第二部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
If you want to stand out, there is no alternative but hard work.
Once a boy in 21 clothes full of patches ran to ask a successful building contractor (承包商) in a construction site, “How could I become as 22 as you when I grow up?”
With a(n) 23 at the boy, the contractor replied, “There is a story about three diggers. The first digger liked holding a spade(铁锹) without doing anything but saying that he wanted to be 24 in the future. The second always liked 25 about the work and his low 26 . The third digger liked 27 devoting himself to digging. Later, the first was still holding his spade in the 28 place and the second took an excuse for early 29 . Only the third became a boss. Do you understand the 30 of this story? Just go to buy a __31 shirt and work hard.”
The little boy was 32 . So he asked the contractor to explain further. 33 the working builders, the contractor replied. “Look at my workers! I can’t remember all their names, and even I have no 34 of some of them. Most of them wear blue shirts. But if you look 35 , you will notice a sunburned man in red. He seems to be working harder than others. He is always the first one to work while the last one to leave. It is exactly his red shirt that makes him 36 . Soon he will be 37 to my assistant. You know, that is also how I got 38 I am now. I worked hard and wore a striped shirt. My boss 39 me. I also became a boss eventually.”
Success can only 40 action. Working hard is all winners’ shared experience for achieving their dreams.
