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The telephone rang in the police station at Richmond, California, US. “     station? A train for Santa Fe collided (相撞) a       at the McDonald Street Crossing. Please come here at once. With an ambulance, too. A man is badly wounded,” said an anxious voice of a young woman.
“OK. We’ll come soon. Please stay there and wait.” Replied the policeman.
Within a minute, a police car and an ambulance     off. Soon they got to the crossing, but only to find everything was fine. No collision, no wounded man.
“What a dirty     !” said the policeman angrily. “ We must find out that woman and…”
They had not been able to say anything about a      when they heard the whistle of a train was nearing them quickly. All of a sudden, a truck appeared. It came     towards them, too. When it was passing the crossing, it suddenly      to move on. Right then and there, before the eyes of all the people present, the train collided with the truck heavily and struck it dozens of metres away.
When Randolph Bruce, the driver, was helped out of the damaged truck, he was badly wounded just as the young woman had predicted on the phone. As he was taken to hospital in time, he was     at last. Later the police did whatever they could to     the woman who had       them, but failed.
It is really       that a prediction should agree with the fact so     .

Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list      in our past that we felt      of, regretted, or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very  38  process, but there’ s always some     soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then      that we find ways to      people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever      my communication.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my      , I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff      of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a      on him.
After drinking a few beers, we climbed the tall water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is a s.o.b.(畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious      . Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one      found out.”
“Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown’s name      on my list. I didn’t even know if he was still      . Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few      , I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” Paused. “Yes.” “Well, this is Jimmy Calkins.”
“And I want you to know that I did it.” Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a      discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you      your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it      all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.”
Jimmy inspired me to      all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: It’s never too late to      the past wrongdoings.

Whenever you want to make a decision, just make sure to think twice and confirm it. This is what we learn from the following story. While two old beggars were sitting on a        street corner, they watched helplessly as scores of people walked by. Some purposely       them and others too caught up in their own cares didn’t even notice their        . Every so often, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the       which lay in front of them.
As the crowd began to die down, they started to           their things and head for their evening      . Just as they were getting ready to leave, they noticed a man walking toward them. He was obviously a         man—they could tell that from his finely tailored business suit.
The first beggar whispered to the second with          , “He’s coming our way!”
The two tried not to look         at the man as he stepped closer to them, but they couldn’t          gazing up with anticipation         he reached into his pocket and took something out.
“Thunk” was the only sound they heard as what looked like a piece of hard        , wrapped in tissue paper hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man           and continued on his way, not making a backward glance.
“How insulting(侮辱人的)!” said the first beggar. “He could have          left us a few coins or a spare bill, but he mocks us with a piece of rock candy. Who does he think we are?        ? There’s no way we can even eat this—we have no         .” He picked up the object and threw it into the gutter.
“I haven’t had anything like this for ages,” the second beggar thought. “I can’t chew it, but I can suck on it      , and the sugary juices will stay in my          for a long time. How nice of that man to offer me something so sweet！”
With that, he         the white tissue paper, but to his        , there was no hard rock candy inside. However, into his fingers fell a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars.

When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write my own books. Half the students smiled      , and even worse, the rest nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be        . Only geniuses can become writers.” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this term.” I was so      that I burst into tears. That night I wrote a short       poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the newspaper. To my     , they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed my teacher and fellow students. They laughed, “Just plain dumb luck,” the teacher said. I tasted      ; I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was fine with me.
During the next two years, I sold dozens of poems and letters. By the time I graduated from high school, I had scrapbooks (剪貼簿)      with my published works. I never      my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again  because they were dream        .
I had four children at the time. While the children slept, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months. I chose a      and mailed it. A month later I received a contract, an advance on payments, and a request to start      another book. Crying Wind, which became a best seller, was translated into fifteen languages and sold worldwide. My first book also became required       in native American schools in Canada.
In the      year I ever had as a writer I earned two dollars. In my best year I earned 36,000 dollars. People ask what college I      , what degrees I have and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius. I use an electric typewriter that I paid a hundred and twenty nine dollars for six years ago. I do all the housework and fit my writing in a few minutes here and there. I’ve written eight books. To all those who dream of writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can. Don’t listen to them.” I don’t write right but I’ve succeeded. Writing is        ; it’s fun and anyone can do it. Of course, a little dumb luck doesn’t hurt.

Letting go of success
I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've____ that the best way to do it is to let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully ____ today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never ____ while resting comfortably on their laurels (榮譽(yù)). The ___ is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once ____ a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend ____ Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her ____ son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He____ he was racing those cars around a great track, which in ____ was an imaginary circle around a golden statue (雕像). The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable ____ for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had come to ____, the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this?” ____ to the Oscar.
“Sure, ” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother ____. “Put that back immediately!”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me;   ____it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a ____ hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to____, rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past ____ and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ____? Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the ____ of the future better than the history of the past,” said Thomas Jefferson. I ____. After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
【小題1】A discovered   B. inferred     C. hoped    D. worried

Born in 1963 in Sierra Visa, Arizona, USA, Jessica learned to live her life with her feet. Born without arms, she faced many       .
There were many questions at the time about whether Jessica would be able to live a “       ” life. However, Jessica’s father said he      had a tear about her birth condition. He had full confidence in her potential.
With the     of her parents and family, Jessica became confident in herself as an adult and continued to      the world with her feet.
As a child, Jessica studied dance in her hometown. When her first      arrived, she asked to be put in the back row. Her dance teacher told her there was no      row.
Tentatively she took the stage with the other students and performed her     . When she finished, the applause from the audience gave her encouragement and     to continue dancing for 14 years.     , Jessica earned her first Black Belt in the International Taekwondo Federation at the age of 14.
After      from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona     she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. When talking about her degree, she frequently        that psychology trusts the way people think has a greater      on their lives than a physical limitation.
Jessica’s most famous accomplishment was learning how to      . It took three states, four airplanes, two flight instructors and a discouraging year to      the right aircraft: a 1946 415C Ercoupe Airplane. She      the Guinness World Record      being the first person certified to fly an airplane with only her feet.
Jessica now     a motivational speaker. She travels the world sharing her story and     people to be creative and innovative.

How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, impolite waiter, rude boss, or an insensitive employee      your day?
One day I was in a taxi and we headed      the airport. We were driving in the right lane      suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, slide sideways, and at the very last moment our car stopped and narrowly      the other car by just inches！The driver of the other car looked around and started      at us.
My taxi driver just      and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really     . So I asked, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital！”This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call “The Law of the Garbage Truck”.
He       that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of     , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage      up, they need a place to dump (倒) it and sometimes they’ll dump it on     . Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
Believe me. You’ll be more     . Don’t take their garbage and      it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets, Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with     . The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s       in your life. Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University, found in his extensive research that you       bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories rather easily, and you      them more frequently.
So...Love the people who treat you right. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you       it!
When you follow “The Law of the Garbage Truck”, you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by       go of the bad. Have a Garbage Free Day！Have a marvelous, garbage-free day！The seeds you plant today      the harvest you reap tomorrow.

After 17 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know the other woman loves you and would love to spend some          with you.” The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who has been       for 20 years, but the demands of my work and my boys made it possible to visit her only         .
Then I called to visit her to go out for dinner and a movie. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she had curled her        and was wearing a nice dress. My mother took my arm          she were the First Lady.
During the dinner, we had an agreeable      —nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie. At last, she said,” I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I       .
Two days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a         to do anything for her.
Later, I received a copy of a restaurant receipt from the place mother and I had dined. A(n)        note said, “I paid this bill in advance. I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night          for me. I love you, son.”
At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” and giving our loved ones the time that they          . Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be         till “some other time”.

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。
When I was in high school, my father retired and set up a food stand on the street near my school. He was particularly good at making      . Every day after I finished school, my classmates and I would     his food stand. But I really      talking to him before his food stand, because I didn’t want my classmates to know my father was selling noodles on the street!
One night, I couldn’t      it any more and shouted, “Dad, could you      selling your annoying noodles? I don’t need a father who sells noodles on the street!” At that moment, my father was     . He tried to say something but didn’t. When he turned      , something happened that I would never      . His eyes were filled with tears. I saw him     for the first time. My mother later told me my father was selling noodles to      money for my college education. Even today I still feel      for what I did that night.
Time really flies. I finished      and then left my home to work. During the past years, whenever I       home, he was always there meeting me      at the railway station. Whenever he saw me off, he never tried to hug me, although I always       his hug. When I was away from home, he never wrote or telephoned me,      he always pushed my mother to telephone me. Whenever my mother was telephoning me, he’d sit beside her with a list of questions. He’d       my mother to talk to me for him. That’s the way he is, and that’s how he shows his      to me.
My father is quiet, but I feel a       , which is deep and powerful. It lives in a place far beyond     , and it is something special－“a silent father’s love”.

Our tolerating ability is indeed beyond our imagination. But not until the very critical moment will we realize our    tolerating ability.
There was a woman in the countryside who had to     with her children wherever she could at the age of 26 due to the Japanese army’s    . Many people could not bear the     and wanted to commit suicide. After she knew about it, she would come to those people and      them by saying, “Don’t do that silly thing. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome. The Japanese armies are sure to be     one day!”
Finally she insisted until the day when all the Japanese armies were kicked out of China. However, her son died of disease without     medicine and nutrition in those days of hardships. Her husband lay in bed for two days without eating and drinking    . She teared to her husband and said, “We have a tough    , but however tough our lives will be, we should never    . Though our son has passed away, we can have another. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome.”
After giving birth to the second son, her husband died of edema(水腫), which    blew her away. But eventually, she     and hugged the three young children, saying, “My sweet hearts, don’t feel scared. You still have me, your dear mum!”
It took her painstaking efforts to raise her children up and the life of her family was getting    . She was aging     and could not do the farm work any more.     she stayed at home and did some housework. Nevertheless, the Heaven     to show no affection to her who had undergone a rough life. She lived until 86. Before she went to Heaven, she said to her children, “You all should live     your best. There are no such setbacks that we could not overcome!”
We will     get to realize our own iron will and strong tolerating     after getting stricken heavily. Therefore, no matter what you are suffering from now, do not merely complain about the     of our destiny.