题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
江西省上饶市“山江湖”协作体2019-2020学年高二上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. Their1 certainly didn't happen overnight!
Wilbur was 12 years old and Orville 8 when their father brought home a 2. It was a rubber3 made in France. They 4it so much that they played with it until it broke. Immediately, they began 5 copies. 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 6 it out at Kitty Hawk on Kill Devil Hills. It 7 consistent strong winds, and the somewhat cushioning effects of sand. That first flight was unsuccessful, 8 it didn't stop them. After several more tries, on December 17, 1903, with a much 9 plane, they risked their lives to drive it in the wind. They 10 flying the world's first powered airplane. Beginning at 10:35 a.m. that day, Orville 11 it 120 feet in about 12 seconds! At 12:00, Wilbur flew it 852 feet in 59 seconds! Johnny Moore, one of the five men who12them that morning (in charge of dragging the plane across the sand for positioning), ran to the village of Kitty Hawk 13, "They've made it!" This was the 14 of aviation! At this time, Wilbur was 36 and Orville 32. Roughly 24 years had passed 15 their father gave them that toy!
If you have a 16, 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?" 18 what you want and accomplish it. Don't ever give up!19 in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more 20 than 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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