A young man went to visit a wise man who lived deep in the mountain____

    "Excuse me!____ Is it the day we were born or the day we die？Is it the day we fall in love or the day we are successful？"the young man asked．

    "None．The most important day in our lives is today．The wise man replied calmly．

    "Why？"the young man was very surprised．

    ____

    "So is it because of my visit？"

    "Even if nobody visited me today，today is still very important，because today is the only wealth we have．No matter how important yesterday is，it has gone by；____

    No matter how ordinary and boring today is，it is in our hands．"

    The young man still wanted to ask something，but the wise man stopped him and said，"When we are talking about the importance of today，we have wasted a lot of it．That is to say，part of‘today'has passed．"

    Having understood this，the young man nodded and then went down the mountain．

    ____Therefore，what we should do now is to forget yesterday and tomorrow and catch hold of today!

A．Is it because there is some unusual event taking place today？

B．Actually today is the only wealth and chance we have．

C．No matter how wonderful tomorrow may be，it hasn't come

D．Could you tell me what is the most important day in our lives？

E．He wanted to ask for the wisdom of life．

①导致挫折的因素多种多样，都是可以控制的

②只有经历挫折才能取得成功

③同样是挫折，对不同的人可能会产生不同的影响

④勇于创新是我们战胜困难和挫折的必由之路

B

    Colin Boyle was born in 1973 near Dublin，Ireland. While he was ill in hospital at age 10,his uncle gave him an old violin．He loved it right away．After he left the hospital，he practiced at his school every day after class．

    One day in 1987，John Leaf the manager(经纪人)of several Successful musicians ,came to Colin's school．He was having a meeting with the headmaster when he heard Colin practicing．After the meeting，he found Colin and invited him to appear in one of the concerts he was organizing that yeas Colin，however, refused Leaf's invitation because just then he was preparing for some important school exams．Years later, Colin made it to college to study engineering．At college he met Kim O'Malley, who was studying chemistry(化学)．Kim was also good at music．Being students，they didn't have much money and they usually worked in a restaurant on weekends．

    One evening in April 1992, while Colin and Kim were at work, they heard that there would be no live(现场演出的)music in the restaurant that night because the singer could not come．Colin and Kim persuaded the owner of the restaurant to let them play．Everyone was shocked to hear how good they were．After that, they worked hard together and improved greatly in music．