专题15 完形填空
(一)
In my early childhood, my parents and teachers taught me to be persistent (执着) in every task I devoted myself to. I was __1__ that persistence is the only way towards success. But a small __2__ made me change my mind.
One day my twoyearold son, __3__ at a dozen of “stood” color markerpens, cheered excitedly，“Mummy, look! I did it.” Afterwards, he collected some ballpens, __4__ to do the same. Hard though he tried, the ballpens just lay __5__. He turned to me for help. Noticing they had either sharp or round ends, I said __6__， “Mummy can't help you.” To my surprise, he wouldn't listen and continued trying... I was dumbfounded by his persistence.
My son's behavi our reminded me of George who was always __7__ in his work and rarely talked to anyone. To him, __8__， there was no such thing called weekends or holidays. Our boss praised __9__ about him and __10__ us to look up to him as a role model.
One day I met George. “Gonna work late again tonight？”
“Probably can't leave till midnight，” he said.
“How many hours have you put in here each week, eighty or ninety？”
“__11__.”
“Don't you have time to be with your family at all？”
He shook his head slowly and __12__ a sigh. “It's not what I wanted. But I have worked on it for so long. It's much too __13__ to even think about letting go.”
