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my grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. she would tell me not to be a follower and not to set ______ on what i could achieve. she ______ believed that there were no limits and that you could ______ whatever you wanted to.
i would never forget the following story that she once told me: a farmer won first ______ at the country fair for his huge radish (萝卜)that was the exact shape and ______ of a milk bottle.
many were ______ as to how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle.
____ one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. the farmer replied, " it was _______. i got the seed growing and then i put it into the milk bottle. it had ______ else to go.”
you can use this story as an analogy(类比，类推) to life--our lives are ______ by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people that we allow to ______ us, and the goals we give ourselves.
if we only ______ and take no action, then we get no further. but if we ______ , set a goal and take action, then our life takes a ______ shape.
goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. to prove this ______, read the biographies of ______ people and you will see that goals and actions ______ played a big role in their success.
____ mary kay ash puts it, "don’t limit yourself.” many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. you can go ______ your mind lets you. whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve.
in summary, don 't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is ______ and secure if you want to move forward.
【1】a. expectations b. rules c. limits d. lines
【2】a. truly b. naturally c. tightly d. partly
【3】a. win b. grasp c. wonder d. achieve
【4】a. remark b. prize c. bargain d. reward
【5】a. size b. quality c. weight d. colour
【6】a. doubtful b. worried c. anxious d. curious
【7】a. immediately b. gradually c. finally d. actually
【8】a. strange b. easy c. funny d. secret
【9】a. nowhere b. everywhere c. somewhere d. anywhere
【10】a. shaped b. founded c. controlled d. improved
【11】a. understand b. help c. influence d. contact
【12】a. dream b. refuse c. survive d. change
【13】a. struggle b. insist c. continue d. plan
【14】a. fancy b. different c. solid d. clear
【15】a. theory b. lesson c. point d. evidence
【16】a. successful b. brave c. friendly d. careful
【17】a. as usual b. above all c. at all d. in fact
【18】a. which b. as c. that d. what
【19】a. as if b. in case c. as far as d. as long as
【20】a. comfortable b. valuable c. ordinary d. boring