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   Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old, and did

 not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about llis rnenta1ability.

    Beethoven's music teacher said about him，“As a conlposer（作曲家）he is hopeless．”

What if tllis young boy believed it?

    When Thomas Edison was a young boy,his teachers said he was so stupid that he could

 never learn once said,‘‘I remember I used to never be able to get along at

 schoo1.1 was always at tlle foot of my class…My father thought.1 was stupid,and I almost

 decided that l was a stupid person.”What if young eved what mey said about

 him?

    When the sculptor(雕刻家)Auguste Rodin was young; he had difficulty learning to

read and write.:. Today, we may say he had a learning disability. His father said of him, "I

have an idiot(白痴) for a son. "His uncle agreed. "He's uneducable," he said. What if

Rodin had doubted his ability?

   Walt Disney was once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no

"good ideas". Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, "you can't sing. You have no

voice at all. " And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that

would have popular appeal.

    What if these people had listened and become discouraged? Where would our world be

without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Dis-

ney? As Oscar Levant once said, "It's not what you are but what you don't become that hurts. "

    You have great p you believe in all you can be, rather than all you cannot

become, you will find your place on earth.

21. How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage?

   A. six.      B. seven.      C. eight.      D. nine.

22. Which of the following statements is RIGHT?

   A. When he was young, Thomas Edison always got good grades at school.

   B. Levant thought Louisa May Alcott couldn' t write any popular'works.

   C. Only Auguste Rodin's uncle regarded him a boy of learning ability.

   D. Both Enrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.

23. What' s the meaning of the underlined sentence  " He' s uneducable" ?

     A. He can't be taught.              B. He is very clever.

     C. He is different.                 D. He is a late success.

24. What is the best title of the passage?

    A. Working Hard for Success       B. Having Dreams

    C. Believing in Yourself           D. Self-challenging

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