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　　When I entered Berkeley, I hoped to win a scholarship(獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金)．Having been a straight-A student, I believed I could take tough subjects and really learn something．One such course was Would Literature given by Professor Jayne．I was very interested in the ideas he 　　1　　 in class．

　　When I took the first exam, I couldn't believe that I got a 77, C＋, on my test paper, 　　2　　 Enlgish was my best subject．I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to me carefully but remained(保持)　　3　　．

　　I decided to try harder, although I didn't know what that meant because school had always been easy for me．I read the books more carefully, but got another 77．Again, I 　　4　　 with Professor Jayne．Again, he listened but wouldn't change his 　　5　　．

　　One more test before the final exam．One more 　　6　　 to improve my grade．So I redoubled my efforts(努力), but they did no good and everything 　　7　　 as before．

　　The last problem was the final．No matter what grade I got, three C＋ were still there．I might as well kiss the 　　8　　 goodbye．

　　I stopped working hard．I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would．The night before the final, I even 　　9　　 myself to a movie．The next day I decided for once I'd have fun with a test．

　　A week later, I was surprised to find I got anA．I hurried into Professor Jayne's office．He seemed to be 　　10　　 me．“If I gave you the As you expected, you wouldn't continue to work as hard．”

　　I looked at him, realizing that his strategy(策略)was 　　11　　, I had worked my head off, as I had 　　12　　 done before．

　　At the end of the term, my course grade arrived．A＋．It was the only A＋ given．The next year I received my scholarship．I've always remembered Professor Jayne's lesson：you alone must set your own standard of excellence．

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Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer, to sing for her friends. But she (1) him to have dinner with them. She told him to eat (2) the servants. After the meal Martin stood up and said to the servant, “Now, my good friends, I(3) for you.” He sang several songs and the servants were quite (4) .Then the rich woman asked (5) to come to the sitting-room. “ We are waiting for your songs. (6) you ready?” the woman asked.“ I am sorry,” Martin said. “ I have sung (7) . I usually (8) once in one evening, and I can’t sing (9) .And with a polite “ (10) ” , he left the rich woman’s house.

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　　Once a rich woman invited Martin Brown, a famous singer, to sing for her friends．But she 　　1　　 him to have dinner with them．She told him to eat 　　2　　 the servants(傭人)．

　　After the meal Martin stood up and said to the servants, “ Now, my good friends, I 　　3　　 for you．” He sang several songs and the servants were quite 　　4　　．

　　Then the rich woman asked 　　5　　 to come to the sitting-room．“ We are waiting for your songs．　　6　　 you ready?” the woman asked．

　　“ I am sorry, ” Martin said．“I have sung 　　7　　．I usually 　　8　　 once in one evening, and I can’t sing 　　9　　”．And with a polite “　　10　　” he left the rich woman’s house．

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