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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 ___
1___ a game-changing run, he stood up only to face the
words, "You're ___
2___!"
Angry, he threw off his helmet and ran over to explain to the ___
3___ why the call was wrong.
Before his ___
4___ really got out of control, someone pulled him away, and he walked to the bench—
___
5___.
Long after the coaches, players, and fans had gone home, he realized the impact of his ___
6___.
Like most of us do when we are faced with the __
7___ of our actions, he could have just let it go,
reasoning, "Everybody ___
8___ it."
However, in the silence of his heart, he knew that just ___
9___ everyone else does it, that doesn't
make it all right. And so, long after his friends had gone home, he ___
10___ that coach back up to the
school-not to ___
11___ 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___
12___."
It takes true courage to stand up to face the ___
13___ we all make and say, "I was wrong. I'm
sorry." What makes this ___
14___ unique is that it wasn't meant for the world to ___
15___, it was
meant simply as a way to stay ___
16___ to his own heart.
The truth is at one time or another we have all been this boy —___
17___ out in anger, saying hurtful
things, and feeling __
_18___ for doing so. But the real test comes later when we are ___
19___ 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 ___
20___ of the heart.
( )1. A. broken
( )2. A. down
( )3. A. judge
( )4. A. temper
( )5. A. peaceful
( )6. A. explanation
( )7. A. satisfaction
( )8. A. does
( )9. A. until
( )10. A. accompanied
( )11. A. repair
( )12. A. fault
( )13. A. promise
( )14. A. situation
( )15. A. praise
( )16. A. true
( )17. A. setting
( )18. A. regretful
( )19. A. offered
( )20. A. matter |
B. scored
B. in
B. fan
B. strength
B. pale
B. argument
B. guilt
B. hates
B. because
B. sent
B. clean
B. rudeness
B. impoliteness
B. excuse
B. remember
B. still
B. acting
B. brave
B. awarded
B. description |
C. hit
C. off
C. coach
C. mood
C. hopeful
C. performance
C. embarrassment
C. likes
C. when
C. brought
C. destroy
C. mistake
C. effort
C. announcement
C. hear
C. calm
C. looking
C. nervous
C. presented
C. bottom |
D. completed
D. out
D. player
D. spirit
D. disappointed
D. behavior
D. pride
D. receives
D. if
D. tracked
D. drive
D. carelessness
D. attempt
D. apology
D. see
D. sensitive
D. holding
D. right
D. charged
D. expression |