EverydayonthewaytoworkIdrivedownastreetlinedwithpinetrees．Onetreeinparticular 1 myattention．Itmusthavesufferedsome 2 ．Partofitstrunkgrewnearlyparalleltothegroundandtheninaneffortto 3 itsowncourseoflifethetrunktooka90degreeturn 4 tostandtallandstretchtowardthesun．
Thistreebecamea 5 forme．EachdayasIdrovebyIsawthisbentbutdeterminedtreeandIwouldbe 6 ．Itwasaremindertomethat 7 ImaynothavehadthebeststartinlifeIcouldchange 8 inthepartsofmylifeatanytime．
Iwasplanningtostoponedaytogetaperfect 9 ofmykindred-spirit（志趣相同的）tree．ButthatweekIwas 10．AfterthatbusyweekIstilldidn’ttakeanyaction．EverytimeIdrovebythetreeIwould 11 myself“TomorrowI’llstoptomorrowtotakeone．”ThenonedayasI 12 by“my”treeIglancedoverandmuchtomy 13 foundasawed-offstump（树桩）wherethatsymbolictreehadstood．Gone．Ihad 14 myplanuntil“tomorrow”andtomorrowprovedtobetoo 15 ．
Apictureofatreeisnotofgreat 16 ．Butmylessonrangthroughclearly17 Ifoundoutoneofmycolleagueshadbeen 18 withstage-fourcancer．Hemaynolongerhavemany 19 ．
Whathaveyoubeenputtingoff?Whatwouldyoudotodayifyouknewyouwould 20havetheopportunitytodoitagain?Whynotdothosethingsthatyouhavebeenputtingoffuntiltomorrow?
1．A．paid B．caught C．fixed D．escaped
2．A．damage B．influence C．experience D．defeat
3．A．continue B．design C．change D．imagine
4．A．applying B．attempting C．happening D．learning
5．A．shelter B．signal C．sign D．symbol
6．A．interested B．satisfied C．encouraged D．educated
7．A．eventhough B．asif C．incase D．ifonly
8．A．purpose B．plan C．habit D．direction
9．A．glance B．view C．picture D．knowl