him-
self.
    It also proves him be untrustworthy. Those who are unpunctual should try             S7.______
their best to get rid from their bad habit. In doing this, they should avoid making      S8.______
any kind of exception. They should ever say to themselves: "A few minutes’ delay         S9.______
does not matter this time. I shall be punctual next time. "Those who think in this
way will find excuses for delay from time to time, and will at last give up the at-
tempt cultivate the good habit of punctuality.                                           S10.______
    Like all other good habits, punctuality becomes second nature with those who
have duly cultivated it.

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答案permitted→promised

解析 用词不当。permit作为动词,是“允许”的意思,常用于词组permit sb.to do sth.“允许某人做某事”。根据上下文,这里所表达的意思是“许诺”,不是“允许”,应用promise。
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