I remember when I was young,people often asked me,“What are you going to be when you grow up?”. Well,it ______ being a cowboy or some superhero.Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer.As I grew older, my dreams for the future ______.When, at last, I was in college, I set my ____ on becoming a teacher like my father.______ I studied and prepared for that.I reached the______ in the end and I was teaching ______ fulltime for much of my adult life.
However, for many people, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our ______.Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative(亲戚), or a friend, but the ______ thief is usually ourselves.
We find _____ just about reaching the top, and a“small” ______ inside says, “You’ll never make ______.” “You can’t possibly do this.” On and on the “small” voice predicts(预示) our ______.Failure, ______ is one of the most important tools we have may teach us valuable ______.When we learn these lessons well, we are ready ______ success.
I always tell my children that they are ______ to do anything that their heart desires.Remember the saying, “Nothing is ______ to a willing heart.” There are ______ “overnight” success, but with determination, they will come.Imagine ______ a life you dream of.Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you.Then work, work, work.You’ll get the picture.
So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone ______ it from you—especially yourself.
【小题1】A.insisted on | B.kept on | C.felt like | D.started out |
【小题2】A.changed | B.planned | C.failed | D.left |
【小题3】A.eye | B.Brain | C.Heart | D.experience |
【小题4】【小题5】A.agreement | B.aim | C.decision | D.position |
【小题6】A.hardly | B.Nearly | C.Slightly | D.extremely |
【小题7】A.money | B.plan | C.friends | D.dreams |
【小题8】A.greatest | B.poorest | C.Tallest | D.oldest |
【小题9】A.themselves | B.ourselves | C.yourselves | D.itself |
【小题10】A.sound | B.Noise | C.Voice | D.speech |
【小题11】【小题12】A.pity | B.danger | C.failure | D.accident |
【小题13】A.where | B.Who | C.When | D.which |
【小题14】A.stages | B.lessons | C.suggestions | D.choices |
【小题15】【小题16】A.able | B.ready | C.likely | D.necessary |
【小题17】A.interesting | B.Important | C.Necessary | D.impossible |
【小题18】A.many | B.Some | C.different | D.no |
【小题19】A.spending | B.Planning | C.Living | D.changing |
【小题20】A.buy | B.fool | C.steal | D.borrow |