1 . Growing up in one of the poorest communities in Atlanta, US and being raised by a single _________ mother, I was not expected much by many people, so I had to expect_________of myself.
On my 13th birthday, I bought a _________of Harvard and put it on the wall of my room. Being at Harvard became what I_________: I kept picturing myself studying in Harvard. Even when my electricity was_________, I knew that my poster of Harvard was still_________only two feet away from me. I’d_________my day by asking myself these two questions: “What do I want in my life?” and “Are the things I am doing today going to get me _________ to that life?”
Reminding myself of my _________each day made it __________ for me to say no to the choices my peers(同龄人)making, because those paths wouldn’t have __________ me to my goal. Nothing could__________ my power to decide what I chose to do with my__________.
Every day I could __________ myself moving towards my dream university__________my writing got better, SAT score __________, and my scholarship checks started coming in. On March 31st, 2011, an email arrived __________Harvard. The first word was “Congratulations!” A month later, Harvard flew me up to visit the campus where __________I got to see my dream university face to face.
Who you are today is the __________of the decisions you made yesterday, and who you will be tomorrow will be up to the choices you make __________. Who do you want to be tomorrow?
1. A.uneducated | B.knowledgeable | C.powerful | D.kind |
2. A.nothing | B.anything | C.something | D.everything |
3. A.brochure | B.book | C.poster | D.picture |
4. A.dreamt of | B.struggled for | C.held on | D.wondered about |
5. A.broken up | B.cut off | C.pulled down | D.put out |
6. A.putting | B.sticking | C.standing | D.hanging |
7. A.begin | B.complete | C.spend | D.explore |
8. A.familiar | B.possible | C.further | D.closer |
9. A.goal | B.home | C.mother | D.friend |
10. A.hard | B.easy | C.impossible | D.sad |
11. A.stopped | B.led | C.invited | D.flew |
12. A.give up | B.deal with | C.take away | D.turn down |
13. A.future | B.career | C.school | D.family |
14. A.feel | B.inspire | C.practise | D.push |
15. 16. A.decreased | B.dropped | C.changed | D.increased |
17. 18. A.for the first time | B.once in a while | C.all of a sudden | D.in no time |
19. A.reason | B.challenge | C.mistake | D.result |
20. A.yesterday | B.today | C.tomorrow | D.now |