The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how 1 you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would 2 not to take the test. ” Many students jumped up to 3 the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the 4 students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last 5 . ” Two more students decided to go. Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the 6 . There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just 7 an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself. I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test 8 any teacher could and should give. Students who are not 9 in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量). The same is 10 in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have 11 both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education 12 from events in their lives, and have become 13 people. Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you 14 that you have some limits (限制). However, there is 15 you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves. ” 小题1:A. luckily B. terribly C. hard 小题2:A. dislike B. help C. prefer 小题3:A. thank B. praise C. fight 小题4:A. following B. relaxing C. remaining 小题5:A. chance B. trouble C. test 小题6:A. results B. presents C. papers 小题7:A. given B. sent C. received 小题8:A. where B. that C. what 小题9:A. confident B. necessary C. mysterious 小题10:A. unusual B. impossible C. true 小题11:A. broken off B. dreamed of C. learned from 小题12:A. and B. or C. but 小题13:A. ruder B. cuter C. better 小题14:A. decide B. forget C. realize 小题15:A. something B. anything C. nothing |