A little piece of paper with the number “sixty-eight” written on it has been taped above the screen of my laptop for eight years. The ink it was written with is so unclear that the number can hardly be 1 . But it's still there to 2 me to keep doing what I've been doing and to be patient.
The 3 of that number dates back to the 4 moment of my writing career when I'd just left a second 5 for an editing position at a magazine. My writing career wasn't 6 though I'd made some progress. I'd successfully written a few “good” stories, but nobody 7 them. I returned to my apartment disappointedly and checked my bank 8 . I had only $68 9 . What's worse, rent was 10 in 11 days. People say failure is easier to 11 when you know you give your best effort. I'd written every day for five years and I almost wrote at any spare time I had. I 12 took a weekend or a holiday off. A lot of 13 had been put in but in 14 it seemed to be in vain. Later I realized it was 15 because it would be too 16 if every career was made up of a to-do list that agreed perfectly with the ladder of success. The most important thing is that I didn't 17 trying. I knew it took years for me to lay the foundations of success. After years of attempts, efforts and failures, at last, I reaped (收获) more opportunities and gained a 18 . I became a professional writer and won readers' 19 including two Emmy Awards.
I think if you do something long enough, 20 you will get good at it, and someone will pay you for it.
1.A.realized B.touched C.recognized D.erased
2.A.advise B demand C.force D.remind
3.A.principle B.analysis C.significance D.majority
4.A.dullest B.toughest C.brightest D.highest
5.A.interview B.party C.name D.criticism
6.A.improving B.slowing C.continuing D.pausing
7.A.rejected B.associate C.appreciated D.delivered
8.A.code B.information C.credit D.account
9.A.reliable B.worthy C.available D.believable
10.A.due B.free C.affordable D.rare
11.A.summarize B.highlight C.guarantee D.accept
12.A.ever B.never C.merely D.always
13.A.money B.effort C.strength D.ambition
14.A.reality B.time C.relief D.turn
15.A.necessary B.special C.formal D.normal
16.A.difficult B.embarrassing C.convenient D.intense
17.A.insist on B.give up C.carry on D.burst onto
18.A.reputation B.dream C.reason D.donation
19.A.assessment B.sympathy C.expectation D.favour
20.A.thankfully B.eventually C.temporarily D.casually
