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　　Mr King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager．He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger．And he escaped from several accidents．The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him．

　　Mr Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city．It is far from his house and he has to go to work by bus．As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he is late for work．His manager warns the young man will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time．He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money．He decides to buy an old one．He went to the flea market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car．He said he wanted to have a trial(实验)drive, the seller agreed．He called Mr King and asked him to help him．

　　Mr King examined the car at first and then drove it away．It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street．At first he drove slowly and it worked well．Then he drove fast．And when he reached a crossing, the light turned red．He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street．A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road．

　　“Didn't you hear me?” the policeman asked angrily．

　　“Yes, I did, sir,” said Mr King, “since it doesn't listen to me, can it obey you?”

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　　"What can you do when you have done nothing but mess up your whole life long?" These were the words I heard when I 　　1　　 the TV the other day．They were coming from one of the talk shows 　　2　　 are so popular on TV these days．I started to turn the channel but the words I had 　　3　　 made me stop for a moment．I 　　4　　 the speaker of them．He couldn't have been more than 18 years old, but already he was writing off(认为……已失败)his life as a useless waste．

　　I wanted to shout at him：" You're not 　　5　　 yet!"

　　It is 　　6　　 sad that so many people cannot get beyond(摆脱)their pasts and live 　　7　　 the present．There are so many people like that talk show guest．There are people still in their teen years 　　8　　 that their lives are over．There are people in their twenties who already think they have 　　9　　 the boat to success and happiness．There are people in their thirties and forties who sit around complaining that life has passed them by．I want to shout to them all：" Wake up! You're still 　　10　　! What have you done today?" If you want a happy life, you can't dwell on(细想、纠缠于)your past 　　11　　．If you want joy and love in your life, you have to choose them today．God gives us a new chance at life every time we wake up in the morning．It is up to us to seize it．

　　Today 　　12　　 be the beginning of a new life for each of us．We can choose joy right now．We can share love today．We can live in delight starting at this moment．It doesn't matter how hard our past has been．Our present can be full of joy and our future can be full of 　　13　　．It doesn't matter if we are eight 　　14　　 eighty-we can still make our lives 　　15　　．Life isn't over until your last heartbeat．Start today, then, to make your heart beat with joy, love, and light．

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