1、 1 A My name is Wil Wheaton and I am a nerd( ) a nerd.When I was a little boy people really teased me about that and 2.made(make) me feel like a 3.professional(profession) nerd and the world has changed.I think we 4.have realized(realize) that being a nerd is not about what you love 5.but about how
2、you love. be.It might be sports or science or reading or 6.telling(tell) stories Game of Thrones while others love Star Wars.But we all love those things so much that we travel 7.thousands(thousand) of miles which is 8.probably(probable) easy for you but to be around people who love why being a nerd
3、 is awesome. I want you to work hard because everything worth 10.doing(do) is hard.I want you to be awesome and I will do my very best to leave you a planet that you can still live on. 1 a nerd 2 made and teased made 3 professional 4 have realized 5 but not.but. 6 telling 2 or reading reading 7 thou
4、sands thousands of 8 probably (easy) 9 why 10 doing sth.be worth doing B Just up the road from my home is a field with two horses in it.From a distance each horse looks like any other horse.But if you get a 11.closer(close) look you will notice one of them is blind. Instead of abandoning him his own
5、er has made him a safe and comfortable barn to live in.And if you stand nearby and listen you will hear the sound of a bell ing(come) from 13.a smaller horse.Attached to 14.its(it) halter is a small 15 As/When you watch them on the blind one and that the blind horse will listen for the bell and then
6、 slowly walk to 16.where the other one is trusting he will not 17.be led(lead) astray.When the horse with the bell returns to the barn each evening he will stop 18.frequently(frequent) to look back making sure that the 19.other behind to hear the bell. Life does not throw us away just because we are
7、 not perfect or because we have problems or challenges.Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell of our acquaintances 20.at other times we are the guide horse who helps others to find their way. 11 closer close closer 12 coming hear hear sound come 3 coming 13 a a 14 i
8、ts halter it its 15 As/When As/When 16 where where 17 be led lead 18 frequently frequent stop frequently 19 other the other 20 at C Sometimes the targets we set 21.ourselves(us) are just too high.We think that we will be better people in the future.Just as we are 22.easily(easy) taken over by the pl
9、anning fallacy( ) believing that we can complete a large project for work in an afternoon we thin One of the most 23.famous/famed(fame) examples of the planning fallacy is 24.that of the Oxford English Dictionary.In 1860 plans were in place to complete it within three years.In 1879 there was a new d
10、eal to publish 25.it within a decade but after It was finally completed in 1928 by 26.which time it was considered out of date and revisions began at once. The same thing happens when it comes to 27.trying(try) to change our lifestyles.We read about a new idea and that optimism fires up all over aga
11、in.At the University She found that people set themselves unrealistic targets which they undoubtedly failed to reach leaving them feeling even 28.worse(bad) about themselves.Some of 4 the students she studied had tried and failed for 10 years to make the same 29.changes(change) in their lives but ea
12、ch year they 30.were convinced(convince) that this time it would work. 21 ourselves us we 22 easily easy are taken over 23 famous/famed fame famous/famed 24 that that one of the most famous/famed examples 25 it it the Oxford English Dictionary 26 which time which 27 trying when it comes to to try trying 28 worse even worse 29 changes in their lives changes 30 were convinced convince were convinced be convinced that.
