题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面一篇短文，理解大意，然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

One’s attitude is always important. If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are ______ , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.

I love eating persimmons (柿子) . But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably   ______ bad. In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were   ______  that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They______ me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious(焦虑的).

Summer came and I studied hard. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t concentrate (集中精力) on my textbook. But every time when I wanted to stop ______  , my dad would say, “Think about your  ______ . If you don’t work hard, you will regret.” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I  ______ was playing with my friends.

My dad would say to me, with a serious look on  ______  face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear (结出) fruit in autumn! Only by working hard can you get good results.” A few months later, I succeeded in ______  the key middle school. I was so happy. My dad was right, if a persimmon tree doesn’t grow ______ summer, there will be no fruit in autumn. I worked hard and I enjoyed the fruit of my hard work!

1.A. busy         B. clever        C. hard-working       D. free

2.A. look         B. taste         C. turn               D. smell

3.A. embarrassed B. worried     C. excited            D. annoyed

4.A. made        B. allowed       C. pushed             D. pulled

5.A. thinking     B. working       C. playing            D. looking

6.A. future       B. hobby        C. health            D. wealth

7.A. talked about B. heard about   C. thought about      D. throw about

8.A. his         B. your         C. my                 D. their

9.A. failing      B. reaching      C. getting            D. entering

10. A. before     B. during        C. after             D. until