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Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.
Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___ ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.
“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man w
ho seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___ !”
Not long afterward, he did find a new an
d better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.
Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that, ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.
Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.
| 小题1: | | A．given | B．discovered | C．sent | D．made |
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| 小题2: | | A．opportunities | B．dangers | C．diamonds | D．chances |
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| 小题3: | | A．painful | B．stupid | C．normal | D．original |
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| 小题4: | | A．ball | B．stone | C．paper | D．flower |
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| 小题5: | | A．stepped | B．depended | C．fought | D．based |
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| 小题6: | | A．stealing | B．accepting | C．recognizing | D．realizing |
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| 小题7: | | A．purse | B．pocket | C．bag | D．house |
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| 小题8: | | A．selling | B．buying | C．hunting | D．casting |
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| 小题9: | | A．go off | B．give in | C．stay up | D．watch out |
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| 小题10: | | A．buyer | B．job | C．stock | D．rock |
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| 小题11: | | A．scene | B．prize | C．reminder | D．power |
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| 小题12: | | A．difficulties | B．hopes | C．characters | D．cases |
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| 小题13: | | A．unless | B．though | C．for | D．if |
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| 小题14: | | A．happily | B．easily | C．luckily | D．dangerously |
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| 小题15: | | A．expressing | B．satisfying | C．b reaking | D．experiencing |
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