Question

You can reach almost any goal if you want to—but sometimes it takes great efforts to realize  your dream．

That was quite true for me．When I was 17 years old，I broke my father’s_____．He had  saved enough from an average income to send me to college to become a lawyer．Three months later I was home telling him that I had left college — and for the first time I saw him ______.

“Son，I’m always going to love you even though you’ll never achieve anything，’’he said with  tears(眼泪)in his eyes．

When I walked out of that room，I was burning with something within my body．Not  everyone has the chance to feel it．I did not just want to______ — I had to．

    But I couldn't see how to do it and all the time my father’s words were in my mind. I become a salesperson．It was not______ because I knew almost nothing about marketing.

Then a man introduced me to the Edwards training course．I went and learned a lot of useful______．I tried my best to put them to work．Soon after that，I started tasting the sweet fruits of Success for the first time．

Some time later，I told the manager of my company that I would like to meet with Mr．Edwards．They arranged it for me．When the day came，I told him，“Mr. Edwards，my goal is to be able to train people just as you trained me．’’______，he agreed to let me try．

All that came true because I set goals to make it happen．Sticking to the goal was the most important．

1.A.promise                     B.record                           C.heart                              D.law

2.A.shout                          B.cry                        C.laugh                              D.relax

3.A.succeed                     B.argue                             C.stop                                D.move

4.A.fair                              B.easy                               C.serious                          D.safe

5.A.poems                        B.dialogues                      C.excuses      D.skills

6.A.Luckily                        B.Usually                 C.Clearly        D.Suddenly

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

6.A

【解析】这篇短文作者主要结束了自己十七岁时，辜负了父亲的期望，没能当大学。后来靠着自己艰苦努力，终于取得成功的故事。

1.联系本段后两句描述,可知此处指的是我伤了父亲的心,故选C,心脏, 感情.

2.联系下文’’he said with  tears(眼泪)in his eyes．描述,可知此处指的是我第一次看见父亲哭,故选B,哭泣.

3.结合上文对父亲对我的期望,可知此处指的是,我不只是想成功—我必须成功。故选A成功。

4.联系下文because I knew almost nothing about marketing.描述，可知这不容易，故选B，容易的。

5.联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是我学到了许多技能，故选D，技能。

6.联系下文he agreed to let me try 描述，可知此处指的是，幸运的是，他同意让我试一试。故选A，幸运地。