阅读下面短文 ,从短文后各题所给的四个选项 ( A.B.C和D)中 ,选出可以填入空白
Have you ever heard about the sign posted on a farmer's fence? A 36 and ugly bull you can imagine 37 0n the other side of the fence. The sign is intended to strike 38 into the hearts of trespassers(非法侵者). It reads "Don't attempt to 39 this field unless you can do it in 9.9 seconds. The bull can do it in 10!"
Don't try to cross that field unless you are 40 ! And isn't it the way it is in our life? We have to be ready when the opportunity 41 or else，we will have little chance of 42 .
Six-grade school teacher Ms Shelton 43 readiness. Her students 44 re-member how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing 45 0f the eighth grade on the blackboard. They immediately protested that the words were too 46 to learn well.
Their teacher 47 that the students could learn these words well. She said that she would teach them something useful. ahead of time and the students could be above the ordinary level if they were prepared for new things. Ms Shelton ended by 48 that one of the students in the classroom could achieve 49 , maybe even president some day. She just wanted, to 50_ them for that day.
It was a great 51__ for to know that one of her students, Jesse Jackson made much progress, reached a 52 goal and even became very famous in the world. She believed that good luck belonged to the person who had been prepared 53 .
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said," People only see what they are prepared to see. " If that's 54 , then it is also true that they only become what they are prepared to become. Let's get ready for our work, 55 and everything in the future.
36. A. weak B. strong C. stupid D. young[来源:学科网]
37. A. lives B. awakes C. seems D. sleeps
38. A. curiosity B. fear C. desire D. courage
39. A. cut B. walk C. cross D. enter
40. A. guarded B. accompanied C. armed D. prepared
41. A. rises B. raises C. arouses D. arises
42. A. dream B. success C. wealth D. failure
43. A. put down B. took on C. believed in D. got back
44. A. hurriedly B. clearly C. strangely D. rapidly
45. A. poems B. proverbs C. questions D. words
46. A. interesting B. easy C. complicated D. strange
47. A. admitted B. begged C. complained D. insisted
48. A. suggesting B. predicting C. forgetting D. pretending
49. A. peace B. independence C. greatness D. freedom
50. A. prepare B. teach C. make D. have
51. A. joke B. sadness C. joy D. hobby
52. A. small B. high C. final D. practical
53. A. in a hurry B. one by one C. with great care D. in turn
54. A. interesting B. correct C. wrong D. secret
55. A. safety B. fun C. life D. unit
