题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
内蒙古杭锦后旗奋斗中学2017-2018学年高二下学期英语期中考试试卷
We talk about the persistence(坚持不懈) needed to make our dream come true today. Just think of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Their 1certainly didn't happen overnight!
Wilbur was 12 years old and Orville 8 when their father brought home a2. It was a rubber3made in France. They4it so much that they played with it until it broke. Immediately, they began5copies. They were hooked on aviation(飞行器制造)! In 1900, as young men, having built their first glider(滑翔机), they decided to 6it out at Kitty Hawk on Kill Devil Hills. The place7consistent strong winds, and the somewhat cushioning effects of sand. That first flight was unsuccessful,8it didn't stop them. After several more tries, on December 17, 1903, with a much9plane, they risked their lives to drive it in the wind. They10flying the world's first powered airplane. Beginning at 10:35 a.m. that day, Orville11it 120 feet in about 12 seconds. At 12:00, Wilbur flew it 852 feet in 59 seconds! Johnny Moore, one of five men who12them that morning (in charge of dragging the plane across the sand for positioning), ran to the village of Kitty Hawk13, “They've made it!” This was the 14of aviation! At this time, Wilbur was 36 and Orville 32. Roughly 24 years had passed15their father gave them that toy!
If you have a16, work at it. If it doesn't turn out as17, don't give up! Try again! Who wants to live and say somewhere, “If only” or “What if?”18what you want and accomplish it. Don't ever give up!19in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more20than unsuccessful men with talent. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts(流浪汉). Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent(无所不能的).
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