Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success _______ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the _________ in our lives.
When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no _______ of knowing that his life was to change _________. The class experiment that day was to _________ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface. _________, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _________ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container _______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.
When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents _________ to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had ____________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ____________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)____________ public speaker.
Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from ____________ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to __________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue __________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ____________ Wilson made to preventing the ____________.
Wilson received several international ____________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a __________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ____________ our lives-it’s what we make of what happens.
1.A.depends B.holds C.keeps D.reflects
2.A.dilemmas B.accidents C.events D.steps
3.A.way B.hope C.plan D.measure
4.A.continually B.gradually C.gracefully D.completely
5.A.direct B.show C.advocate D.declare
6.A.Anyway B.Moreover C.Somehow D.Thus
7.A.mistakenly B.casually C.amazingly D.clumsily
8.A.erupted B.exploded C.emptied D.exposed
9.A.deserved B.attempted C.cared D.agreed
10.A.submitted to B.catered for C.impressed on D.happened to
11.A.fantastic B.extraordinary C.impressive D.catastrophic
12.A.accomplished B.crucial C.specific D.innocent
13.A.deafness B.depression C.blindness D.speechlessness
14.A.decide B.abandon C.control D.accept
15.A.until B.when C.unless D.before
16.A.opposition B.adjustments C.commitment D.limitations
17.A.preventable B.potential C.spreadable D.influential
18.A.scholarships B.rewards C.awards D.bonuses
19.A.fortune B.recipe C.dream D.vision
20.A.distinguishes B.determines C.claims D.limits
—Do you know anything about Zhang Zhongjing?
—______ He has been honored as a master doctor since the Eastern Han Dynasty.
A.How come? B.So what? C.By all means. D.With pleasure.
The speed of 6G will exceed 125 GB/s, ______ a new generation of virtual reality.
A.allowing for B.accounting for C.calling for D.compensating for
The health security systems of many countries are undergoing considerable ______.
A.reservation B.transformation C.distinction D.submission
This actor often has the first two tricks planned before performing, and then goes for ______.
A.whichever B.whenever C.wherever D.whatever
Technological innovations, ____ good marketing, will promote the sales of these products.
A.combined with B.combining with C.having combined with D.to be combined with