英语四级考试改错题型讲解—模拟练习四

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模拟练习四

No one can be brilliant at everything. In fact, success

in one area often precludes success in others.1.

A famous politician once told me that his career

has practically destroyed his marriage. “I have2.

no time for my family,” he explained. “I travel a lot.

And even though I am home, I hardly see my kids.3.

Ive got power, money, prestige—but as a husband

or father, I am a flop.” Certain kinds of success can

indeed be destructive. The danger of earlier success is4.

particularly acute. I recall in my childhood a girl5.

who skill on ice skates marked her as “Olympic material.”6.

While rest of us were playing, bicycling, reading7.

and just lofting, this girl skatedeveryday after

school or all weekend. Her picture often appeared8.

on the papers, and the rest of us envied her glamorous life.9.

Years later, however, she spoke bitterly of those

early triumphs. “I never prepared myself with anything10.

but ice,” she said. “I peaked at 17 and its been downhill
ever since.”