I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Hotel, a peaceful place hidden back among pine trees about an hour out of Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July, and I’m
the desperate (绝望的) sounds of a life-and-death
going on a few feet away.
There’s a small
burning out the last of its short life’s energies in a (an)
to fly through the glasses of the window.
, it’s not working. The great effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically (讽刺地), the struggle is part of the trap. It is
for the fly to try hard enough to succeed in
through the glass. This fly is doomed (注定失败). It will
there on the windowsill.
Across the room, ten steps
, the door is open. Ten seconds of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world it
. With only a small effort now being
, it could be free of this self-set
. The breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so
. Why doesn’t the fly try another approach,
dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea
this particular route and determined effort offer the most promise for success?
No doubt this way makes
to the fly. Regrettably, it is an idea that will kill it.
Trying hard isn’t necessarily the solution
achieving your goal. It may not offer any real
for getting what you want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it is a big part of the problem.
If you
your hopes like the fly for a break-through, you may
your chances for success.
| 小题1: | | A．seeing | B．crying out | C．watching | D．listening to |
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| 小题2: | | A．struggle | B．cry | C．yell | D．test |
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| 小题3: | | A．bird | B．fly | C．insect | D．worm |
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| 小题4: | | A．experience | B．direction | C．force | D．attempt |
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| 小题5: | | A．Thus | B．So | C．Although | D．However |
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| 小题6: | | A．usual | B．likely | C．impossible | D．uncommon |
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| 小题7: | | A．digging | B．breaking | C．pushing | D．jumping |
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| 小题9: | | A．away | B．far | C．near | D．distant |
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| 小题10: | | A．dreams to | B．thinks of | C．looks after | D．longs for |
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| 小题11: | | A．done | B．owned | C．wasted | D．planned |
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| 小题12: | | A．tunnel | B．trap | C．cave | D．goal |
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| 小题13: | | A．easy | B．necessary | C．hard | D．obvious |
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| 小题14: | | A．attempt | B．anything | C．struggle | D．something |
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| 小题15: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．where |
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| 小题16: | | A．sense | B．trouble | C．room | D．effort |
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| 小题18: | | A．advice | B．support | C．hope | D．power |
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| 小题20: | | A．fail | B．kill | C．overlook | D．fulfill |
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