Ⅰ.语法填空
While the story of The Farmer and The Mule(骡子) makes us smile, it does have wisdom in it. It reminded me about defeating adversity(逆境).
1.________ we handle adversity determines our success in life. One of my 2.________ (thought) on adversity is, “Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be 3.________ (control). What we can control is how we react to it.”
When 4.________ (face) with adversity, we can give up the negative attitude. Or we can look on adversity 5.________ an opportunity to find other ways to do things. We should be 6.________ (determine) and persistent (坚持不懈的). It all comes down to your choice and it is a choice of attitude!
You see, the farmer thought the mule was not worth 7.________ (save) when it fell into a well accidentally, 8.________ he just put it out of its misery by burying it. Despite the farmer's best efforts to bury it, the mule 9.________ (resist) until it was able to climb out of the well on top of all the dirt that was thrown in after it.
The mule, despite the fact that it was 10.________ (constant) in a deep well, would not give up. The mule simply shook the dirt off little by little, never giving up the will to live by climbing out of the well.
