The media has a great effect on us in our daily life. Believe it or
not , I would tell you the true story of my own.
Last evening I
was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a prize for
scientific 21 ; I forgot what it was . The announcer, whose name was
Ralph Story ,said something that caught my 22 . “All great discoveries”,
he said , “are made by people between the ages of twenty-five and thirty.” 23
a little over thirty myself, I wanted to disagree with him. 24 wants to
think that he is past the age of making any discovery. The next day I happened
to be in the public library and spent several hours looking up the 25 of
famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.
First I looked
at some of the 26 discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the
famous experiment that proved that bodies of different 27 fall at the
same speed , was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her
research that 28 to Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26when he
published his world changing theory of relativity. Well , 29 of that.
Yet I 30 if those “best years ”were true in other 31. Then how
about the field of 32? Surely it needed the wisdom of age to make a good
leader. Perhaps it 33 ,but look at when these people 34 their career. Winston Churchill was
elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 35 the life of a country lawyer and was
elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.
But why 36
best years come after thirty ? After thirty, I 37 most people do not
want to take risk or try 38 ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare
and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty,
while the latter was 39 trying new ways of painting when he was ninety.
Perhaps there
is still 40 for me.
21、A、invention B、discovery C、experiment D、progress
22、A、mind B、idea
C、attention
D、thought
23、A、As
B、Being
C、However
D、Moreover
24、A、Anybody B、Somebody C、Nobody
D、Whoever
25、A、names B、ages
C、address
D、education
26、A、modern B、scientific
C、last
D、oldest
27、A、height B、size
C、weight
D、length
28、A、led
B、meant C、stuck
D、referred
29、A、plenty B、none
C、much
D、enough
30、A、believed B、trusted
C、wondered D、asked
31、A、fields B、countries C、courses D、ages
32、A、agriculture B、society C、industry D、politics
33、A、is B、will C、has D、does
34、A、finished B、went C、started D、failed
35、A、devoted B、gave up C、began D、led
36、A、don’t B、the
C、can D、not
37、A、believe B、know
C、guess D、agree
38、A、other B、new
C、best D、their
39、A、always B、still
C、seldom D、almost
40、A、discovery B、problem C、wish D、hope
