文章大意:本文讲述了贪玩的少年爱因斯坦,听了爸爸讲的两只掉进烟囱的猫的故事后,把自己当作一面镜子,严格要求自己,最终走向事业成功的故事,启发我们,不同的愿望会产生不同的人生观,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。
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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 _________, 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 face 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 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.
One thousand people have one thousand 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 what you are going to act.
16. A.adults | B.kids | C.teachers | D.artists |
17. A.playing | B.working | C.reading | D.studying |
18. A.excited | B.curious | C.worried | D.crazy |
19. A.checked | B.passed | C.dreamed | D.failed |
20. A.song | B.story | C.speech | D.saying |
21. A.Luckily | B.Hopefully | C.Unluckily | D.Naturally |
22. 23. A.mouth | B.tail | C.nose | D.face |
24. A.somebody | B.nobody | C.anybody | D.everybody |
25. A.poor | B.rich | C.lazy | D.clever |
26. A.tired | B.angry | C.strict | D.satisfied |
27. A.regretted | B.graduated | C.succeed | D.provided |
28. A.ideas | B.reasons | C.mistakes | D.secrets |
29. A.sometimes | B.often | C.always | D.never |
30. A.try on | B.depend on | C.live on | D.hold on |