阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms.Shelton believed in readiness.Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the
36 .They quickly protested that the words were not on their
37 and they couldn’t learn them.
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these
38 .She said that she would teach them something that should be given.Ms.Shelton
39 by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to
40 , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day.
Ms.Shelton spoke those words many years ago.
41 did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them
42 .She believed that if they were well prepared, they could
43 high goals.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are
44 to see.” If that’s true, then it is also
45 that they only become what they are prepared to become.And many things in life are just about getting ready.
“I want to be doing something more
46 with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me.He
47 what he was doing was just not that important.Other people have said things to me such as, “I only
48 I had a meaningful relationship.” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see
49 .” You fill in the blanks.What is it you would like to
50 that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet
51 .Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you
52 .
Think of today as another chance to
53 yourself for the exciting future you are looking for.Today is not wasted.If you desire more from
54 , then you can use today as training.For you will experience only what you are prepared to
55 .Something wonderful can happen.And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow.
小题1: | A.desk | B.wall | C.chalkboard | D.door |
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小题2: | A.duty | B.desk | C.mind | D.level |
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小题3: | A.words | B.grammars | C.pronunciations | D.sentences |
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小题4: | A.started | B.ended | C.warned | D.reminded |
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小题5: | A.greatness | B.wealth | C.honor | D.failure |
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小题6: | A.Seldom | B.Little | C.Hardly | D.Totally |
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小题7: | A.nervously | B.eagerly | C.seriously | D.simply |
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小题8: | A.keep | B.have | C.set | D.achieve |
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小题9: | A.prepared | B.forced | C.attracted | D.tempted |
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小题10: | A.proper | B.exact | C.legal | D.true |
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小题11: | A.difficult | B.significant | C.pleasant | D.interesting |
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小题12:A.boasted B.behaved C.felt D looked
小题13: | A.wish | B.expect | C.hope | D.imagine |
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小题15: | A.survive | B.happen | C.gain | D.win |
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小题16: | A.adventurous | B.active | C.ready | D.intelligent |
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小题17: | A.concern | B.arrange | C.adore | D.desire |
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小题18: | A.prepare | B.enjoy | C.imagine | D.conduct |
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小题19: | A.history | B.nature | C.life | D.marriage |
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小题20: | A.suffer | B.experience | C.struggle | D.work |
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