完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
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Preparing for tomorrow
Sixth-grade schoolteacher Ms．Shelton believed in readiness．Students remembered how she walked in on the first day of class and began writing words of eighth-grade on the    36  ．They quickly protested that the words were not on their   37    and they couldn’t learn them．
Their teacher insisted that the students could and would learn these   38   ．She said that she would teach them something that should be given．Ms．Shelton   39     by saying that one of the students in the classroom could go on to   40   , maybe even be president someday, and she wanted to prepare them for that day．
Ms．Shelton spoke those words many years ago．  41    did she know that someday one of her students—Jesse Jackson—would take them   42   ．She believed that if they were well prepared, they could   43   high goals．
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “People only see what they are   44    to see．” If that’s true, then it is also    45    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    46    with my life than what I am doing now,” a young man once said to me．He    47    what he was doing was just not that important．Other people have said things to me such as, “I only    48    I had a meaningful relationship．” And, “I’d really like to get a better job, but I just don’t see    49    ．”
You fill in the blanks．What is it you would like to    50    that isn’t happening? Perhaps the answer is that you are not yet   51   ．Maybe you need more time to prepare before you are truly ready for that which you   52   ．
Think of today as another chance to   53   yourself for the exciting future you are looking for．Today is not wasted．If you desire more from   54   , then you can use today as training．For you will experience only what you are prepared to    55   ．Something wonderful can happen．And you can use today to get ready for tomorrow．

A．desk B．wall C．chalkboard D．door

A．duty B．desk C．mind D．level

A．words B．grammars C．pronunciations D．sentences

A．started B．ended C．warned D．reminded

A．greatness B．wealth C．honor D．failure

B．Little C．Hardly D．Totally

A．nervously B．eagerly C．seriously D．simply

A．keep B．have C．set D．achieve

A．prepared B．forced C．attracted D．tempted

A．proper B．exact C．legal D．true

A．difficult B．significant C．pleasant D．interesting

A．boasted B．behaved C．felt D． looked

A．wish B．expect C．hope D．imagine

A．what B．when C．why D．how

B．happen C．gain D．win

A．adventurous B．active C．ready D．intelligent

A．concern B．arrange C．adore D．desire

A．prepare B．enjoy C．imagine D．conduct

A．history B．nature C．life D．marriage

A．suffer B．experience C．struggle D．work