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.
36. A. broken B. scored C. hit D. completed
37. A. down B. in C. off D. out
38. A. judge B. fan C. coach D. player
39. A. temper B. strength C. mood D. spirit
40. A. peaceful B. pale C. hopeful D. disappointed
41. A. explanation B. argument C. performance D. behavior
42. A. satisfaction B. guilt C. embarrassment D. pride
43. A. does B. hates C. likes D. receives
44. A. until B. because C. when D. if
45. A. accompanied B. sent C. brought D. tracked
46. A. repair B. clean C. destroy D. drive
47. A. fault B. rudeness C. mistake D. carelessness
48. A. promise B. impoliteness C. effort D. attempt
49. A. situation B. excuse C. announcement D. apology
50. A. praise B. remember C. hear D. see
51. A. true B. still C. calm D. sensitive
52. A. setting B. acting C. looking D. holding
53. A. regretful B. brave C. nervous D. right
54. A. offered B. awarded C. presented D. charged
55. A. matter B. description C. bottom D. expression