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 es 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.
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】考查动词。结合前面的“告诉跑出本垒” 可知Harvey认为自己能“得分”。 score(在比赛中)得分。
【小题2】考查副词。可他站起来时，听到却是“你出局了”。out (棒球等)出局。
【小题3】考查名词。结合下文Harvey跟踪coach到学校并向他道歉可知，此处他想向coach解释一下。
【小题4】考查名词。结合下文Harvey道歉可知，此处做的是不理智的行为，故选temper。“在他的脾气失控之前”。
【小题5】考查形容词。此时的Harvey很生气，气的脸色“苍白”。
【小题6】考查名词。在其他人离开后，平静下来的Harvey意识到自己的“行为”behavior的影响。
【小题7】考查名词。当事人自己认为能得分，结果却是“出局”，这令当事人很尴尬（embarrassment）。句意：像大多数人一样，当面对我们的行动带来的尴尬时，他本可能也只是让这件事过去。说，“（在那种情况下）每个人都会那么做”。
【小题8】考查动词。参考42解析。结合下文everyone else does it。
【小题9】考查连词。可他知道仅仅因为其他人都这么做，并不能使这种行为正确。前后两句是因果关系。
【小题10】考查动词。结合下文the boy tracked this man。 track 跟踪;追踪。因此Harvey就跟着教练回到学校，不是为了发泄而砸destroy他的车，而是为了道歉。
【小题11】考查动词。参考45解析。
【小题12】考查名词。It is my fault. 这是我的过错。
【小题13】考查名词。结合后半句“I was wrong. I’m sorry.”可知此处应是“不好的内容”。 Impoliteness无礼；失礼。
【小题14】考查名词。由this判断所填名词应指代前面提到的内容“道歉”。
【小题15】考查动词。句意：使道歉独特的不是让世人听到hear，它仅仅是让人忠诚与自己的内心。
【小题16】考查形容词。true to 忠实于，信守。
【小题17】考查动词。act out（用行动）把……表示出来。
【小题18】考查形容词。发泄自己的怒火时，感觉自己的做法是“正确”的。
【小题19】考查动词。be presented with面对。
【小题20】考查名词。 a matter of ……的情况、问题或事情。