文章大意：这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了贪玩的少年Einstein在听爸爸讲了两只掉进烟囱的猫的故事后，从此开始严格要求自己，最终获得了成功。文章要想告诉我们——自己的未来并不取决于别人怎么做，而是取决于自己打算怎么做。
7 . At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein Carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those_______. His father stopped him and said to him calmly. “Einstein, you were spending too much time _______, so you failed in the exams. I’m _______ about your future with your mother.”
“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also _______in the exams, but they went fishing as usual.”
“My boy, you can’t think so,” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly. “There is a _______ in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”
“There were two cats playing on the roof. _______, they fell into the chimney (烟囱). When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty _______ the other’s was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its _______. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it still walked happily in the street.”
“Einstein, _______can be your mirror (镜子). Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a ________ person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.
After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be________with himself, and kept telling himself, “I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein ________ in his career.
1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different________about life. You can learn from other people, but you can ________ follow others completely.
You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t ________ how others act, but on how you are going to act.
1. | A．adults | B．kids | C．teachers | D．artists |
2. | A．playing | B．working | C．reading | D．studying |
3. | A．excited | B．curious | C．worried | D．crazy |
4. | A．checked | B．passed | C．dreamed | D．failed |
5. | A．song | B．story | C．speech | D．saying |
6. | A．Luckily | B．Hopefully | C．Suddenly | D．Naturally |
7. 8. | A．mouth | B．tail | C．nose | D．face |
9. | A．somebody | B．nobody | C．anybody | D．everybody |
10. | A．poor | B．rich | C．lazy | D．clever |
11. | A．tired | B．angry | C．strict | D．satisfied |
12. | A．regretted | B．graduated | C．succeeded | D．survived |
13. | A．ideas | B．reasons | C．mistakes | D．secrets |
14. | A．sometimes | B．often | C．always | D．never |
15. | A．try on | B．depend on | C．live on | D．insist on |
