The teacher stood before his class and was going to hand out the final exam papers. “I know how ___________ (41) you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would ___________ (42) not to take the test.
Many students jumped up to ___________ (43) the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the ___________ (44) students and said, “Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last ___________ (45).” Two more students decided to go.
Seven students remained. The teacher then handed out the ___________ (46). There were only three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just ___________ (47) an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.
I never had a teacher like that, but I think it is a test ___________ (48) any teacher could and should give. Students who are not ___________(49) in what they have learned are B students at best(充其量).
The same is ___________ (50) in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have ___________ (51) both successes and failures. They have learned life’s lessons, either from normal education ___________ (52) from events in their lives, and have become ___________ (53) people.
Scientists say that by the age of eight, 80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed. You are a big kid now, and you ___________(54) that you have some limits (限制). However, there is ___________ (55) you can’t do or learn or be. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest said, “It’s not the mountain we conquer(克服) but ourselves.

A．luckily B．terribly C．quietly D．hard

A．dislike B．help C．prefer D．start

A．thank B．praise C．fight D．criticize

A．following B．relaxing C．worrying D．remaining

A．chance B．trouble C．test D．idea

A．results B．presents C．papers D．essays

A．given B．sent C．discovered D．received

A．where B．that C．what D．when

A．confident B．necessary C．mysterious D．convenient

A．unusual B．impossible C．true D．special

A．broken off B．dreamed of C．learned from D．cared about

A．and B．or C．but D．so

A．ruder B．cuter C．worse D．better

A．decide B．forget C．realize D．imagine

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing