Two men each decided to buy a horse. One man found a red horse with a lot of  46  , while the other chose a more docile(溫順的) one. The two men would go  47  together every day. It  48  that on their way around the countryside, they came to a big ditch(溝) about nine feet  49  .

It was  50  that the red horse’s spirit could not be shaken. When coming up to the ditch the horse was  51  to respond and jumped it with no problem. Yet the docile horse wasn’t sure of the  52  . Each time it would walk up to the edge,  53  with doubt. The distance across looked too great,  54  .Then one day, after a long time coming up to the ditch and  55  its companion(同伴) jump the ditch easily, something happened within the docile horse. A  56  was born—it  57  jump the ditch, too. In the end, it successfully jumped over the ditch.

  58  is very like what happened with the two horses. When we  59  situations where we don’t know if we can  60  it, we hesitate, standing on the edge, shaking.  61  we stop worrying about the obstacle(障礙), which, to our  62  seems too big for us, we will  63  find that we are able to make it easily. It is the spirit within us that can judge the distance to the other side and give us the  64  to make it.

It all comes down to one  65  : whether we look for the spirit within, or just stand on the edge and hesitate. We will always have a choice.

—It is reported that Maradona is no longer the coach of Argentina.

—______ He is so great.　

A. That couldn’t be better.　　　　　　　　　 B. You can’t be serious.　

C. I couldn’t agree more.　　　　　　　　　　 D. I’m crazy about football.

With Chinese jets entering airspace over the Diaoyu Islands, Chinese government indicate s it will never ______ any part of the islands. 

A. put up       B. give up          C. pick up            D. split up

______ the work on time, they worked very hard during the past three months.

A. To have completed                       B. Being completed         

C. Having completed                        D. To complete

After the workers had all gained the new skill, the factory produced ______ dolls in 2012 as the year before.  

A. more than twice as many                  B. twice as many as

C. twice more than as many                  D. as twice many as

— Hurry up! I’m waiting.

—I ______; I’ll be with you in a minute.　

A. have just finished　 B. just finished　 C. am just finishing　 D. had just finished

The performance by Leehom Wang and Yundi Li was a big success ______, if possible, many people want to see it again. 

A. so that      B. unless            C. although          D. in order that

This sharp knife should not be kept where it is ______ to children.  

A. similar      B. supposed         C. accessible         D. acceptable

—Did you catch the first bus？

—No, it ______ the stop by the time I got there.　

A. left　　　　 B. was leaving　　 　C. had left　　　　 D. would leave

Hearing the news that Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, he was so excited, ______ anyone would be.

A. that         B. what             C. as              D. how