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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