题目内容：

Like many perfectionists, I truly believed that self-sufficiency was a virtue. And _____ my brain was so good at finding what it was looking for, I noticed every single time that idea got proved _____, and so I always had lots of _____for why it really was better if I just handled everything myself.

This kind of thinking, friends, was the _____in disguise (伪装).

My self-reliance came in handy when I was a kid in the seventies and in adulthood when I was an independent _____Then, in the first years of _____the Organized Artist Company, I found myself _____everything I could about websites, copywriting, graphic design, etc. Later whenever one of my business friends _____about how her website was being held hostage (人质) by her designer, I _____felt too satisfied. _____if mistakes were made in my business, they were all mine.

Now this was where my false _____showed up—in not wanting others to know I made mistakes. If I had other people _____me, they would see my errors and _____. Working alone, I could keep up a pretty good display of _____.

But as the Organized Artist Company became increasingly _____, I realized I was doing harm to the people I was trying to serve by attempting to do everything myself. I was _____my growth and the depth of my work.

I had built a business with my own two hands, and I _____with a business that I could hold in my own two hands. Cozy, _____limited in scope (范围).

Once I was willing to control my ego( 自负) and admit that my vision of self-sufficiency was a _____my business took a remarkable leap forward, and revenue _____. Little change, big difference.

1.A. while    B. since    C. before    D. until

2.A. clear    B. mistaken    C. rough    D. right

3.A. evidence    B. experience    C. suggestion    D. confidence

4.A. magic    B. devil    C. sheep    D. heaven

5.A. worker    B. perfectionist    C. writer    D. artist

6.A. running    B. owning    C. founding    D. establishing

7.A. losing    B. quitting    C. learning    D. possessing

8.A. communicated    B. commented    C. compromised    D. complained

9.A. doubtfully    B. seriously    C. secretly    D. strangely

10.A. At most    B. At last    C. At length    D. At least

11.A. elegance    B. pride    C. anxiety    D. annoyance

12.A. helping    B. persuading    C. criticizing    D. ignoring

13.A. statements    B. misjudgments    C. arguments    D. agreements

14.A. inspiration    B. imagination    C. excellence    D. patience

15.A. difficult    B. successful    C. boring    D. relaxing

16.A. limiting    B. designing    C. creating    D. promoting

17.A. came down    B. got away    C. ended up    D. came up

18.A. but    B. or    C. so    D. and

19.A. dream    B. virtue    C. concept    D. trap

20.A. shrank    B. doubled    C. dropped    D. stayed