完形填空。      On a cold winter day, I waited in line to see my hero, Jack Canfield, the author of The Success
Principles, who was going to deliver a speech on his new book.
     During his talk, Jack   1  his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, ""Who wants this?"    2  
shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would    3  . But I jumped up, ran up
the   4  to the stage, and grabbed the bill. As I was launching myself in the air,    5  raced through my
mind- was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people? Would they    6   security guards and
take me from the stage?    7   my desire for bold (大胆的)action was louder than any   8  voice. As I got
the bill from his hand, he said, "That"s it! We can"t wait for the    9  to come to us. We must take    10  to
create what we want!""
     After his talk, I    11   to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over
the next months, I sent him emails    12   my points of view and dreams with him. He kindly e-mailed back
lots of encouragement. But my life got busy    13  other things. I stopped e-mailing Jack.
     A year later, my dreams had worn away. I thought Jack would inspire me into action, like a giant arrow
that would show me the way.
     I e-mailed him, and then again - but got no    14  . As I sat down at my computer to   15  my e-mails, I
    16   woke up. What was I doing? I was waiting! Now I remembered the crowd, most likely    17   that
hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs.
     Usually we all have a "Jack" for whom we wait - whether it"s a person, a place or a thing. We    18  
believe the gifts of life are just around the corner, and that everything will come in a(n)    19   way. So we
don"t try. We   20  . But as Wayne Gretzky said,"You"ll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don"t
take!" So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.
     Now what are you waiting for?

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C. took over     C. Heads         C. like         C. steps         C. ideas         C. demand       C. But           C. meaningful   C. results       C. way           C. permitted     C. presenting   C. about         C. response     C. inspect       C. immediately   C. begging       C. falsely       C. early         C. take up

D. handed in   D. Hands       D. choose       D. route       D. plans       D. order       D. Or           D. helpful     D. aims         D. action       D. managed     D. sharing     D. over         D. reaction     D. review       D. slowly       D. dreaming     D. correctly   D. natural     D. set up