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Pete Rose was a great baseball player.Though I have never met him, he taught me something _
1_
that changed my life.
Pete was being _
2_ in spring training the year he was about to break Ty Cobb's alltime hits record.
Suddenly one reporter asked him, "Pete, you only need 78 hits to reach your nearest _
3_.How many
atbats(击球)do you think it'll take you to get the 78 hits?"Without hesitation, Pete just _
4_ at the
reporter and said, "78."The reporter yelled back, "Ah, come on, Pete, you don't think you'll get 78 hits
in 78 atbats, do you?"
Mr.Rose calmly _
5_ his philosophy with the reporters who were _
6_ waiting for his reply to the
claim.
"Every time I _
7_ up to the plate (击球区), I _
8_ to get a hit! _
9_I have it in mind, I have no right
to step into the batter's (击球手) box! It is
10 expectation that has enabled me to get all of the hits
in the first place."
When I thought about Pete Rose's
11 and how it applied to everyday
12 , I felt a little
embarrassed.As a business person, I was hoping to increase my
13 . As a father, I was hoping to be
a good dad.As a married man, I was hoping to be a good husband.The truth was that I was a fairly
good salesperson, I was not so
14 a father, and I was an okay husband.I immediately decided that
being okay was not
15 ! I wanted to be a great salesperson, a great father and a great husband.I
16 my attitude to a positive one, and the results were
17 . I was fortunate enough to win a few sales trips,
I won Coach of the Year in my
18 baseball league, and I share a loving relationship with my wife,
Karen, with whom I am
19 to enjoy the rest of my life!
20 , Mr Rose!
( )1. A. reliable ( )2. A. admired ( )3. A. decision ( )4. A. stared ( )5. A. enjoyed ( )6. A. anxiously ( )7. A. climb ( )8. A. seem ( )9. A. Though ( )10. A. abrupt ( )11. A. plan ( )12. A. agenda ( )13. A. sales ( )14. A. wise ( )15. A. explicit ( )16. A. changed ( )17. A. hopeful ( )18. A. son's ( )19. A. supposed ( )20. A. Good luck |
B. enjoyable B. interviewed B. record B. shouted B. shared B. nervously B. jump B. fail B. Unless B. simple B. idea B. exercise B. skills B. kind B. helpful B. added B. amazing B. wife's B. expected B. Best regards |
C. valuable C. watched C. level C. glared C. discussed C. cheerfully C. drive C. expect C. Because C. positive C. ability C. work C. experiences C. mean C. enough C. devoted C. funny C. friend's C. encouraged C. Thanks |
D. unbelievable D. trained D. goal D. pointed D. reviewed D. impatiently D. step D. compete D. When D. considerate D. behaviour D. life D. experiments D. bad D. practical D. contributed D. disappointing D. customer's D. determined D. Congratulations |