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课时作业(十四) 语言运用专项
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After ten years of work, I determined to go beyond a nine-to-five job.Scanning advertisements, I learned a financial company was to 1 more consultants.With great excitement, I made an appointment with a branch president.That day, it went so well that I was 2 he would hire me on the spot. 3 , he told me to come back for 12 more 4 with his top salespeople!
Over the next five months, every one of them kept telling me, “You are better off in a safe nine-to-five job.” “Eighty percent of newcomers 5 within their first year.” The more they attacked my dream, the more I believed I would have to “fake it till I make it”.
6 , the last interview with the president came. “You've got the job!” he announced, and then added, “On one 7 that you must resign your current job, participate in our training and take a(n) 8 .It's 250 questions long and you must pass it without one point lost on the first 9 !”
I nearly choked at the prospect of taking a huge step of faith into the 10 .However, attracted by this great risk and with the 11 I had never had, I said, “I'll take it.” When the scores were displayed, I let out a loud sigh of 12 .
My experience 13 the truth of Thoreau's words: If one advances 14 in the direction of his dreams and 15 to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet success unexpected in common hours.
1.A.instruct B.employ
C.identify D.support
2.A. blurred B.glad
C.nervous D.positive
3.A.Thus B.Moreover
C.Instead D.Then
4.A.discussions B.celebrations
C.bargains D.interviews
5.A.fail B.insist
C.hesitate D.progress
6.A.Gradually B.Eventually
C.Surprisingly D.Interestingly
7.A.operation B.condition
C.position D.occasion
8.A.exam B.path
C.break D.approach
9.A.choice B.page
C.day D.try
10.A.unfit B.unnecessary
C.unknown D.unpleasant
11.A.joy B.patience
C.courage D.fortune
12.A.belief B.relief
C.sorrow D.regret
13.A.recognized B.tested
C. dismissed D.confi