At the age of 16，Eric didn't do well in his study because he often played with some bad kids.
    One weekend morning，Eric carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those kids.His father stopped him and said， "Eric，you were spending too much time playing，so you didn't do well in your study.Your mother and I are （1）

C

C

about your future.""Why？Jack and Robert also failed，but they went fishing as usual." "My boy，" looking at Eric，his father said lovingly， " Let me tell you a story in our hometown."
    "There were two cats playing on the roof.Suddenly，they （2）

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A

the chimney（烟囱）carelessly.When they climbed out of the chimney，one cat's face was （3）

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B

while the other's face was clean.Seeing the dirty-faced cat，the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty，so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face.The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one，thinking its own face was clean as well，so it walked （4）

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A

and sang like a bird all the way home."
    "Eric， （5）

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can be your mirror（镜子）.Only you are your own mirror.Some of the kids are not strict with themselves.If you take them to be your mirror，even a （6）

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D

person may become stupid." Hearing this，Eric was （7）

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B

with his head down，laying down his fishing rod，and then returned to his small room.
    After that，Eric was strict with himself.He often took himself as a mirror and kept telling himself， "I am special.I don't want to be as common as others." This was why Eric （8）

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C

in his career and became famous.Everyone has his own wish in life.Different people will produce different ideas about life.You can learn from other people，but you can never （9）

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A

others completely.
    You must know yourself well and know what you want to get.Your future doesn't （10）

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D

how others act，but on what you are going to act.

（1）A.excited	B.embarrassed	C.worried	D.surprised
（2）A.fell into	B.ran into	C.jumped into	D.walked into
（3）A.red	B.black	C.white	D.pink
（4）A.happily	B.angrily	C.sadly	D.quietly
（5）A.somebody	B.anybody	C.nobody	D.everybody
（6）A.friendly	B.beautiful	C.lazy	D.clever
（7）A.annoyed	B.ashamed	C.excited	D.cheerful
（8）A.fell	B.failed	C.succeeded	D.survived
（9）A.follow	B.understand	C.order	D.teach
（10）A.hold on	B.go on	C.live on	D.depend on