( )1. Personal experience, educational background or individual difficult situations — nothing can prevent a person with a strong will from succeeding. ( ) 2. Many people couldn ’ t try their best because they are afraid of failure. ( ) 3. However, his strong will motivated him to go forward and made him more optimistic, dedicated, and determined. ( ) 4. They became successful not because it didn ’ t need much hard work, but because they were strong-willed to defeat many great difficulties, and they worked extremely hard to realize their aims. ( ) 5. Emphasis should be put on getting more knowledge and on gradual but consistent progress. ( ) 6. They spent lots of time and energy helping their sons each day, and the boys learned that without long hours of hard work success will be impossible. ( ) 7. Always keeping trying, she was finally chosen and assigned as the first female Supreme Court Justice of the USA. ( ) 8. He became well-known because of his intelligence, wisdom, responsibility of a citizen, and remarkable courage in his refusal to give up during the most painful days of the Second World War. ( ) 9. Even when you are tired and want to be lazy or are faced with too many difficulties, you should always have the strong will to move forward. ( ) 10. Fortunately, he graduated from Harrow and his mistakes there did not keep him from going to college.