The greatest good is communal corporate harmony, and resentment, anger, revenge are corrosive of this harmony. To nurse grudges and resentment is bad for your blood pressure. Psychologists have now found that to forgive is good for our personal, physical, psychic health, as well as our health as a community, as a society. We discovered that people experienced healing through telling their stories. The process opened wounds that were festering. We cleansed them, poured ointment on them, and knew they would heal. A young man who had been blinded by police action in his township came to tell us the story of that event. When he finished he was asked how he felt now, and he said, "You have given me back my eyes." Use the sketchpad to underline the anecdote used in paragraph 13.

1. Which quote represents the central idea of the selection? A "I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch-hay fever, I fancy it was." B "I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of C despair, I again turned over the pages." "I was a hospital in myself. All they need do would be to walk round D me, and, after that, take their diploma." - Whyy I have not got housemald's knee, I cannot tell you; but the fact remains that I have not got it. Everything else, hawever, I Have got.' "

1. An extraordinary coincidence links John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two of our country's founding fathers, even more closely together. The two men, one the second President of the United States and one the third, died just hours apart from each other on July 4 , fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A. 1826 . The B. 1826 ; the C. 1826 ; this was the D. 1826 , this was the

What is the meaning of the word Indolently in paragraph 2? A in a frightened way B in a hurried manner C without much effort D with great enthusiasm

Based on the first paragraph, what can the reader infer about the narrator? A The narrator has discovered his illness. B The narrator has overcome many diseases. C The narrator is sick and has not found a cure. D The narrator is obsessed with his health.

1 Don't miss/lose the Changing of the Guard. 2 You can imagine/try the famous dish. 3 You can see/look most of the city on a bus tour. 4 He's going on a short travel/trip to London. 5 Taxi drivers know every single/only street in the city.