What’s your dream? I remember when I was a child, someone would always come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up ?
Well, it started out as being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was a fireman or an artist. My dreams of the future ______ as I grew older. When, at last , I was in college, I had my heart set on becoming a computer programmer. So I studied and ______ for that life.
Now, I’m designing software full-time and I’m ____ that I’ve realized my dream. _____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams and _____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals. Sometimes, it will come as a parent, a friend or a co-worker, but the ______ one is just ourselves.
We find ourselves just about reaching the pinnacle(顶点), and this “small” voice says, “ You’ll never _____ it. Very few have ever done this ______.” And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.
Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are realized. It is one of the most important tools we have ____ it teaches us good lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready for success, ______ is probably just around the corner.
There is no “overnight” success, but with perseverance(毅力), it will ______.
So be _____ to your dream, and don’t let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.
1.A. achieved B. disappeared C. changed D. combined
2.A. asked B. looked C. prepared D. waited
3.A. shocked B. curious C. puzzled D. content
4.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally
5.A. reminding B. ridding C.robbing D. informing
6.A. record B. find C. set D. reach
7.A. cleverest B. greatest C. strangest D. bravest
8.A. make B. understand C. find D. support
9.A. successfully B. sincerely C. bravely D. happily
10.A. pity B. danger C. failure D. accident
11.A. when B. because C. before D. although
12.A. what B. which C. that D. it
13.A. develop B. stay C. come D. return
14.A. equal B. useful C. true D. polite
15.A. borrow B. steal C. separate D. expect
