What separates people who reach their goals from everyone else is their ability to stay on track, despite challenges. __36__ will come; you can bet there will be chances for you to __37__ track. If you’re an athlete, it may be an injury that causes you to have to __38__ practices. If you’re trying to get to a healthy weight, you may have to travel __39__ and stay with a friend who doesn’t like to __40__. The point is that some kind of challenge will __41__.
How we deal with these challenges __42__ the victims from the victors. You can use challenges as a stepping __43__ or as a block, and you can use them to __44__ your ambition or block your view; the __45__is yours.
Challenges should __46__ to make you stronger and more consistent as you attend to each difficulty. They should cause your __47__ to dig deeper, in search of a (an) __48__.
The problem arises when you don’t __49__ challenges. If you can predict potential problems and plan __50__, you will have confidence and your belief in yourself will __51__ up.
Your ability to stay __52__ and overcome difficulties is what will __53__ and allow you to achieve your goal.
Start working toward your dreams daily. Get started by setting __54__ what your next step is to accomplish your goal. Then get into __55__ as you move closer to your goal daily.
36. A. Abilities B. Goals C. Possibilities D. Challenges
37. A. get off B. stick to C. take off D. attend to
38. A. appreciate B. strengthen C. miss D. confuse
39. A. disappointedly B. unexpectedly C. deliberately D. daily
40. A. knock over B. get through C. put up D. work out
41. A. arise B. raise C. appoint D. turn
42. A. separates B. protects C. shelters D. deserts
43. A. appointment B. arrangement C. stone D. expectation
44. A. produce B. ignore C. reduce D. strengthen
45. A. choice B. comment C. preparation D. promise
46. A. provide B. serve C. offer D. expect
47. A. characteristics B. ability C. roots D. signs
48. A. solution B. comfort C. study D. adaptation
49. A. blame B. accept C. meet D. expect
50. A. actually B. otherwise C. beforehand D. after
51. A. put B. build C. get D. bring
52. A. solved B. focused C. deserted D. reduced
53. A. get you away B. find you out C. set you apart D. keep you off
54. A. down B. up C. about D. out
55. A. effort B. measure C. plan D. action
— I haven’t finished my task yet.
— You shouldn’t have watched the film last night, or you _______ it by now.
A, need have finished B. may have finished
C. should have finished D. will have finished
______ that he might lose his job, Peter always works extra hours to please his boss.
A. Worrying B. Having worried C. Having been worried D. Worried
His suggestion made me angry, but _______.
A. making others happy B. to make others happy
C. others happy D. his advice others happy
Only one of the places is _______.
A. worth to visit B. worth visiting C. worthy of visiting D. worth being visited
— John will probably be late, won’t he?
— _______.
A. No problem B. No wonder C. No doubt D. No time
The number of people in the world ________ about 6 billion and large quantities of waste ________ each year.
A.totals; has been produced
B.totals; is produced
C.totals; are produced
D.total; are being produced
There are certain ________ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something.
A.conditions B.situations
C.occasions D.environment
Mary got so angry that she _________ out of the room.
A. sneaked B. stormed C. slipped D. struggled
British scientists have produced ___ they believe is the world's smallest Christmas card.
A.which B.who C.that D.what