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                          (一) (2015 •襄陽) 

        If you lose 12 times,will you just give up? Dale Carnegie,a pioneer in public speaking and self-development, kept t (1). And he became famous by showing people how to be successful.

        Carnegie was bom in 1888 in a poor farming family in the central United States. The boy didn't see a train u (2) he was 12 years old. In his teens,he had to get up at 4 a. m. every day to milk the cows in his family.

        When Carnegie first entered college,he felt hopeless because of his clothes and ordinary looks. His mother e (3) him:“Why not try to be better in other things i (4) of just dress and good looks?”

        Carnegie tried to be more a (5) in college.He joined the debate (辯論) team. But one after another , he lost 12 times. The young man was d (6) in himself. He said later that he thought of killing himself af-ter so many failures (失敗) .

        But soon Carnegie was seen practicing public speaking on the riverside. His hard work brought good results at last. In 1906,Carnegie won a famous speech c (7) and became widely known.

        The young man made his own words come true:“B (8) that you will succeed,and you will.”In order to s (9) his success,Carnegie opened schools and wrote books. His best-sellers (暢銷書) i (10) How to Win Friends and Influence People and How to Stop Worrying and Start More than 50 million copies of his books have been printed in 38 l (11) .They are still helping people on the road to success.

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1. trying   2. until   3. encouraged   4. instead   5. active/alive   6. disappointed   

7. competition/contest   8. Believe   9. share   10. include   11. languages