【Iwasdrivinghomewithmy8-year-oldsonafteratriptothegrocerystore．Trafficwaslight．Thesunwasshining．Acoolautumnbreezewasintheair．Iwas（1）___singingalongtothesongplayingontheradio．Ipulledtoastopatthei】

　　I was driving home with my 8-year-old son after a trip to the grocery store．Traffic was light．The sun was shining．A cool autumn breeze was in the air．I was（1）___singing along to the song playing on the radio．I pulled to a stop at the intersection and looked both ways．The road was（2）___．I slowly started to make a right turn when（3）___ a car rounded a curve at high speed and came straight at me．I stamped on the breaks of my car killing the engine in the process．The speeder （4）___ past my dead car missing me by inches without even slowing down．

　　Before I knew it a stream of dirty words was flying from my lips，chasing after the car and its driver．I then looked over to my son who was staring up at me （5）___．With a red face and an （6）___ 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，（7）___ words coming from my son's bedroom．He was replaying the incident over and over in his mind and （8）___ enough to make a sailor blush．Too late I realized the power of those words that had flown from my lips in that moment of （9）___．It took a lot of talks about good language and bad language with my （10）___ to undo the damage of that one incident．

　　That （11）___，however，did teach me just how （12）___ words can be．It helped me to swear off swearing in my own life and to start using （13）___ that uplift and inspire instead．I slowly （14）___ that language is a gift from God and should be used to make our world better rather than（15）___．I pray that all of your words today are full of love，joy，happiness，and light．

　　1．A．hurriedlyB．quietlyC．loudlyD．lazily2．A．clearB．crowdedC．smoothD．long3．A．graduallyB．slowlyC．silentlyD．suddenly4．A．walkedB．draggedC．zoomedD．crawled5．A．inno