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   My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I   41  him. Once, my father made a(n)  42  with Margaret O’Brien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my  43  .    I played the lead in Gigi. However, the   44   of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews  45  my father.    Would I be as good as my father? Was I as gifted ,as funny? Would I be as popular? I was extremely   46   .    I loved my father, but my   47  was just him.    “Daddy,” I began, “please don’t be   48  when I tell you this. I want to change my   49   . I love you but I don’t want to be a Thomas anymore.”    I tried not to   50  during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight   51   with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t  52  . They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone   53  you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.”    The next night  54  the crowd filed into the theater, the state manager   55  me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that  56  , “Run your own race, Baby.”    Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways: “Be   57   ”: “Don’t be influenced by others.” But it wouldn’t have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all   58  my life, I’ve been able to come to the point by asking myself. “Am I running my race or   59  else’s?”    I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my   60  . 41. A. hated            B. adored       C. feared           D. avoided 42. A. movie        B. album        C. record           D. interview 43. A. position         B. award        C. degree               D. chance 44. A. affection        B. anxiety          C. excitement           D. bitterness 45. A. focused on  B. relied on        C. appealed to          D. attended to 46. A. calm             B. upset        C. touched              D. guilty 47. A. belief           B. limit        C. model            D. problem 48. A. puzzled          B. injured          C. hurt                 D. confused 49. A. role             B. name         C. school           D. major 50. A. cry              B. smile        C. scream           D. laugh 51. A. ahead        B. around       C. about            D. aside 52. A. hesitate         B. move         C. shout            D. listen 53. A. leading          B. comparing    C. tying            D. introducing 54. A. until            B. though       C. as               D. since 55. A. delivered        B. handed       C. dropped              D. pressed 56. A. wrote        B. showed       C. printed              D. read 57. A. grateful         B. modest       C. independent          D. considerate 58. A. toward           B. beyond       C. through              D. behind 59. A. somebody         B. anybody          C. nobody           D. everybody 60. A. recognition      B. dream        C. experience       D. heart 答案：BADCA BDCBA ADBCB DCCAD

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