根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”. 1.___ I’d say, too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. We have to go for them now! Here’s why.

1. 2.____

Nobody likes to talk about death, but the reality is – everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day, or the hour. Therefore, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave with unfulfilled dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.

2. The world is waiting on your gift

I know this may be hard to believe, but the world is waiting on YOU! Yes, YOU! ___ 3. Sure, other people may be able to sing. But they’ll never be able to sing exactly like you. Sure other people can write, but they’ll never be able to write from the same perspective in which you write. Don’t deprive(使丧失) the world of your gift. It’s the oxygen that we need to survive. Thus, it is your responsibility to figure out exactly what your gift is, and use to better your life and the lives of those around you.

3. 4._____

You can dream about writing the great American play that you want, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. 5.___ They require you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen. Get to it!

A. You can’t let fear win.

B. Tomorrow is not promised.

C. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do.

D. Possibilities you never knew existed are waiting on you

E. How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow?

F. Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never come true.

G. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody on this earth can copy.

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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

2014 isn’t an ordinary year for the poet Yu Xiuhua.

Before 2014, Yu was only a 39-year-old farmer and lived a ________ life in a tiny village in Hubei Province. More unfortunately, she________ cerebral palsy(脑瘫)and had serious movement problems, which made her ________ senior high school.

Having been writing poems for 16 years unknowably, she attained ________ overnight, almost suddenly. In 2014, Yu and her poetry were ________ widely across the Chinese websites and social media, attracting the attention of people from all walks of life. Her poetry collection Staggering in Secular World has been published and well received, with 15,000 copies ________ within the first day. Another collection Moonlight Falls on the Left Hand has been vastly promoted in Beijing and is expected to be ________ on February 6, 2015. Even film companies have come to visit Yu, hoping to ________ her story into a film.

Many media have ________ her and her poems but their perspective(角度)have been somewhat ________ . Some media have ________ her poems and called her “China’s Emily Dickinson”, saying they carry real feeling and the power to move hearts. ________ others seem to focus more on her physical and social ________ to attract readers, and describe her as “a farmer poetess with cerebral palsy”.

Without the media’s offensive, Yu Xiuhua and her works would have ________ unknown to ordinary readers. The reports about her ________ disability and straggle have moved and even________ many people.

In fact, Yu rekindles(点燃)people’s passion for poetry. But perhaps even more ________ than her poetry itself is the rural woman’s ________ that fame is never something she hopes for. Such sudden and widespread personal-life ________ to the public has made Yu feel uneasy and even a little bit overwhelmed. All she hopes to do is stay at her home to create poems ________ just as she used to.

1.A. easy B. hard C. happy D. rich

2.A. broke away B. burst into C. suffered from D. referred to

3.A. get rid of B. get close to C. make use of D. drop out of

4.A. chance B. respect C. achievements D. fame

5.A. exploded B. spread C. discovered D. mastered

6.A. made B. sold C. consumed D. limited

7.A. published B. applied C. evaluated D. littered

8.A. translate B. turn C. offer D. adapt

9.A. reported B. convinced C. intended D. informed

10.A. familiar B. obvious C. different D. random

11.A. criticized B. praised C. observed D. concluded

12.A. Although B. When C. While D. Since

13.A. concepts B. qualities C. cases D. conditions

14.A. seemed B. remained C. proved D. appeared

15.A. physical B. spiritual C. movable D. rigid

16.A. adored B. overcame C. inspired D. sympathized

17.A. classic B. confident C. flexible D. impressive

18.A. intention B. attitude C. courage D. hobby

19.A. exposure B. separation C. opposite D. persistence

20.A. gracefully B. hopefully C. peacefully D. simply

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