You heard about the sign posted on a farmer's fence? On the other side of the
resides the biggest, meanest looking
you can imagine．The sign is intended to strike
into the hearts of would-be trespassers．It reads, "Don't attempt to
this field unless you can do it in 9．9 seconds．The bull can do it in 10 flat!"
Don't try to cross that field unless you are
!And isn't that the way it is in life? We have to be ready when the
arises or else we will have little chance of
．
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms Shelton believed in
．Students remember how she
in on the first day of class and began writing
of an eighth-grade caliber on the chalkboard．They
protested that the words were not on their
and they couldn't learn them．
Their teacher
that the students could and would learn these words．She said that she would
teach down to them．Ms Shelton ended by saying that one of the students in that classroom could go on to
．maybe even be president some day, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms Shelton spoke those words many years ago．
did she know that someday one of her students - Jesse Jackson - would take them
．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could achieve
goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "People only see what they are prepared to see．"
that's true, then it is also true that they only become what they are prepared to become． And a lot of
is just about getting ready．
| 小题1: | | A．fence | B．river | C．village | D．hill |
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| 小题2: | | A．tiger | B．farmer | C．bull | D．goat |
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| 小题3: | | A．curiosity | B．fear | C．desire | D．courage |
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| 小题4: | | A．cut | B．cover | C．enter | D．cross |
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| 小题5: | | A．accompanied | B．armed | C．prepared | D．guarded |
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| 小题6: | | A．opportunity | B．challenge | C．hope | D．problem |
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| 小题7: | | A．luck | B．victory | C．wealth | D．success |
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| 小题8: | | A．determination | B．readiness | C．honesty | D．diligence |
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| 小题9: | | A．hurried | B．moved | C．walked | D．broke |
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| 小题10: | | A．words | B．poems | C．proverbs | D．questions |
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| 小题11: | | A．strangely | B．quietly | C．rudely | D．quickly |
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| 小题12: | | A．range | B．level | C．interest | D．requirement |
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| 小题13: | | A．admitted | B．announced | C．insisted | D．complained |
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| 小题14: | | A．never | B．instead | C．still | D．always |
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| 小题15: | | A．position | B．career | C．service | D．greatness |
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| 小题16: | | A．Little | B．Seldom | C．Much | D．Once |
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| 小题17: | | A．easy | B．seriously | C．completely | D．back |
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| 小题18: | | A．final | B．proper | C．high | D．straight |
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| 小题19: | | A．Although | B．If | C．Whether | D．Unless |
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