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Several years ago, while attending a communication course (课程), I experienced a most unusual process.
The instructor asked us to list (列清单)1in our past that we felt2of, regretted, or incomplete about and
read our lists aloud.
This seemed like a very private (私下的) process,3there' s always some brave person in the crowd4
will volunteer. The instructor then5that we find ways to6people, or take some action to right
any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering7this could ever make my communication better.
Then the man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story:' my8 , I remembered an
incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff9of us kids liked. One night, my
two classmates and I10to play a trick (恶作剧) 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 glorious11.
Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one12found
out.'
'Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown's name13on my list. I didn't even know if he was still14 . Last
weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his
number. After a few15 , 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
16discussion. His closing words were:'Jimmy, I always felt bad for you17your classmates got it off
their chest, but you were carrying it18all these years. I want to thank you for calling me...for your sake.'
Jimmy encouraged me to19all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I
learned from the course: It's never too late to20the past wrongdoings.
( )1. A. something
( )2. A. ashamed
( )3. A. but
( )4. A. which
( )5. A. expected
( )6. A. connect with
( )7. A. how
( )8. A. notes
( )9. A. any
( )10. A. supposed
( )11. A. views
( )12. A. also
( )13. A. appears
( )14. A. angry
( )15. A. words
( )16. A. cold
( )17. A. until
( )18. A. around
( )19. A. stay up
( )20. A. excuse B. anything
B. afraid
B. although
B. as
B. suggested
B. depend on
B. why
B. list
B. most
B. continued
B. words
B. even
B. seems
B. happy
B. rings
B. secret
B. immediately
B. out
B. turn up
B. punish C. somebody
C. sure
C. since
C. what
C. ordered
C. make apologize to
C. when
C. plan
C. none
C. decided
C. attentions
C. still
C. comes
C. upset
C. repeats
C. boring
C. unless
C. on
C. clear up
C. regret D. anybody
D. proud
D. while
D. who
D. demanded
D. get along with
D. where
D. stories
D. all
D. considered
D. sayings
D. ever
D. remembers
D. alive
D. calls
D. hot
D. because
D. away
D. give up
D. right