6．Have you ever heard about the sign posted on a farmer's fence？A 36B and ugly bull you can imagine（37）A0n the other side of the fence．The sign is intended to strike（38）Binto the hearts of trespassers（非法侵者）．It reads"Don't attempt to（39）Cthis field unless you can do it in 9.9 seconds．The bull can do it in 10!"
Don't try to cross that field unless you are（40）D!And isn't it the way it is in our life？We have to be ready when the opportunity（41）Dor else，we will have little chance of（42）B．
Six-grade school teacher Ms Shelton（43）Creadiness．Her students（44）Bre-member how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing（45）D0f the eighth grade on the blackboard．They immediately protested that the words were too（46）Cto learn well．
Their teacher （47）Dthat the students could learn these words well．She said that she would teach them something useful．ahead of time and the students could be above the ordinary level if they were prepared for new things．Ms Shelton ended by （48）Bthat one of the students in the classroom could achieve（49）C，maybe even president some day．She just wanted，to（50）Athem for that day．
It was a great（51）Cfor to know that one of her students，Jesse Jackson made much progress，reached a（52）Bgoal and even became very famous in the world．She believed that good luck belonged to the person who had been prepared（53）C
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said，"People only see what they are prepared to see．"If that's （54）B，then it is also true that they only become what they are prepared to become．Let's get ready for our work，（55）Cand everything in the future．
| 36．A．weak | B．strong | C．stupid | D．young |
| 37．A．lives | B．awakes | C．seems | D．sleeps |
| 38．A．curiosity | B．fear | C．desire | D．courage |
| 39．A．cut | B．walk | C．cross | D．enter |
| 40．A．guarded | B．accompanied | C．armed | D．prepared |
| 41．A．rises | B．raises | C．arouses | D．arises |
| 42．A．dream | B．success | C．wealth | D．failure |
| 43．A．put down | B．took on | C．believed in | D．got back |
| 44．A．hurriedly | B．clearly | C．strangely | D．rapidly |
| 45．A．poems | B．proverbs | C．questions | D．words |
| 46．A．interesting | B．easy | C．complicated | D．strange |
| 47．A．admitted | B．begged | C．complained | D．insisted |
| 48．A．suggesting | B．predicting | C．forgetting | D．pretending |
| 49．A．peace | B．independence | C．greatness | D．freedom |
| 50．A．prepare | B．teach | C．make | D．have |
| 51．A．joke | B．sadness | C．joy | D．hobby |
| 52．A．small | B．high | C．final | D．practical |
| 53．A．in a hurry | B．one by one | C．with great care | D．in turn |
| 54．A．interesting | B．correct | C．wrong | D．secret |
| 55．A．safety | B．fun | C．life | D．unit． |
