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Why is setting goals so 1.__________ (importance)? Because goals can help you do, be, and experience everything 2._________you want in life. Instead 3.__________just letting life happen to you, goals allow 4.__________to make your life happen. 5.__________(success)and happy people have sets lots of goals to help them reach their aims. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It’s like 6._______ (have) a map to show you 7.__________you want to go.
Winners in life set goals and follow through with them. Winners decide what they want in life and then get there by making plans and 8.__________ (set)goals. Unsuccessful people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren’t difficult to set, and 9.__________aren’t difficult to reach. It is up to you to find out what your goals really are. You are 10.__________one who must decide what to do and in what direction to aim your life.
One day I took a bus with my girlfriend. It was so _6_ that we stood for several stops until a vacant seat was _7_ for her.
Then a pretty girl rushed towards me,saying,“Hi,where are you going?”I was so struck by the stranger that I had a hard time trying to _8_ her. Clearly she had taken me for somebody else. I returned her greeting with politeness,_9_ to give explanation to my girlfriend later.
Noticing my dialogue with somebody else,my girlfriend raised her eyes and found she was pretty. She asked jealously,“who’s she?” The pretty girl,quite _10_ of the situation,spoke out first,“Hi,let me _11_ myself. I’m Nancy,used to be _12_.Very glad to meet you.” She behaved very _13_.
But I was at a loss to search in my memory for someone called Nancy among my neighbors. I was worrying how to explain this to my girlfriend _14_ the pretty girl again turned to me,“Will you give me your cellphone number so that we can keep contact(联系) later?” I had to submit to her _15_.
Then the girl got off the bus at the next stop. A minute later I got a short _16_ on my phone from a stranger. My girlfriend _17_ my phone and read the note. It was from the girl,who said,“Just now,two thieves tried to pick your pocket. I had to act as an acquaintance to draw your attention. I should have left at the _18_ stop but gave up as I noticed these two thieves also _19_ to leave at the same stop. Because of the _20_ I delayed my departure. Now you’ll understand all I have done to you. Wish you luck.”
1. A.tiring B.slow C.crowded D.messy
2. A.ready B.available C.special D.suitable
3. A.identify B.realize C.remind D.judge
4. A.preferring B.planning C.managing D.promising
5. A.proud B.careful C.afraid D.aware
6. A.explain B.enjoy C.introduce D.help
7. A.partners B.neighbors C.friends D.colleagues
8. A.naturally B.generously C.cautiously D.normally
9. A.while B.before C.when D.until
10. A.request B.question C.command D.opinion
11. A.suggestion B.warning C.notice D.message
12. A.removed B.seized C.found D.caught
13. A.terminal B.former C.previous D.latter
14. A.pretending B.intending C.demanding D.announcing
15. A.incident B.matter C.accident D.affair
Suddenly they noticed a house with two big trees _______ in front of it.
A.to stand B.standing C.standed D.stands
The hotel which _______ now is to be a five-star one
A.is building B.has been built C.is being built D.is to be built
Stop_____ this kind of deer. They are_________.
A.hunting; dying away B.to hunt; dying out
C.hunting; dying out D.hunting; dying down
Great attention must be paid ________ education,especially in the countryside.
A.develop B.to develop C.to developing D.Developing