【题目】The Gift of Forgiveness

The summer I turned 16, my father gave me his old 69 Chevy Malibu convertible. What did I know about classic cars? For me, the important thing was that Hannah and I could _______ around Tucson with the top down.

Hannah was my best friend, a year younger but much _______. That summer she _______ with a modeling agency, doing catalog and runway work.

A month after my birthday, Hannah and I went to the movies. On the way home, we _______ at the McDonald’s drive-through, putting the fries in the space between us to _______. “Let’s ride around awhile,” I said. It was a clear night, hot, full moon hanging low over the desert. Taking a curve () too _______, I ran over some dirt and fishtailed. I then moved quickly through a neighbor’s landscape wall and drove into a full-grown palm tree. The front wheel came to rest halfway _______ the tree trunk.

There were French fries on the floor, the dash (仪表盘) and my lap. An impossible amount of _______ was on Hannah’s face, pieces of skin hanging around her eyes. We were taken in separate ambulances. In the emergency room, my parents spoke quietly: “Best plastic surgeon (整容医生) in the city…but it is more likely the _______ of her modeling career…”

We’d been wearing lap belts, ________ the car didn’t have shoulder belts. I’d broken my cheekbone on the steering wheel; Hannah’s ________ had split wide open on the dash. What would I say to her?

When her mother, Sharon, came into my hospital room, I started to cry, preparing myself for her ________. She sat beside me and took my hand. “I drove into the back of the car of my best friend when I was your age,” she said. “I completely ________ her car and mine.”

“I’m so sorry,” I said.

“You’re both ________,” she said. “Everything else doesn’t matter.” I started to explain, and Sharon stopped me. “I ________ you. Hannah will too.”

Sharon’s forgiveness allowed Hannah and me to get back in the car together that summer, to stay ________ throughout high school and college, to be in each other’s weddings. I think of her gift of forgiveness every time I tend to feel angry about someone for a perceived(可感知到的)________, and whenever I see Hannah. The scars (伤疤) are now ________ and no one else would notice, but in the sunlight I can still ________ the faint, shiny skin just below her hairline—for ________, a sign of forgiveness.

1A.driveB.runC.wanderD.march

2A.strongerB.healthierC.tallerD.smaller

3A.competedB.chattedC.signedD.bargained

4A.stoppedB.ateC.aimedD.stood

5A.catchB.shareC.holdD.spare

6A.fastB.seriouslyC.softlyD.slow

7A.acrossB.upC.belowD.along

8A.bloodB.petrolC.waterD.sweat

9A.pathB.baseC.pointD.end

10A.andB.butC.orD.so

11A.shouldersB.armsC.chestD.forehead

12A.angerB.regretC.sorrowD.concern

13A.attackedB.draggedC.damagedD.removed

14A.alikeB.relievedC.injuredD.alive

15A.helpB.loveC.understandD.forgive

16A.sistersB.friendsC.classmatesD.colleagues

17A.needB.effortC.wrongD.threat

18A.leftB.markedC.shownD.faded

19A.touchB.seeC.feelD.learn

20A.themB.youC.meD.her

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