题目内容：

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上。

We all often deal with people who complain about the failures and troubles of their daily lives. Life     to be full of problems for them. I would like to think such a life      unusual. If there were no problems in your job, then your     would hire a much less capable person than you to do the things that don’t     much thought. In the business world, those who are able to solve difficult problems are the ones who are the most     to the employer.

Many times the problems or challenges we face     us to grow and become more capable. The runner who     for the mile run in the Olympics by running downhill will have no chance of winning the medal     . The runner who trains by running uphill is far more likely to     the speed and endurance(忍耐力) needed to win the medal.

The      thing that ever happened to boxer Gene Tunney was that he     both hands in the ring. But at that time his manager felt that he could     again punch(重击) hard enough to be the heavyweight champion. Instead, Tunney     that he would become a scientific boxer and win the title as a boxer, not a slugger(重击者). Boxing historians will tell you that he developed into one of the best boxers who ever fought. They     will tell you that as a puncher, he would not have had a chance     Jack Dempsey, who was considered by many to be the hardest       in heavyweight history. Tunney would never have been champion     he had not had the problem of his broken hands.

The     time you meet with a difficult climb, obstacle or problem, you should __  and say, “Here’s my chance to ____.”

1.A. seems            B. pretends          C. agrees           D. hopes

2.A. something        B. everything        C. nothing          D. anything

3.A. teacher          B. employer          C. father          D. doctor

4.A. give             B. receive            C. offer           D. need

5.A. famous           B. valuable           C. strange         D. difficult

6.A. ask             B. warn               C. force           D. order

7.A. trains           B. leaves            C. looks            D. waits

8.A. in all          B. after all          C. above all       D. at all

9.9.  A. beat        B. stop              C. lose             D. develop

10.A. worst          B. best               C. easiest          D. fastest

11.A. held           B. raised             C. broke           D. touched

12.A. never           B. always             C. often            D. even

13.A. promised        B. explained          C. decided         D. answered

14.A. still           B. already            C. hardly          D. also

15.A. against         B. for                C. on              D. with

16.A. worker          B. student           C. hitter           D. trainer

17.A. unless         B. if                 C. because          D. so

18.A. first           B. other              C. last             D. next

19.A. smile           B. stand              C. change          D. speak

20.A. win             B. grow              C. increase         D. perform