A man was traveling in the mountains and stayed in a hotel for the night. He was a great fighter and spent his lifetime fighting for freedom. He was 41 that in the hotel there was a beautiful parrot in a golden cage, continually 42 “Freedom!” The man thought, “I have seen many parrots, and I believe they all want 43 , but I have never seen such a parrot whose whole day is spent in 44 its dream.” Suddenly, he had a(n) 45 . In the middle of that night, when the hotel owner was 46 , he got up and opened the door of theLife is filled with challenges. As we get
older we 26 realize that those challenges are the very
things that __27___ us and make us who we are .It is the same with
challenges that come with __28____.
When we are faced with a challenge ,we
usually have two __29___ .We can try to beat it off , or we can decide
that the thing___30___ the challenge isn’t worth the__31___ and call it quits ,
Although there are certainly ___32___ when calling it quits is the right thing
to do, in most __33___all that is needed is___34___ and communication.
When we are committed to something , it
means that no matter how__35____ or how uncomfortable something is , we will
always choose to__36___ it and work it through instead of running away from it
. Communication is making __37____for discussion and talking about how you feel
as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong .And__38___ you can
say to a friend , “I got my feeling hurt.” __39____“You hurt
my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster .
In dealing with many challenges that
friendship will bring to you , try to see them for__40___ they are: small
hurdles you need to jump or__41____ on your way through life .Nothing is
so big that it is __42___ to get over , and hurt only__43__ to make
us stronger .It is all part of growing up ,it__44____ to everyone ,and
someday you will__45____ all of this and say ,”Hard as it was ,it made me who I
am today .And that is a good thing .”
1.A seem
to B come
to C hope
to D try to
2.A
design B
promote C
direct D shape
3.A confidence B
pressure C
friendship D difficulty
4.opportunities B
expectations C choices D
aspects
5.A demanding B
deserving C predicting D
presenting
6.A
comment B
loss C
trouble D expense
7.A
spans B
times C
dates D ages
8.A
cases B fields
C
parts D occasions
9.A assessment B
commitment C encouragement D adjustment
10.A doubtful
B shameful C
harmful D painful
11.A
keep B
control C
face D catch
12.A
space B
plan C
topic D room
13.A
if B
as C
while D unless
14.A other than B rather
than C or rather D or else
15.A
what B
who C
where D which
16.A pass
by B come across C get
through D run over
17.A
easy B
necessary C impossible D
comfortable
18.A
serves B
means C
aims D attempts
19.A
opens B
appeals C
goes D happens
20.A look down on B look back
on C look forward to D look up to