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When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to win a scholarship(奖学金)．Having been a straight-A student, I believed I could take tough subjects and really learn something．One such course was Would Literature given by Professor Jayne．I was very interested in the ideas he 1 in class．
When I took the first exam, I couldn't believe that I got a 77, C＋, on my test paper, 2 Enlgish was my best subject．I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to me carefully but remained(保持) 3 ．
I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that meant because school had always been easy for me．I read the books more carefully, but got another 77．Again, I 4 with Professor Jayne．Again, he listened but wouldn't change his 5 ．
One more test before the final exam．One more 6 to improve my grade．So I redoubled my efforts(努力), but they did no good and everything 7 as before．
The last problem was the final．No matter what grade I got, three C＋ were still there．I might as well kiss the 8 goodbye．
I stopped working hard．I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would．The night before the final, I even 9 myself to a movie．The next day I decided for once I'd have fun with a test．
A week later, I was surprised to find I got anA．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office．He seemed to be 10 me．“If I gave you the As you expected, you wouldn't continue to work as hard．”
I looked at him, realizing that his strategy(策略)was 11 , I had worked my head off, as I had 12 done before．
At the end of the term, my course grade arrived．A＋．It was the only A＋ given．The next year I received my scholarship．I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence．
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