I want to make the most of every day. And, like most people, I've that the best way to do it is (to) let go of past failures. But that's not all. One can never fully today while thinking too much about past successes, either. People never while resting fortably on their laurels (荣誉). The is that sometimes our successes hold us back more than our failures!
I once a story about the Oscar owner, actor Clark Gable. A friend Gable one afternoon at the actor's home. She brought along her son, who was playing happily with toy cars on the floor. He he was racing those cars around a great track, which in was an imaginary circle around a golden statue. The small statue the boy played with was actually the Oscar Clark Gable for his performance in the 1934 movie It Happened One Night.
When his mother told him the time had e to , the little boy asked the actor, “Can I have this？” to the Oscar.
“Sure,” he smiled. “It's yours.”
The horrified mother . “Put that back immediately！”
Giving the child the golden statue, Clark Gable said, “Having the Oscar around doesn't mean anything to me; it does.” The actor seemed to know that past success could be a hammock (吊床) upon which he may be tempted to , rather than a springboard setting him to begin a new start.
You may have learned to let go of past and mistakes in order to free the present. But will you forget past successes and achievements in order to free the ？Will your past be a springboard or a restful hammock?
“I like the of the future better than the history of the past，” said Thomas Jefferson. I . After all, the future, not the past, is where the rest of your life will be lived.
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解析：过去的失败和过去的成功，究竟哪一个对我们的未来影响更大？在本文中作者用奥斯卡奖的获得者的例子告诉我们过去的成功更会影响我们未来的生活，因为过去的成功会让我们沉溺于温床，而忘记自己的未来。
【小题1】A 动词辨析。A发现B推理C宁愿D担忧；我发现充分利用目前最好的方法就是不理睬过去的失败。
【小题2】D 动词辨析。A花费B生活C影响D享受；但是当我们在考虑过去的成功的时候，我们也无法完全地享受现在的时光。告诉我们要想享受现在，既要放掉过去的失败，也要放掉过去的成功。
【小题3】C 动词辨析。A努力B工作C成功D集中注意力；当人们躺在荣誉上的时候，永远都不会成功。
【小题4】B 固定句式。The fact is that…实际上…；实际上有时候成功会比失败更阻碍我们的进步。
【小题5】D 动词辨析。A写B告诉C知道D听说；我曾经听说过一个关于奥斯卡奖得主Clark Gable的故事。
【小题6】D 动词辨析。A看见B认出C遇见D拜访；一个朋友到Clark Gable家里来玩，来拜访Clark Gable。
【小题7】B 形容词辨析。A细心的B小的C孤单的D聪明的；本句是指这个朋友把的小儿子一起带了过来。
【小题8】A 动词辨析。A假装B认为C坚持D建议；孩子假装在Clark Gable家里的客厅里玩赛车的游戏。
【小题9】A 固定搭配。In fact实际上；in case以防；in turn依次，轮流；in need需要；实际上小孩子玩的游戏是绕着Clark Gable所获得大奥斯卡奖的奖杯。
【小题10】C 动词辨析。A关心B请求C赢得D看；这个孩子玩耍的塑像正是Clark Gable所获得的奥斯卡奖杯。
【小题11】B 动词辨析。A表演B离开C玩耍D等待；当母亲告诉孩子是应该离开的时候了，孩子就问Clark Gable是否可以带走这个奖杯，孩子以为这是一个他的玩具。
【小题12】C 动词辨析。A奔跑B得到C指向D喊叫；孩子指着这个奖杯说：我可以带走这个吗？
【小题13】.A 动词辨析。A喊叫B注意到C遭受D呼吸；Clark Gable同意孩子带走这个奖杯，但是孩子的妈妈大喊不能带走。因为这个奖杯太贵重了。
【小题14】C 动词辨析。A出售B保持C赢得D分享；Clark Gable说让这个奥斯卡的奖杯在身边不意味着任何事情，重要的赢得奥斯卡奖。也就是不要靠在原来的功劳簿上。要忘记自己的成功。
【小题15】B 形容词辨析。A特别B舒服C昂贵D必要；这位演员知道过去的成功是舒服的温床。会让人在上面舒服的休息，会影响我们的斗志。
【小题16】.A 动词辨析。A休息B欺骗C停止D坐下；温暖的床会让人想再上面休息。
【小题17】C 名词辨析。A困难B事件C失败D成就；为了从现在解放出来，你要学会从过去的失败中走出来。
【小题18】B 名词辨析。A时间B未来C身体D思维；本句是一个对比，拿过去和未来进行比较，但是要想从未来的成功中出来我们会忘记过去的成功和失败吗？
【小题19】C 名词辨析。A观点B意思C梦想D想法；我认为对未来的梦想要比过去的失败更重要。
【小题20】D 动词辨析。A服从B允许C希望D同意；我同意未来的梦想要比过去的失败更重要，因为未来是我们生命中真正重要的方面。