【甲】时先主屯新野。徐庶见先主，先主器之，谓先主曰：“诸葛孔明者，卧龙也，将军岂愿见之乎？”先主曰：“君与俱来。”庶曰：“此人可就见，不可屈致也。将军宜枉驾顾之。”

       由是先主遂诣亮，凡三往，乃见。因屏人曰：“汉室倾颓，奸臣窃命，主上蒙尘。孤不度德量力，欲信大义于天下；而智术浅短，遂用猖蹶，至于今日。然志犹未已，君谓计将安出？”

       亮答曰：“自董卓已来，豪杰并起，跨州连郡者不可胜数。曹操比于袁绍，则名微而众寡。然操遂能克绍，以弱为强者，非惟天时，抑亦人谋也。今操已拥百万之众，挟天子而令诸侯，此诚不可与争锋。孙权据有江东，已历三世，国险而民附，贤能为之用，此可以为援而不可图也。荆州北据汉、沔，利尽南海，东连吴会，西通巴、蜀，此用武之国，而其主不能守，此殆天所以资将军，将军岂有意乎？益州险塞，沃野千里，天府之土，高祖因之以成帝业。刘璋暗弱，张鲁在北，民殷国富而不知存恤，智能之士思得明君。将军既帝室之胄，信义著于四海，总揽英雄，思贤如渴，若跨有荆、益，保其岩阻，西和诸戎，南抚夷越，外结好孙权，内修政理；天下有变，则命一上将将荆州之军以向宛、洛，将军身率益州之众出于秦川，百姓孰敢不箪食壶浆以迎将军者乎？诚如是，则霸业可成，汉室可兴矣。”

       先主曰：“善！”于是与亮情好日密。

      【乙】亮少有逸群之才，英霸之器，身长八尺，容貌甚伟，时人异焉。遭汉末扰乱，随叔父玄避难荆州。躬耕于野，不求闻达。时左将军刘备以亮有殊量，乃三顾亮于草庐之中。亮深谓备雄姿杰出，遂解带写诚，厚相结纳。及魏武帝①南征。荆州刘琮举州委质②，而备失势众寡③，无立锥之地。亮时年二十七，乃建④奇策，身使孙权，求援吴会⑤。权既宿服仰备，又睹亮奇雅，甚敬重之，即遣兵三万人以助备。备得用与武帝交战大破其军乘胜克捷。江南悉平。后亮助备又西取益州。益州既定，以亮为军师。将军备称帝号，拜亮为丞相。

（节选自晋·陈寿《进〈诸葛亮集〉表》）

      【注释】①魏武帝：曹操。②举州委质：把整个荆州作为见面礼送给曹操。③众寡：人数少。④建：提出。⑤吴会：吴国。

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

    As children, our parents had dreams for us. They wanted us to do whatever was necessary to reach our highest 1. Later in life, friends and spouses (配偶) may also have schedules for us. People close to us may have ideas about  2 we should live our lives. The ideas usually  3 love and the desire for us to be happy. Other times, they come from a place of need within them—  4 it is the parent who wants us to  5 his or her dreams or the friend who wants us to play an already­defined role. We can appreciate and consider those people's input, but  6 we must follow our own inner guidance.

    There may come a time when all the suggestions can become  7. We may feel that the people we love don't approve of our judgment, which can  8 us to some extent. It can  9 the choices we make for our lives by making us  10 ourselves. It may also fill a void (空虚) with their  11 before we've had a chance to decide what we want. However, it can affect us  12 as well. We may have to  13 the feelings of resistance and to keep ourselves off from them. But we can take some time to  14 ourselves of any unnecessary doubts and go within to become  15 on what we desire for ourselves.

    We can tell our loved ones how much we  16 their thoughts and ideas, but that we need to live our own lives and make our own  17. We can explain that they need to let us learn from our own experiences  18 to rob us of wonderful life lessons and the opportunity to  19 our own judgment. When they see that we are happy with our lives, they can see all we need them do is to share  20 with us.