One'sattitudeisalwaysimportant.Ifyouarelazyandweakyouwillnevertasteanysuccess.Butifyouare 16 successandhappinesswillbemorelikelytocometoyou.

Iloveeatingpersimmons(柿子).Butyoucan'tgetthemuntilautumn.Ifyoutrythembeforetherighttimetheyprobably 17 bad.

InGradeSixbecauseofmypoorgradesmyparentswere 18 thatIwouldn'tbeabletogetintoanexcellentmiddleschool.They 19 metostudyharderbutIdidn'treallyunderstandwhytheyweresoanxious.

SummercameandIstudiedhard.Thehotweathermademe 20 andIcouldn'tfocusonmytextbooks.ButeverytimeIwantedtostop 21 Momwouldshout"Heyyou!Thinkaboutyour 22 .Ifyoudon'tworkhardyou'llregret(后悔)it!"Ihadtositbackdownagainandreturntomytextbooks.ButallI 23 wasplayingwithmyfriendsandeatingpersimmons.

Mymomwouldsaytomewithaseriouslookon 24 face"Ifapersimmontreedoesn'tgrowinsummeritcan'tbear(结出)fruitinautumn!Onlybyhardwork 25 yougetthegoodresultofyourwork."

AlthoughIdidn'tunderstanditatthattimeI 26 cametoseethetruthofherwords.AfewmonthslaterIsucceededingettingintothekeymiddleschool.Itwas 27 .WalkinginmynewschoolIcouldseequiteafewpersimmontrees.Thefruitwassoredthatitlookedasifitwasonfire.SuddenlyI 28 thatworkinghardmaybebitterbutitsfruitissweet.

Mymomwasright:Ifapersimmontreedoesn'tgrow 29 summeritcan'tbearfruitinautumn.Ismiled.

Ihadgrownthroughthesummer 30 nowitwasautumn.

Itastedmysuccessandenjoyedthefruitsofmylabors!

( )16.A.busy B.clever C.hard-working

( )17.A.look B.taste C.turn

( )18.A.embarrassed. B.worried C.excited

( )19.A.afforded B.allowed C.pushed

( )20.A.sleepy B.slept C.asleep

( )21.A.thinking B.working C.playing

( )22.A.future B.hobby C.