My grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set 41 on what I could achieve. She 42
believed that there were no limits that you could 43 whatever you wanted.
I would never forget the following story that she once told me：
A farmer won first 44 at the country fair for his huge radish (小萝卜)that was the exact shape and 45 of a milk bottle.
Many were 46 as to how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle.
47 one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. The farmer replied，“It was 48 . I got the seed growing and then I put it into the milk bottle. It had 49 else to go.”
You can use this story as an analogy (比喻) to life－our lives are 50 by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people that we allow to 51 us, and the goals we give ourselves.
If we only 52 and take no action, then we get no further. But if we 53 ，set a goal and take action, then our life takes a 54 shape.
Goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. To prove this 55 ，read the biographies of 56 people and you will see that goals and actions 57 played a big role in their success.
Remember the 58 of Mary Kay Ash, who said，“Don't limit yourself. ” Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go 59 your mind lets you. Whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve.”
In summary, don't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is 60 and secure if you want to move forward.
41．A. expectations B. rules C. limits D. lines
42．A. truly B. naturally C. tightly D. partly
43．A. win B. grasp C. realize D. achieve
44．A. remark B. prize C. position D. award
45．A. size B. length C. weight D. height
46．A. doubtful B. worried C. anxious D. curious
47．A. Immediately B. Gradually C. Finally D. Actually
48．A. strange B. easy C. funny D. secret
49．A. nowhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. anywhere
50．A. shaped B. formed C. controlled D. improved
51．A. understand B. help C. influence D. contact
52．A. dream B. refuse C. doubt D. change
53．A. struggle B. insist C. continue D. plan
54．A. beautiful B. different C. solid D. clear
55．A. theory B. lesson C. point D. evidence
56．A. successful B. brave C. friendly D. careful
57．A. as usual B. above all C. at all D. in fact
58．A. example B. wisdom C. statement D. speech
59．A. as if B. in case C. as far as D. as long as
60．A. comfortable B. valuable C. ordinary D. boring