2018--2019学年人教版选修七Unit 3 Under the sea Learning about language课时作业(4)
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Unit 3 Under the sea Learning about language课时作业

第一节 完型填空

  People get truly happy and successful by becoming the best and the most genuine (真实的) version of themselves, not on the outside-on the inside. It's not about a brand or a 1 . It's about reality: who you really are.

  It sounds simple, I know. The problem is, it's very hard to do, it takes a lot of work, and it can take a lifetime to 2  it out.

   3  worth doing in life is ever easy. If you want to do great work, it's going to take a lot of hard work to do it. And you're going to have to break out of your comfort zone and take some 4  that will scare you so much. But what's the 5  of life if you cannot find yourself and try to become the best?

  That's what Steve Jobs 6  when he said: Your time is 7 , so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions 8  your own inner voice. You have to 9  something-your gut (直觉), fate, life, or  10 . This 11  has never let me down, and it has made all the difference to my life.

  Now, let's be 12  about this for a moment. Insightful as that advice may be, it sounds a little too  13 to resonate (引起共鸣) with today's quick-fix culture. These days, if you can't tell people exactly what to do and how to do it, it will 14  deaf ears.

  Not only that, but what Jobs was talking about, or what I'm talking about, requires focus and discipline, two things that are very hard to 15  these days. Why? Because focus and discipline are hard. It's so much easier to 16  to distraction (分心).

  There's a business concept called opportunity cost. When you choose one course of action, you will miss out on all the other opportunities you might choose to 17 . People 18  stop to consider that until it's too late.

And yet, the opportunity for adventure is right there in front of each and every one of us. Until you take it, you'll never know what you might  19 . All you have to do is to  20  the journey. So, take action!