阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people       to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you      is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you       others. Because while there will be times       outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely      . The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are      . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision       anyway.
You were       with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and       the appropriate action, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own      .
Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of       a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the       necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to       on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being       to Wall Street, I intended to suppose that my more senior knew more than I did, and so I       too much significance to their opinions.
You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in      . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by       and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to       this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to       and to life.

A．easy B．ready C．unwilling D．hard

A．lead B．lend C．take D．earn

A．look at B．pick up C．turn to D．learn from

A．that B．since C．when D．while

A．useless B．useful C．priceless D．clever

A．getting B．making C．suffering D．facing

A．on one hand B．on your own C．on the whole D．on all sides

A．born B．tired C．satisfied D．covered

A．enjoy B．step C．plan D．take

A．assumption B．judgment C．condition D．fortune

A．basing B．depending C．relying D．focusing

A．research B．search C．resources D．activity

A．poverty B．laziness C．richness D．diligence

A．used B．accustomed C．new D．old

A．students B．brothers C．colleagues D．classmates

A．owed B．paid C．gave D．held

A．disaster B．progress C．failure D．success

A．either B．another C．each D．others

A．think B．remember C．realize D．recall

A．payment B．dreams C．happiness D．business