I began to 　4　 my own confidence:maybe I had made a fatal error.Maybe I should go back to what I did before.　5　,it seemed to be a much more secure and safer environment.As I thought about my 　6　,I received a card in the mail from a friend of mine who knew how I was 　7　.The card 　8　:"Persistence prevails when all else fails".

　　I sat there reading that card,once,twice,three times.What did these words 　9　 to me?Were these words just that?Only words,nothing more?When you're faced with a(n) 　10　 future,and when all you try seems to go 　11　,maybe there will be more truth in these words than I have realized.

　　To make a long story short,I did persevere;　12　 paid off with a good dose of patience,which helps me realize that a new 　13　 doesn't lead to success overnight.　14　,in my former corporate career,I had invested years of education and training to become 　15　.Why should it be different when I 　16　 a new business venture?

　　　17　 is the incapacity to learn from your mistakes.Success is the 　18　 to learn and to persevere in order to 　19　 your goal.Life can be filled with failures,but only those who don't persevere 　20　 failure as the way it has to be.

1.A.joining B.leaving

C.working D.choosing

2.A.greener B.worse

C.larger D.brighter

3.A.preferred B.liked

C.managed D.attempted

4.A.doubt B.build

C.gain D.find

5.A.In fact B.At first

C.At most D.At least

6.A.career B.future

C.failure D.purpose

7.A.struggling B.thinking

C.trying D.growing

8.A.read B.told

C.made D.had

9.A.write B.learn

C.mean D.pay

10.A.clear B.bright

C.empty D.uncertain

11.A.nowhere B.anywhere

C.everywhere D.somewhere

12.A.courage B.persistence

C.wisdom D.kindness

13.A.method B.story

C.view D.beginning

14.A.After all B.Above all

C.In all D.In general

15.A.special B.ambitious