It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along   36   the song playing on the radio. I   37   at the intersection and looked both ways. The road was   38  . I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came   39   at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car   40   me by inches without even slowing down.

  41   I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips,   42   after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me   43  . With a red face and a(an)   44   smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.

Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain    45   words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the   46   over and over in his mind. Too   47   I realized the   48   of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of   49  . It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the   50   of that incident.

That   51   , however, did teach me just how strong words   52   be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words that uplift and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a   53   from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned    54   that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a   55   spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.

1.A. to                B. by                   C. through             D. over

2.A. pushed up      B. pulled up           C. put up             D. forced up

3.A. clean            B. light                 C. clear               D. busy

4.A. hard             B. straight              C. far                  D. high

5.A. leaving           B. missing              C. knocking            D. approaching

6.A. When           B. After                C. Before              D. Until

7.A. chasing          B. pursuing            C. looking              D. seeking

8.A. awfully           B. innocently          C. bravely              D. typically

9.A. pleased         B. embarrassed        C. surprised           D. worried

10.A. acute                    B. unpleasant     C. dynamic       D. marvelous

11.A. music          B. story                C. language            D. incident

12.A. sorry          B. badly               C. soon                D. late

13.A. power       B. importance         C. nature             D. potential

14.A. fear           B. worry               C. anger               D. regret

15.A. damage      B. lesson               C. image               D. process

16.A. mistake                B. leisure               C. nonsense       D. mystery

17.A. should         B. can                     C. need                   D. would

18.A. evidence               B. donation            C. gift                 D. talent

19.A. or                                B. otherwise               C. too                          D. whereas

20.A. challenging     B. struggling            C. rising               D. caring

It was 20 years ago. I was driving home with my 4-year-old son. Traffic was light. I was singing quietly along 1 the song playing on the radio. I2at the intersection(交叉路口) and looked both ways. The road was 3. I slowly started to make a right turn when suddenly a car rounded the curve at high speed and came 4 at me. I stomped (猛踩) on the brakes of my car killing the engine in the process. The speeder zoomed (疾驰) past my dead car 5 me by inches without even slowing down.
6 I knew it, a stream of rude words was flying from my lips, 7 after the car and its driver. I then saw my son who was staring up at me 8. With a red face and a(an) 9 smile I started the car, pulled back onto the road, and headed home.
Later that evening I was reading a book when I heard certain 10 words coming from my son’s bedroom. He was replaying the 11 over and over in his mind. Too 12 I realized the 13 of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of 14. It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my son to undo (消除)the 15 of that incident.
That 16, however, did teach me just how strong words 17 be. It helped me to decide to stop swearing (咒骂) in my own life and to start using words uplifting and inspire instead. I slowly realized that language is a 18 from God and should be used to make our world better but not worse. I learned 19 that a few loving words can help a hurting heart, strengthen a 20 spirit, and lighten a heavy load. I pray then that all of your words today are full of love, joy, happiness, and light.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      through
   2. B.
      by
   3. C.
      to
   4. D.
      over
2. 2.
   1. A.
      pushed up
   2. B.
      forced up
   3. C.
      put up
   4. D.
      pulled up
3. 3.
   1. A.
      clean
   2. B.
      clear
   3. C.
      light
   4. D.
      busy
4. 4.
   1. A.
      straight
   2. B.
      hard
   3. C.
      far
   4. D.
      high
5. 5.
   1. A.
      leaving
   2. B.
      knocking
   3. C.
      missing
   4. D.
      approaching
6. 6.
   1. A.
      Before
   2. B.
      When
   3. C.
      After
   4. D.
      Until
7. 7.
   1. A.
      seeking
   2. B.
      chasing
   3. C.
      hunting
   4. D.
      looking
8. 8.
   1. A.
      awfully
   2. B.
      bravely
   3. C.
      typically
   4. D.
      innocently
9. 9.
   1. A.
      embarrassed
   2. B.
      pleased
   3. C.
      surprised
   4. D.
      worried
10. 10.
    1. A.
       acute
    2. B.
       accurate
    3. C.
       unpleasant
    4. D.
       marvelous
11. 11.
    1. A.
       music
    2. B.
       story
    3. C.
       language
    4. D.
       incident
12. 12.
    1. A.
       sorry
    2. B.
       badly
    3. C.
       late
    4. D.
       soon
13. 13.
    1. A.
       power
    2. B.
       strength
    3. C.
       nature
    4. D.
       potential
14. 14.
    1. A.
       regret
    2. B.
       anger
    3. C.
       worry
    4. D.
       fear
15. 15.
    1. A.
       process
    2. B.
       lesson
    3. C.
       image
    4. D.
       damage
16. 16.
    1. A.
       accident
    2. B.
       mistake
    3. C.
       crash
    4. D.
       phenomenon
17. 17.
    1. A.
       should
    2. B.
       need
    3. C.
       can
    4. D.
       would
18. 18.
    1. A.
       talent
    2. B.
       evidence
    3. C.
       donation
    4. D.
       gift
19. 19.
    1. A.
       too
    2. B.
       otherwise
    3. C.
       or
    4. D.
       however
20. 20.
    1. A.
       challenging
    2. B.
       struggling
    3. C.
       rising
    4. D.
       caring