One Bite at a Time

Stephen was on campus（校園）to register when I first met him.

One summer day I was headed over to the administration building, I heard someone call my name. I around and saw Philip, one of my colleagues standing with another young man. As Philip introduced me to the young man, named Stephen, he reminded him that he would be taking one of my , Introduction to Literature. With a somewhat expression, Stephen asked if my class was going to be “hard”. Would he be able to pass? I he was concerned about failing before the day of classes. We talked about what the class would and I saw Stephen’s eyes getting big with .

Then I remembered a bit of classical dialog:

Question: “How do you eat an elephant?”

Answer: “One bite at a time.”

I told him to his work that way. To do his assignment（作業(yè)）, all of them, and to get them in on time. I added that most students I knew made a timetable of all the assignment so they could their workload.

As time went on, I learned more of Stephen’s story. He had in middle school. It had taken him longer to finish than most young people. Family members, including his mother, kept reminding him that he was a . Now, in the face of their negative-saying he had been admitted into college. He told me that before coming to our campus no one had believed he had much .

Stephen didn’t become an “A” student. He didn’t make any honor rolls. Still, he managed to most of his courses by being in class every day, turning in all of his assignment on time and breaking down his studying into digestible parts. By passing course after course he began to gain a measure of self-respect. He was a great singer and he was the school’s cross-country team.

Every time I saw him on campus, he would brighten up and say, “One bite at a time.” Whenever he introduced me to his friends, he would tell them that he was when he was supposed to be failing. His , he said, was that he was what I taught him before classes ever started: “Take it one bite at a time.”

1.A. after B. when C. until D. once

2.A. turned B. sat C. moved D. went

3.A. jobs B. tests C. classes D. projects

4.A. innocent B. angry C. inspired D. pained

5.A. sensed B. imagined C. heard D. admitted

6.A. gathering B. parting C. closing D. opening

7.A. change B. adjust C. cover D. produce

8.A. interest B. anger C. fear D. excitement

9.A. avoid B. continue C. present D. approach

10.A. quiet B. optimistic C. energetic D. successful

11.A. plan B. increase C. reduce D. measure

12.A. fitted B. hesitated C. struggled D. progressed

13.A. cheat B. failure C. winner D. leader

14.A.experience B. information C. potential D. honor

15.A. pass B. begin C. take D. design

16.A. full-sized B. bite-sized C. pocket-sized D. medium-sized

17.A. in B. on C. at D. of

18.A. changing B. recovering C. concentrating D. succeeding

19.A. secret B. skill C. reply D. theory

20.A. spreading B. considering C. practicing D. expressing

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