Towards the end of the baseball game, a controversial call was given. At full speed Paul Harvey slid
home（本垒）and, thinking he had just ___
36___ a game-changing run, he stood up only to face the words, “You’re ___
37___!”
Angry, he threw off his helmet and ran over to explain to the ___
38___ why the call was wrong. Before his ___
39___ really got out of control, someone pulled him away, and he walked to the bench---___
40___.
Long after the coaches, players, and fans had gone home, he realized the impact of his ___
41___. Like most of us do when we are faced with the __
42___ of our actions, he could have just let it go, reasoning, “Everybody ___
43___ it.”
However, in the silence of his heart, he knew that just ___
44___ everyone else does it, that doesn’t make it all right. And so, long after his friends had gone home, he ___
45___ that coach back up to the school—not to ___
46___ his car. No, the boy tracked this man down so he could tell him face to face, “I’m sorry, Sir. It was all my___
47___.”
It takes true courage to stand up to face the ___
48___ we all make and say, “I was wrong. I’m sorry.” What makes this ___
49___ unique is that it wasn’t meant for the world to ___
50___, it was meant simply as a way to stay ___
51___ to his own heart.
The truth is at one time or another we have all been this boy --- ___
52___ out in anger, saying hurtful things, and feeling __
_53___ for doing so. But the real test comes later when we are ___
54___ with the choice to say “sorry” or to walk away thinking, “Ah, they’ll get over it.”
Maybe the “they” is a customer, a friend, or a child. Whoever it is, don’t pass up the opportunity to get right with your own heart. The time for apology is now! Courage is a ___
55___ of the heart.
| 小题1: | | A．broken | B．scored | C．hit | D．completed |
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| 小题3: | | A．judge | B．fan | C．coach | D．player |
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| 小题4: | | A．temper | B．strength | C．mood | D．spirit |
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| 小题5: | | A．peaceful | B．pale | C．hopeful | D．disappointed |
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| 小题6: | | A．explanation | B．argument | C．performance | D．behavior |
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| 小题7: | | A．satisfaction | B．guilt | C．embarrassment | D．pride |
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| 小题8: | | A．does | B．hates | C．likes | D．receives |
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| 小题9: | | A．until | B．because | C．when | D．if |
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| 小题10: | | A．accompanied | B．sent | C．brought | D．tracked |
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| 小题11: | | A．repair | B．clean | C．destroy | D．drive |
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| 小题12: | | A．fault | B．rudeness | C．mistake | D．carelessness |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．impoliteness | C．effort | D．attempt |
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| 小题14: | | A．situation | B．excuse | C．announcement | D．apology |
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| 小题15: | | A．praise | B．remember | C．hear | D．see |
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| 小题16: | | A．true | B．still | C．calm | D．sensitive |
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| 小题17: | | A．setting | B．acting | C．looking | D．holding |
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| 小题18: | | A．regretful | B．brave | C．nervous | D．right |
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| 小题19: | | A．offered | B．awarded | C．presented | D．charged |
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| 小题20: | | A．matter | B．description | C．bottom | D．expression |
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