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Nearly thirty years ago, I went rock climbing for the first time with a group in New Mexico. It sounded exciting and  1! Anyone who has ever climbed knows that you can easily  2where there is no place to go, or so. It seems you’re stuck. But    3is not an option. You cannot just stand there and feel  4for yourself. You cannot go back down, so you are  5to become solution minded.

I held on for dear life that day, on my first climb,   6about three quarters of the way to the top. It seemed that there was no place to go, and  7to put my hands or feet so that I could  8upward. But after a few minutes had passed I realized that I had to do  9. I began to look again for a(n)  10. I then noticed a   11sticking out, which I might be able to grab with my hands and  12myself up to where I could have a small foothold. I called to the instructor at the top and asked him if that rock would hold my  13if I pulled myself up. I can  14remember his answer, “I don’t know. Why don’t you try it and see?”

In life we many times feel “stuck”. We wonder how we got into the  15that we are presently in. It is in those times that we need to be careful about how we define(定义)it. Have we failed,   16is it just a setback?

Setbacks, adversity(逆境), or being stuck is never an indication that you are a   17unless you decide that those things define your life as a failure. For people looking for a(n)  18to be a failure, there are always plenty to choose from. But if you want your life to be successful, setbacks, adversity and being stuck are   19stepping-stones to your success. Success minded people  20those kinds of things for what they really are. They know that for them, they are only temporary.

1.A. amusing        B. challenging          C. boring           D. surprising

2.A. put away       B. take up          C. end up           D. lead to

3.A. searching      B. regretting           C. refusing     D. quitting

4.A. sorry          B. free             C. amazed       D. surprised

5.A. unlikely       B. forced               C. asked            D. bound

6.A. shocked        B. stuck                C. suffered     D. struck

7.A. nowhere        B. somewhere            C. anywhere     D. wherever

8.A. continue       B. improve          C. promote      D. enjoy

9.A. everything     B. something            C. anything     D. nothing

10.A. attention     B. appreciation     C. solution     D. expectation

11.A. track         B. sign             C. tree         D. rock

12.A. turn          B. push             C. pull         D. build

13.A. quantity      B. feet             C. weight           D. burden

14.A. still         B. never                C. hardly           D. ever

15.A. destination       B. situation            C. location     D. occasion

16.A. however       B. otherwise            C. or           D. yet

17.A. learner           B. failure              C. thinker      D. winner

18.A. signal            B. excuse               C. comment      D. imagine

19.A. easily            B. hardly               C. simply           D. nearly

20.A. develop           B. deserve          C. promise      D. accept