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【译林湖南版】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练 Module 3 Unit 3 Back to the pastⅠ.完形填空 A Seizing life’s possibilities Some people look at a hole and see empty space.Others see opportunity.That’s what Sheri Schmelzer __1__ a few years ago when everyone—including her three children—started wearing Crocs，the colorful shoes dotted with holes. “My kids and I were clowning around，and my eldest __2__，Lexie，got the sewing kit out.I brought one of the Crocs(卡骆驰拖鞋)，pulled some buttons，rhinestones(人造钻石)，and fabric(布)out of the kit，and __3__ them in the holes.Lexie said，‘Mom，I love that！’”says Sheri. Sheri and Lexie，then seven，spent the rest of the day filling holes in the family’s 12 pairs of Crocs.Every look-alike shoe was suddenly __4__.Crocs had sold millions of pairs of shoes by then.When her husband，Rich，experienced in __5__business，came home later that day，the couple figured they could create a business simply by riding the wave.Rich refused to let a __6__ Croc leave their house，which is in Boulder，Colorado，until he’d __7__a patent. They decided to __8__the business Jibbitz.While Sheri designed，Rich strategized.They decided to sell the charms online. Six months later，in February 2006，Sheri was doing so well that Rich left his business to work with her __9__.She was making hundreds of Jibbitz to order，by hand，by herself，in their basement. | 
