Erica dreamed many times about going fishing. But her father wouldn’t ______. “It’s much too dangerous for you.” He’d say. Erica tried to change her father’s ______. But her father only said “I don’t want you to be ______. I’m worried about you.”

Erica couldn’t understand ______ her father wouldn’t let her go fishing. She could _______ very well -- much better than some of her friends.

“You said I should always ______ new things,” Erica said to her father. “You said that that’s the way people ______ inside.”

Erica’s father said, “But sometimes a new ______ can be dangerous.”

“Is going on boats dangerous?” asked Erica. “Then why do you do it? Benny Nathan is younger than I am. But he goes fishing all the ______.”

Erica’s father said, “But you’re not as strong as Benny.”

Erica knew her legs weren’t very strong. But her arms were. She had to ______ her father that she was strong.

That Saturday when Benny came over, Erica asked him to have a swimming race at the pool. Her father came along to ______.

“This is a ______ race.” Erica said. “You can only use your arms, not your legs.”

Benny started off quickly, but soon his arms got ______. Erica began to pull ahead. She ____ the end of the pool first.

After the race was over, Erica’s father said, “I was ______. You can take care of yourself -- on a boat, or other places.”

1.A. agree B. replay C. prefer D. refuse

2.A. job B. shape C. mind D. idea

3.A. pleased B. unhappy C. surprised D. worried

4.A. why B. how C. when D. whether

5.A. fish B. dream C. run D. swim

6.A. make B. try C. invent D. discover

7.A. hide B. move C. grow D. fail

8.A. boat B. fish C. thing D. friend

9.A. luck B. life C. way D. time

10.A. show B. excuse C. thank D. support

11.A. protect B. watch C. stop D. report

12.A. successful B. special C. strange D. popular

13.A. fixed B. broken C. hurt D. tired

14.A. reached B. landed C. left D. cheered

15.A. lucky B. wrong C. sure D. right

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If you lose 12 times, will you just give up? Dale Carnegie, a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept trying. And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

Carnegie was born in 1888 in the central United States. As a son of a farmer, the boy had to get up at 4 a.m. every day to milk the cows. When Carnegie first entered college, he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary (普通的) looks. His mother encouraged him, “Why not try to be better in other things instead of just dress and good looks?”

Carnegie tried to be more active in college. He joined the debate (辩论) team. But one after another, he lost 12 times. The young man was so disappointed in himself that he even thought of ending his own life for so many failures.

But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good results at last. In 1906, Carnegie won a famous speech match and became widely famous.

The young man made his own words come true: “Believe that you will succeed, and you will.” In order to share his success, Carnegie started schools and wrote books. More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 languages. They are still helping people on the road to success.

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