阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

    I was a single parent of four small children, working at a low-paid job. Money was always tight, but we had a 1 over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and if not a lot, always 2. Not knowing we were poor, my kids(孩子们) just thought I was 3. I've always been glad about that.

    It was Christmas time, and although there wasn't 4 for a lot of gifts, we planned to celebrate with a family party. But the big 5 for the kids was the fun of Christmas 6.

    They planned weeks ahead of time, asking 7 what they wanted for Christmas. Fortunately, I had saved $120 for 8 to share by all five of us.

    The big 9 arrived. I gave each kid a twenty-dollar bill and 10 them to look for gifts of about four dollars each. Then everyone scattered(散开). We had two hours to shop; then we would 11 back at the “Santa's Workshop”.

    Driving home, everyone was in high Christmas spirits, 12 my younger daughter, Ginger, who was unusually 13. She had only one small, flat bag with a few candies—fifty-cent candies! I was so angry, but I didn't say anything 14 we got home. I called her into my bedroom and closed the door,15 to be angry again. This is what she told me.

     “I was looking 16 thinking of what to buy, and I 17 to read the little cards on the ‘Giving Trees.' One was for a little girl, four years old, and all she 18 for Christmas was a doll. So I took the card off the tree and 19 the doll for her. We have so much and she doesn't have anything.”

    I never felt so 20 as I did that day.

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    Where do you go when you want to learn something? A friend? A tutor? These are all 1places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want 2somewhere else instead. I had the3 of seeing this first hand on a 4.

    My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did well this season and so5 a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some6experiences on Saturday as they played against teams 7 trained. Through the first two games, her8 did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I9 seeing my daughter playing her best, 10still defeated.

    It seemed that something clicked with the 11 between Saturday and Sunday. When they 12for their Sunday game, they were 13 different. They had begun to integrate (融合) the kinds of play and teamwork they had 14the day before into their15 . They played aggressively and 16scored a goal.

    It 17me that playing against the other team was a great 18 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 19is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be20what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.

台湾是祖国圣神领土不可分割的一部分，如图所蕴含的台湾信息，叙述正确的是（　　）

      ①有所不为，才能有所为。人生有很多可以放弃的东西，但万万不可轻言放弃的是：努力。
      ②你是否知道鲮鱼和鲦鱼的习性？鲮鱼喜欢吃鲦鱼，鲦鱼总是躲避鲮鱼，有人曾经用这两种鱼做了一个实验：实验者用玻璃板把一个水池隔成两半，把一条鲮鱼和一条鲦鱼分别放在玻璃隔板的两侧，开始时，鲮鱼要吃鲦鱼，飞快地向鲦鱼游去，可每次都撞在玻璃板上，游不过去。过了一会儿工夫，鲮鱼放弃了努力，不再向鲦鱼那边游去。更有趣的是，当实验者将玻璃板抽出来之后，鲮鱼也不再尝试去吃鲦鱼了！鲮鱼失去了吃掉鲦鱼的信心，放弃了已经可以达到目的的努力。
      ③其实，作为万物之灵的人，有时也会犯鲮鱼那样的错误。记得4分钟跑完1英里的故事吧？自古希腊以来，人们一直试图达到4分钟跑完1英里的目标。为了达到这个目标，人们曾让狮子追赶奔跑者，也曾喝过真正的老虎奶，但是都没实现目标。于是，许许多多的医生、教练员和运动员断言：人在4分钟内跑完一英里路程是绝对不可能的，因为，我们的骨骼结构不对头，肺活量不够大，风的阻力又太大。理由实在很多很多。
      ④然而，有一个人首先开创了4分钟跑完1英里的纪录，证明许许多多的医生、教练员和运动员的断言都错了。这个人就是罗杰•班尼斯特。更令人惊叹的是，一马当先竟引来了万马奔腾。在此之后的一年里，又有300名运动员在4分钟内跑完了1英里的路程。
      ⑤训练技术并没有重大突破，人类的骨骼结构也没有大的改变，数十年前被认为是根本不可能的事情，为什么今天变成了现实？是因为有人没有放弃努力，是因为有了榜样的力量。
      ⑥在由失败通往胜利的路上，有时候障碍的确存在，甚至很多；但有时候障碍已经消失，或已在不知不觉中被我们克服，可我们还误认为障碍仍然存在，不可逾越。可以说，有好多障碍并不是存在于外界，而是存在于我们的心里。
      ⑦几乎每个胜利者，都曾经是个失败者。胜利者与失败者的重要区别是：胜利者屡败屡战，决不轻易放弃努力；失败者偶遇挫折，却很快放弃了努力。
      ⑧在由失败通往胜利的征途上有道河，那道河叫放弃。
      ⑨在由失败通往胜利的征途上有座桥，那座桥叫努力。