I have never met a successful person who wasn’t 100% prepared. Once you realize the advantage that exceptional __21___ gives, it becomes a lifelong habit.

Ivan Lendl is a typical example. He has thought about every side to his game, _22___ it is playing plan against an opponent, or his diet, or fitness program. But what really __23____ me was when he told me he also knew the airline and flight number he was taking to the city in question. That is the way he __24___ everything. It is one element that has made him a champion.

One reason many of us aren’t prepared is that we rarely appreciate it. And if anyone does find out we have prepared carefully to make certain we __25___ our goal, we may well be laughed at. In fact, many people are afraid to be prepared: if they are, they lose an excellent _26____when they fail.

In sport, you meet athletes who let it be known they are not in top condition for a competition. It __27___ the pressure. If they lose, they were not at their best. If they win, they go beyond everyone’s __28___. This is a classic 50% solution: you win some, you lose some. Then there are the people who do their preparation in public. They constantly tell you how hard they are working. That way, if they fail, it is not because they did not try. This is the 75% solution: prepare well, give it your best, let things turn out as they will.

The very best performers, __29___ , spend hidden hours to make sure that they are No. 1. They don’t need or want the world to see them sweat. This is the 110% solution: First determine the __30__ result. Then calculate your effort.

21       A. chance            B. possibility         c. preparation         D. ambition

22       A. whether       B. when                c. whatever            D. if

23       A. amused           B. delighted           c. astonished          D. confused

24       A. works out     B. deals with          c. gets to         D. acts as

25       A. acquire            B. achieve             c. possess               D. have

26       A. reason             B. explanation        c. prediction          D. excuse

27       A. relieves           B. releases             c. rejects                D. regulates

28       A. expectations     B. wishes           c. ideas                  D. opinions

29       A. yet                B. however        c. besides               D. furthermore

30       A. desired            B. acquired            c. admired             D. prepared

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　　何铸，字伯寿，余杭人。登政和五年进士第，历官州县，入为诸王宫大小学教授、秘书郎。御史中丞廖刚荐铸操履劲正，可备拾遗补阙之选。即命对。铸首陈：“动天之德莫大于孝，感物之道莫过于诚。诚孝既至，则归梓宫于陵寝，奉两宫于魏阙，绍大业，复境土，又何难焉！”帝嘉纳之。

　　拜监察御史，寻迁殿中侍御史。上疏论：“士大夫心术不正，徇虚以掠名，托名以规利。言不由衷而首尾向背，行险自售而设意相倾者，为事君之失。怀险巇之谋，行刻薄之政，轻儇不庄，慢易无礼者，为行己之失。乞大明好恶，中饬中外，各务正其心术，毋或欺诞。”盖有所指也。

　　先是，秦桧力主和议，大将岳飞有战功，金人所深忌，桧恶其异己，欲除之，胁飞故将王贵上变，逮飞系大理狱，先命铸鞫之。铸引飞至庭，诘其反状。飞袒而示之背，背有旧涅“精忠报国”四大字，深入肤里。既而阅实俱无验，铸察其冤，白之桧。桧不悦曰：“此上意也。”铸曰：“铸岂区区为一岳飞者？强敌未灭，无故戮一大将，失士卒心，非社稷之长计。”桧语塞，改命万俟。飞死狱中，子云斩于市。

　　桧衔铸。时金遣萧毅、邢具瞻来议事，桧言：“先帝梓宫未反，太后銮舆尚迁朔方，非大臣不可祈请。”乃以铸为端明殿学士、签书枢密院事为报谢使。铸曰：“是行犹颜真卿使李希烈也，然君命不可辞。”既返命，桧讽万俟使论铸私岳飞为不反，欲窜诸岭表，帝不从，止谪徽州。

　　时有使金者还，言金人问铸安在，曾用否。于是复使知温州。未几，以端明殿学士提举万寿观兼侍读，召赴行在，力辞。乃再遣使金，使事秘而不传。既归报，帝复许以大用，除资政殿学士，知徽州。居数月，提举江州太平兴国宫。卒，年六十五。（选自《宋史·何铸列传》，有删改）

1．以下各组句子中，分别表明何铸“操履劲正”和“桧衔铸”的一组是（     ）

A．动天之德莫大于孝/非大臣不可祈请

B．言不由衷而首尾向背/诘其反状

C．铸岂区区为一岳飞者/欲窜诸岭表

D．失士卒心，非社稷之长计/此上意也

2．下列对原文有关内容的分析和概括，不正确的一项是（     ）

A．何铸为人正直，经御史中丞廖刚的举荐，得以当面回答皇帝的问话，一开始就提出了自己以“诚”“孝”治国的主张。

B．何铸曾给皇帝上书，指出士大夫们心术不正互相倾轧，希望皇上分清好坏，这可能是专指某些人的。C．秦桧要除掉岳飞，就胁迫王贵告岳飞谋反，逮捕岳飞后，让何铸审案，何铸没有按照秦桧的意图行事，秦桧怀恨在心，伺机加害何铸。

D．何铸作为“报谢使”出使金国，心知此行的危险，但君命不能推辞，后来又再次出使金国，这都是秦桧想借机杀害何铸的阴谋。