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Preparing for Tomorrow
Sixthgrade schoolteacher Ms Shelton believed in readiness. Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighthgrade on the __1__. They quickly __2__ that the words were not on their level and they couldn't learn them.
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these __3__. She said that she would teach them something that should be given. Ms Shelton __4__ by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to __5__， maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day.
Ms Shelton said those words many years ago. __6__ did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them __7__. She believed that if they were well prepared, they could __8__ high goals.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said，“People only see what they are __9__to see.” If that's true, then it is also __10__ that they only become what they are prepared to become. And many things in life are just about getting ready.
“I want to be doing something more __11__with my life than what I am doing now，” a young man once said to me. He __12__ what he was doing was just not that important. Other people have said things to me such as，“I only __13__ I had a meaningful relationship.”And，“I'd really like to get a better job, but I just don't see __14__.”
You fill in the blanks. What is it you would like to __15__ that isn't happening? Perhaps the __16__ is that you are not yet ready. Maybe you need more time to prepare __17__ you are truly ready for that which you desire.
__18__ today as another chance to prepare yourself for the exciting future you are looking for. Today is not wasted. If you __19__ more from life, then you can use today as training. For you will experience only what you are prepared to __20__. Something wonderful can happen. And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow.
1．A.desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。根据上面一句可知，老师走进教室在黑板(chalkboard)上写八年级的单词。
2．A.prevented B．prepared C．protected D．protested
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。根据上文可知，这是六年级的学生，但老师写的是八年级的单词，所以学生抗议(protest)说这些单词超出他们的水平。
3．A.words B．grammar C．pronunciations D．sentences
答案：A
解析：词汇复现题。根据上一段．..began writing words和．..the words were not on their level...可知此处用words。
4．A.started B．ended C．warned D．reminded
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。根据语境可知，此处指Ms Shelton通过说……结束(end)了她的课。
5．A.greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。根据后面的．..maybe even be president someday可知，此处指Ms Shelton说其中的一个学生可能会成就伟业(greatness)。
6．A.Seldom B．Little C．Hardly D．Rarely
答案：B
解析：词语辨析题。seldom和rarely均表示“很少”，相当于not often; little很少，指数量少；hardly几乎不。句意：她不知道有一天她的一个学生Jesse Jackson会认真对待她的话。
7．A.nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply
答案：C
解析：习语搭配题。take sb./sth. seriously认真对待某人/某事。
8．A.keep B．have C．set D．achieve
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。句意：她相信如果他们做好准备，他们就会实现(achieve)远大的目标。
9．A.prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted
答案：A
解析：逻辑推理题。根据后面一句中的．..they only become what they are prepared to become. And many things in life are just about getting ready.可知此处指人们只会看见他们准备(prepared)看见的。
10．A.proper B．exact C．legal D．true
答案：D
解析：词汇复现题。根据此句中的If that's true和空前面的also可知此处填true。
11．A.difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。根据后面的He __12__ what he was doing was just not that important.可知，他想做一些更有意义的(significant)事情。
12．A.boasted B．behaved C．felt D．looked
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。句意：他感觉(feel)他正在做的事情不那么重要。
13．A.wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine
答案：A
解析：词义辨析题。四个选项都可以接宾语从句，但只有wish后面的宾语从句可以用虚拟语气。当从句的内容与现在事实相反时，从句用一般过去时。此处主句用一般现在时，从句中谓语是had，由此可知，从句使用了虚拟语气。
14．A.what B．when C．why D．how
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。句意：我确实想得到一份更好的工作，但不知道怎样(how)得到。
15．A.survive B．happen C．gain D．win
答案：B
解析：逻辑推理题。句意：你想要发生什么事情却没有发生呢？根据句意可知选B。
16．A.adventure B．activity C．answer D．question
答案：C
解析：逻辑推理题。上一句是一个问句，所以此处指答案(answer)是你没有准备好。
17．A.because B．after C．since D．before
答案：D
解析：逻辑推理题。句意：可能你需要更多的时间去准备，你才能为你渴望得到的东西做好准备。before在此处表示“才”。
18．A.Think of B．Think over C．Think up D．Think out
答案：A
解析：习语搭配题。根据空后面的as，可知此处考查固定短语think of...as...“把……看作……”。
19．A.hit B．name C．desire D．manage
答案：C
解析：词汇复现题。根据上一段最后一句Maybe you need more time to prepare __17__ you are truly ready for that which you desire.可知。
20．A.suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work
答案：B
解析：词汇复现题。根据此句中的experience可知选B。句意：因为你会经历你准备好经历的事情。
