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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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　　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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