Once there were three travelers checking in a hotel. When they went out in the morning, one traveler brought an umbrella and another one took a crutch (拐杖) the third one left with _ whatsoever.
When they were back in the evening, the man who brought an umbrella got his clothes in rain; the one taking a crutch fell, all covered with mud; but the man empty-handed kept his clothes dry, __ any mud on it. The former two guys felt it was , so they asked the third man why.
The third guy didn’t reply, but _ asked the man with an umbrella, “Then why were you caught in the rain without falling?”
“When it was raining, I felt so for my prediction that I opened the umbrella and walked in the rain . I didn’t think I would be caught in the rain, but my clothes got so showered. Going to the places which were too muddy to cross, that I didn’t have a crutch for fear of falling, I walked very carefully. It _ that I walked all the way back and sound.”
After hearing the first man said, the third man then asked the man with a crutch why he became muddied all over himself instead of getting showered.
He answered like this, “When it was raining, I had no umbrella, so I chose those places I could from the rain to walk through. In the muddy places, I went on with my crutch, but I hadn’t thought I fell.”
The empty-handed traveler , “When it was raining, I chose the places protecting myself from the rain and in the muddy places I kept particularly , so I was neither drenched nor fell.”
The advantages are _ . Only if we create advantages by virtue of the objective environment can we a success.
A.when B.as C.while D.since
A.anything B.nothing C.something D.everything
A.wet B.muddied C.dry D.tidy
A.despite B.beyond C.without D.with
A.common B.strange C.strict D.ordinary
A.besides B.otherwise C.therefore D.instead
A.but B.and C.or D.thus
A.pity B.glad C.anxious D.upset
A.sensitively B.curiously C.constantly D.bravely
A.unlikely B.unexpectedly C.unacceptably D.universally
A.considered B.to consider C.considering D.to have considered
A.turned out B.brought out C.carried out D.picked out
A.safe B.dirty C.hurried D.worried
A.what B.which C.how D.why
A.already B.yet C.still D.just
A.prevent B.protect C.shelter D.escape
A.confused B.regretted C.depressed D.laughed
A.pessimistic B.serious C.casual D.cautious
A.absolute B.relative C.obvious D.exact
A.do B.make C.take D.change