Question

If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are ______, success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.

I love eating persimmons（柿子）. But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably taste bad. In Grade Nine, ______ my grades were very poor, my parents were ______that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent senior high school. They ______ me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious.

Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy. And every time I wanted to stop _____ , Mom would shout, “Hey! Think about your_____. If you don’t work hard, you’ll regret!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I________was playing with my friends. My mom would say to me, with a serious look ______her face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn! Only by hard work _____you get good results.”

I didn’t understand it at that time. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. Suddenly, I ____ that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.

I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruit of my hard work!

1.A. busy B. clever C. hard-working D. free

2.A. until B. because C. though D. unless

3.A. surprised B. worried C. excited D. relaxed

4.A. let B. had C. pushed D. made

5.A. thinking B. talking C. playing D. studying

6.A. future B. hobby C. health D. work

7.A. talked about B. heard about C. worried about D. thought about

8.A. on B. under C. beside D. in

9.A. should B. can C. need D. must

10.A. realized B. saw C. noticed D. reminded

Answer 1