What an adventure!

One of Scotland’s most active centenarians(百岁的人), Lady Morton, drove for nearly 80 years. Though she had a     1     (wrinkle) face, she had a young heart. She loved driving and spent the war years as an ambulance(救护车)driver for Bangour Hospital. Aged 100, she was still driving around Edinburgh, up to Perthshire and elsewhere—the oldest among all the drivers in Scotland. Then she was brought     2     focus. Some people said that she had better not drive a car due to her old age. They asked her, “Would you like to continue to drive?” Without any     3     (hesitate), she replied that she would love to. But she had her first ever accident several days after her 100th birthday—she hit a traffic island, which is a raised area in the middle of a road where people can wait until it is safe to cross, when she took her new car for a drive in Edinburgh.

Lady Morton, who celebrated her 100th birthday in July, was given a car as a surprise present. She talked about the accident     4     happened that night. “Though not     5     (go) fast, my car hit a traffic island. It had no lights. As     6     result, I couldn’t see it, which I think is unbelievable and unreasonable. But in that case I am still all right and not     7     (damage) badly, my car was in good condition. A traffic island ought to have lights.” She said that the next time she     8     (take) more care while driving.

Although she had the accident, Lady Morton didn’t plan to stop driving. She said she was     9     (capability) of driving well. Her real intention was to go on driving her car     10     (independent).

When I was a little boy, I     1    (convince) I wasn’t “smart”. However, Ms. Jambard totally changed me. Ms. Jambard,     2     taught me in the fifth grade, took an instant liking to me. Of all the subjects in school, reading was my favorite. She would tell me, “Terry, you keep reading. If you can understand what you’re reading, you’ll be     3    (smart) than most kids.” I did as she told me to. Soon I couldn’t find enough to read, and I started to     4    (true) like school. Because of Ms. Jambard’s confidence in me, I went on to have a successful career in engineering and law.