The teacher stood before his class and was going to
hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ______you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he
said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to
anyone who would ______not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to ______the teacher and left
the classroom. The teacher looked at the _______students and said, “Does anyone
else want to get a B? This is your last _______.” Two more students decided to
go.
Seven students remained(留下,余下).
The teacher then handed out the _______. There were only three sentences typed
on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ______an A in this class. Keep
believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a
test _______any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ______in
what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ______in real life. The A students are
those who believe in what they are doing because they have ______both successes
and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education
______from events in their lives, and have become ______people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what
we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and
you _____that you have some limits (限制). However,
there is _____you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person
to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.
1.A. luckily B.
terribly C. quietly D.
hard
2.A. dislike B.
help C.
prefer D.
start
3.A. thank B.
praise C.
fight D.
criticize
4.A. following B. relaxing C.
worrying D.
remaining
5.A. chance B.
trouble C.
test D.
idea
6.A. results B.
presents C.
papers D.
essays
7.A. given B.
sent C.
discovered D.
received
8.A. where B.
that C.
what D.
when
9.A. confident B.
necessary C.
mysterious D.
convenient
10.A. unusual B. impossible C.
true D.
special
11.A. broken off B.
dreamed of C.
learned from D. cared about
12.A. and B.
or C.
but D.
so
13.A. ruder B.
cuter C.
worse D.
better
14.A. decide B.
forget C.
realize D.
imagine
15.A. something B.
anything C.
everything D.
nothing