"sorry" to some underage(未成年的) workers for hiring them.

　　解析：句意：几天前一位发言人说这家公司因雇用未成年工人已向他们道歉。

　　Ⅲ.阅读理解

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little excited, but I worried I would never fit in with the other sixth graders.

　　Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn't like me from the start. In fact, I was sure she hated me. I would ask her a question, and I could tell she thought I was a total fool.

　　My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was horrified (惊骇的). I didn't wear make－up (化妆品), and I didn't wear those terrible bell－bottom pants. I didn't exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.

　　Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her "cool" friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends. Lucy, the girl who hated me, called me her best friend. After that, we still were good friends a whole year later.

　　I may move to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. It's funny-I still remember her birthday. She was a great friend. And to think, she considered me her enemy at first. Though it was hard, and it felt like I was wasting my time, and losing my dignity(尊严), I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I'm not stupid. I didn't think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with it. And we became great friends.

About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: "Am I not destroying my enemies(敌人)when I make friends of them？" Immediately,