55.
A．favor B．award C.
debt
D．success
答案：36-40
ACBDB 41-45 BABAC 46-50 BACAD 51-55 BDDCC
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湖北省黄冈中学10-11学年高二上学期期中考试
On a cold winter day, I waited in line to
see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success Principles.
During
his talk, Jack 31 his wallet, pulled out a
hundred-dollar bill, and said, “Who wants this?” 32 shot up in the audience; people
leaned forward to see whom Jack would 33 . But I jumped up, ran up the 34 to the stage, and grabbed the bill.
As I was launching myself in the air, thoughts 35 through my mind - was I about to
be humiliated (羞辱) in front
of 800 people? Would they
36 security guards and
take me from the stage? 37 my desire for brave action was
louder than any 38 voice.
As
I got the bill from his hand, he said, “That’s it! We can’t wait for the 39 to come to us. We must take action
to 40 what we want!”
After
his talk, I managed to formally meet Jack and bravely asked for his 41 email address. Over the next
months, I sent him emails
42 my vision and
dreams with him. He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement. But my life
got 43 with other things. I stopped
e-mailing Jack.
A
year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into
action, like a giant 44 that would show me the way.
I
emailed him, and then again - but got no 45 . As I sat down at my computer to check
my emails, I 46 woke up. What was I doing? I was
waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely 47 that hundred-dollar bill, while
they sat 48 to their chairs.
Usually
we all have a “Jack” for whom we wait - whether it’s a person, a place or a
thing. We 49 believe the gifts of life are just
around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n) 50 way. So we don’t try. We give up.
But as Wayne Gretzky said: “You’ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you
don’t take!” So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.
Now
what are you waiting for?