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For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.

   I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to   1   the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the   2   turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very   uncertain   3  .

   The weeks ahead weren’t   4  . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities,   5   I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a   6   dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same   7   as I was before.

   You know that feeling when you wake up in   8  ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting   9  . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any   10  .

   So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to   11  . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me   12  . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you   13  !

   I put my   14   into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who   15   to give up his dream.

   And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a   16   contract (合同) for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into   17  . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was   18   shortly after.

   Don’t give up. Even if things look   19   now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the   20   to push beyond the river.

1. A. attend                    B. hold                               C. prepare                         D. enjoy

2. A. environment          B. economy                       C. opportunity             D. climate

3. A. choice                   B. danger                           C. desire                            D. future

4. A. quiet                      B. busy                              C. easy                              D. long

5. A. so                          B. but                          C. for                                 D. or

6. A. day                        B. week                              C. month                     D. year

7. A. town                      B. direction               C. situation                        D. habit

8. A. surprise                 B. fear                                C. delight                           D. peace

9. A. glory                      B. complaint                      C. love                              D. pain

10. A. appointment        B. progress                       C. commitment                  D. decision

11. A. read                     B. think                       C. write                       D. paint

12. A. hope                    B. wisdom                          C. pleasure                       D. inspiration

13. A. lack                     B. find                         C. bury                      D. need

14. A. disapproval  B. disagreement                C. dissatisfaction               D. disadvantage

15. A. refused                B. managed                       C. failed                      D. decided

16. A. writing           B. translating                     C. publishing               D. reviewing

17. A. ruin                      B. place                      C. pieces                           D. despair

18. A. rewarded             B. paid                        C. fired                               D. hired

19. A. different               B. unimportant                   C. strange                   D. tough

20. A. courage               B. chance                          C. time                               D. dream

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