考点强化训练 8 八年级 ( 上 ) Units 5 ～ 6一、完形填空 (2018 杭州下城区二模 ) One of the most encouraging sayings I ever heard was by Brian Tracy.He said ，“ The 1 between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people fail many more times than unsuccessful people.”I deeply understood the wisdom of the 2 soon after my first book was published( 出版 ).I was living in Atlanta at the time and organized my first signing sale for my new book at the Phoenix and Dragon ， the largest bookstore in the city. 3 a nice sign was placed outside the room 4 pictures of both me and my book ， The 9 Insights of the Wealthy Soul ， not a single customer entered the room.As each minute passed ， I became increasingly 5 .At 6 ： 25 p.m. ， just before the store's closing ， I began to get myself ready to leave.At that moment ， just when I couldn't feel any 6 ， a middle aged couple walked into the room.I managed to 7 my feelings and introduced myself and my book.The couple turned the pages each other ， and the husband 8 to his wife.She then told me ，“ I think we'll get the book.”Despite the impulse( 冲动 ) to jump 9 ， and hold their hands to thank them for being my 10 readers ， I realized the woman was trying to say something else.“The 11 we're buying it is that our son died two years ago ，” she said.“Maybe your book will help us 12 it.”At that moment ， I knew if I never sold a copy of book， my four years of 13 had been meaningless.Although I would have many more challenging years after my book became a bestseller ， this couple's story was all the motivation( 动机 ) I needed at that point to keep me 14 .Thanks to them ， I would real...
