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Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success 36 fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the 37 in our lives.

When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no 38 of knowing that his life was to change 39 . The class experiment that day was to 40 how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling（冒泡）to the surface. 41 , the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat 42 held something more volatile（易挥发的）than water. When Wilson heated it, the container 43 , leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes.

When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents 44 to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had 45 their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as 46 . He learned braille（盲文）quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a（n） 47 public speaker.

Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from 48 for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to 49 his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue 50 it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the 51 Wilson made to preventing the 52 .

Wilson received several international 53 for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a 54 . He proved that it's not what happens to us that 55 our lives — it's what we make of what happens.

36.
（A）depends
（B）holds
（C）keeps
（D）reflects

37.
（A）dilemmas
（B）accidents
（C）events
（D）steps

38.
（A）way
（B）hope
（C）plan
（D）measure

39.
（A）continually
（B）gradually
（C）gracefully
（D）completely

40.
（A）direct
（B）show
（C）advocate
（D）declare

41.
（A）Anyway
（B）Moreover
（C）Somehow
（D）Thus

42.
（A）mistakenly
（B）casually
（C）amazingly
（D） clumsily

43.
（A）erupted
（B）exploded
（C）emptied
（D）exposed

44.
（A）deserved
（B） attempted
（C） cared
（D） agreed

45.
（A）submitted to
（B）catered for
（C）impressed on
（D）happened to

46.
（A）fantastic
（B）extraordinary
（C）impressive
（D）catastrophic

47.
（A）accomplished
（B）crucial
（C）specific
（D）innocent

48.
（A）deafness
（B） depression
（C） blindness
（D）speechlessness

49.
（A）decide
（B）abandon
（C）control
（D）accept

50.
（A）until
（B）when
（C）unless
（D）before

51.
（A）opposition
（B）adjustments
（C）commitment
（D）limitations

52.
（A）preventable
（B）potential
（C）spreadable
（D）influential

53.
（A）scholarships
（B）rewards
（C）awards
（D） bonuses

54.
（A）fortune
（B）recipe
（C）dream
（D）vision

55.
（A）distinguishes
（B）determines
（C）claims
（D）limits

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