Try It a Different Way
Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough working-class neighbourhood on Manhattan’s West Side. By tradition he ______ have been, like his father or like most of his childhood pals, a construction worker or a policeman. But he wanted ______. Attracted by the bright lights from the time Bobby was a teen, he tried to act. “I wasn’t a ______ actor, but I had a driving need to do something ______ with my life,” he said.
He moved to Hollywood, promising to find his ______. But he didn’t make ______. For almost 10 years, he drove a taxi and worked as a waiter, ______ at an actors’ workshop that he opened in Hollywood. But Moresco kept working at his ______ career.
In 1983 his younger brother was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his ______ neighbourhood. In 1988 he finally wrote a play that was ______ to his life. Called Half-Deserted Streets, it was based on his brother’s ______ and staged at a small theater. A Hollywood producer ______ to see it and asked him to work on a screenplay.
His ______ grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. However, it was never easy. By 2003, he was _____ out of work and out of cash ______ he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. The two worked on the script but every studio ______ it down. Moresco believed so ______ in the script that he borrowed money, and sold his house. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance.
The movie, Crash, ______ into the theatres in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical success. It won three Academy Awards---Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing.
At the age of 54, Bobby Moresco became an ______ success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about the ______ to get it done.”
A.must B.should C.can D.need
A.over B.far C.out D.up
A.simple B.strict C.firm D.good
A.different B.impressive C.effective D.special
A.occasion B.treasure C.fortune D.possibility
A.it B.one C.this D.that
A.communicating B.entertaining C.practicing D.volunteering
A.afforded B.chosen C.respected D.offered
A.early B.worn C.old D.passed
A.turned B.pointed C.belonged D.related
A.arresting B.injuring C.killing D.shooting
A.advised B.happened C.intended D.planned
A.influence B.ambition C.success D.reputation
A.again B.even C.finally D.still
A.before B.when C.since D.while
A.let B.looked C.took D.turned
A.strongly B.hardly C.deeply D.bravely
A.moved B.slipped C.fell D.put
A.effortless B.enjoyable C.overnight D.optimistic
A.ways B.lines C.manners D.actions