Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives.Not long ago,I had one that I
would like to__1__.I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team.The team was racing
down the highway at 85 mph__2__,we realized we were__3__.Luckily,we saw a rest area
ahead.I had a brand-new (崭新的)$20 bill.I was so__4__ because I had never had that
kind of cash before.But spending it on__5__seemed like throwing it away.We all rushed into
the pizza line.__6__I got a pizza and a drink,and walked to my table.About halfway through
the meal,I__7__I had not actually handed any money to the cashier.I had just__8__out,and
nobody had noticed.I felt terrible.
My conscience(良心)opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite.I couldn’t__9__
over it.I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and__10__for my stolen pizza.I was so upset
that I __11__ to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream for __12__that someone would
say,“Hey,Jeff,why don’t yo u use the change __13__ the pizza instead of that nice,new $20
bill?” I was not __14__of my cash now.
For the next two years,whenever I was __15__of the “pizza incident”,I would say to
myself,“Don’t think about it...”
I have learned two things from this __16__.Maybe I was a fool for __17__in to my
conscience,and being too stupid to appreciate a __18__pizza.But the real lesson is that even
if you get away from what you have done your conscience will __19__ up with you.
This reflects the saying,“A coward (懦夫)dies a thousand deaths,a hero dies one.” I was
a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times.If I had been a
“__20__” and gone back to pay for the pizza,I would have felt a little uncomfortable about
it only once,or maybe twice. |
( )1.A.say
( )2.A.as
( )3.A.lost
( )4.A.excited
( )5.A.rest
( )6.A.Luckily
( )7.A.thought
( )8.A.walked
( )9.A.look
( )10.A.ask
( )11.A.refused
( )12.A.hope
( )13.A.into
( )14.A.sure
( )15.A.warned
( )16.A.experience
( )17.A.turning
( )18.A.free
( )19.A.make
( )20.A.coward
| B.talk
B.while
B.tired
B.eager
B.food
B.Finally
B.recognized
B.left
B.get
B.pay
B.wanted
B.surprise
B.with
B.upset
B.reminded
B.experiment?
B.taking
B.cheap
B.wake
B.fool
| C.share
C.then
C.hungry
C .satisfied
C.travel
C.immediately
C.noticed
C.worked
C.turn
C.apologize
C.hoped
C.anger
C.for
C.proud
C.thought
C.story
C.handing
C.plain
C.catch
C.loser
| D.explain
D.when
D.anxious
D.encouraged
D.drink
D.Actually
D.realized
D.found
D.think
D.send
D.meant
D.fear
D.from
D.pleased
D.told
D.mistake
D.giving
D.delicious
D.put
D.hero
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