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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