A previously unknown disease, SARS has entered our daily vocabulary. Now we live in its (36) While SARS has taken center stage, an ancient and more infection disease is (37) its ugly head. That disease is panic or irrational fear. We need to have a healthy fear for SARS and to take prudent steps in preventing its spread. But panic fear creates (38) it fears. The panic which is generated by SARS will weaken our immune system which (39) us more susceptible to this dreaded disease. While SARS is known to be (40) through close personal contact, fear is transmitted through all forms of media, including email. Only an infected SARS patient can transmit SARS to others. But fear can be transmitted by anyone, sometimes even with the best of intentions. As we know, fear about it does hurt us. So, how do we (41) with fear Admit our fear and keep moving forward by living our lives as normally as possible while taking necessary precautions. For example, it is (42) to stop shaking the hand of a healthy friend. At the same time, it is always a good practice to wash our hands before a meal—this should be done whether or not SARS (43) . Accept fear as a price of progress. SARS will hit us or it won’t. Our fear will not positively change the outcome. Focus on the things you can control not on the things you cannot. Feed your faith, not your fear. Faith is a rational trust in what’s trustworthy. We have a choice each day to exercise faith or to allow fear to rule our lives. We can feed our fear or we can starve it. (44) fear and faith will be with us every minute of every day. The emotion that we continually act upon, that is the one we feed, will dominate our lives. Fear will ruin us, but faith will lift us above the (45) we are facing. A. shadow I. knit B. select J. deal C. raising K. ridiculous D. taken L. exists E. what M. forward F. makes N. Both G. service O. crisis H. transmitted