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．
1.A．desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door
2.A．duty B．desk C．mind D．level
3.A．words B．grammars C．pronunciations D．sentences
4.A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded
5.A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure
6.A．Seldom B．Little C．Hardly D．Totally
7.A．nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply
8.A．keep B．have C．set D．achieve
9.A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
10.A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true
11.A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting
12.A．boasted B．behaved C．felt D looked
13.A．wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine
14.A．what B．when C．why D．how
15.A．survive B．happen C．gain D．win
16.A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent
17.A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire
18.A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct
19.A．history B．nature C．life D．marriage
20.A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work
If people eat natural poisons by mistake, they _____ go to hospital without delay．
A．would B．can C．may D．must
Jack is not very decisive, and he always finds himself in a ________ as if he doesn’t know what he really wants to do．
A．fantasy B．dilemma C．contradiction D．conflict
We had to walk home that night, tired , on account of , to our disappointment, __________．
A．there not being buses B．there not having buses
C．there were no buses D．there had no buses
—Thank you for your coffee．
—But you________ it．
A．didn’t drink B．aren’t drinking
C．don’t drink D．hadn’t drunk
Lily seems to know a lot about Hong Kong, but she has never been there．
A．typically B．normally C．actually D．naturally
