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(2016·江西省重点中学协作体高三第一次联考) One early morning, in June, last year, it was sunny. I was __1__ my son at school when I saw a little girl wearing a Tshirt with the word “Titanic” written on the front. __2__ the school uniform policy, I believed this meant that the girl belonged to a class team called “Titanic”. As I pulled out of the school, I couldn't __3__ but ask myself why the students would __4__ their team “Titanic” and expect it to be __5__.
I watched the movie, __6__ my kids who forced me to watch it with them. Looking at the screen, the __7__ came to me: What sunk the Titanic? Was it because the ship was not well __8__?Or was it because the owner was overconfident?
In my view, the ship sunk due to a __9__ of many reasons. To start with, the owner of the ship assumed his ship was too modern and too solid to sink. That was his first mistake. In life, nothing is __10__. Life can change in the __11__ of an eye and however prepared you are, you might need to __12__ the possibility of a sinking ship.
Mistake number two was that the ship had more people __13__ than the lifeboats on the ship could carry. __14__， this was because the owner was overconfident about his vessel. Or he was just careless and __15__ of the danger of not having enough rescue tools. The biggest lesson we learn from this mistake is this: never __16__ more than you can chew — like somebody said, “Nobody looks __17__ when spitting it back out.”
This goes for __18__ too. Those overconfident attitudes and lazy tendencies are icebergs __19__ to hit and sink your ship. Keep in mind that confidence is good but overconfidence always __20__ the ship down in the end.
1.A.leaving B.dropping
C.picking D.taking
2.A.Following B.Hearing
C.Neglecting D.Knowing
3.A.help B.imagine
C.think D.wonder
4.A.name B.award
C.fix D.set
5.A.smooth B.successful
C.useful D.reliable
6.A.thanks to B.followed by
C.resulting in D.caused by
7.A.suggestion B.doubt
C.curiosity D.demand
8.A.lucky B.prepared
C.good D.advanced
9.A.mixture B.cause
C.result D.combination
10.A.safe B.guaranteed
C.unexpected D.impossible
11.A.opening B.staring
C.twinkling D.glancing
12.A.show up B.cope with
C.leave behind D.cover up
13.A.on board B.in line
C.on the top D.on upload
14.A.Meanwhile B.Again
C.Instead D.Besides
15.A.forgetting B.unknowing
C.ignorant D.nonreminded
16.A.put off B.cut off
C.bite off D.call off
17.A.humorous B.generous
C.small D.attractive
18.A.contributions B.contests
C.relationships D.celebrations
19.A.waiting B.beginning
C.wanting D.expecting
20.A.overturns B.destroys
C.disappears D.drops
