This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech
on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.
… My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps
most important: 36. Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievement has
avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic failures. But they keep at it. They
learn from mistakes. They don’t 37.
When I first arrived on this 38, I was with little
money, fewer options. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this
world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 39 how in fact I’d go
about it. But I wanted to do my part to 40 a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation in a few 41 jobs
here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment
to motley apartment, I 42.
… And I wish I could say that this perseverance came
from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was
43. I got it from 44 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single
mom who struggled to put herself through 45 and make ends meet. She had a
marriage that fell apart; 46 went on food stamps at one point to help us 47.
But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 48 scholarships
and hard work, my sister and I earned 49.
And 50, I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on
my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I
married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and
a 51 family. We made that marriage work.
… So 52 it’s starting a business, or running for
office, or 53 an amazing family, remember that making your 54 on the
world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of
55 and it comes with plenty of failures.
1. A.compete B.persevere C.struggle D.preservation
2. A.rest B.decline C.quit D.regret
3. A.campus B.downtown C.farm D.country
4. A.confident B.uncertain C.ambitious D.proud
5. A.shape B.instruct C.organize D.lead
6. A.amazing B.disturbing C.meaningful D.unsatisfactory
7. A.reached out B.put out C.gave out D.made out
8. A.presented B.structured C.learned D.created
9. A.copying B.detecting C.persuading D.watching
10. A.life B.work C.school D.business
11. A.yet B.even C.still D.also
12. A.get by B.come by C.get along D.come along
13. A.during B.through C.across D.over
14. A.mine B.us C.ours D.hers
15. A.for the time
being B.long before C.up to now D.later on
16. A.young B.poor C.weak D.strong
17. A.as if B.if C.whether D.unless
18. A.rising B.raising C.arousing D.arising
19. A.view B.stay C.remark D.mark
20. A.goals B.advantages C.shortcomings D.setbacks