Question

So many of us expect everything we do to be successful. We look forward to success to show us our value or to be the top of the group wherever we are. How many times in our schooling did we hope for a high mark? We want it and then feel like a failure when we don’t achieve what we want. Even when we succeed we still pass that and go onto the next success and then the next. We are not often taught how to face failures.

For me， failure taught me more than success did. Success is of the moment and temporary(暂时的)but failure means we have ever done. It makes me stop and think. It opened my eyes and brain to different possibilities. Failure is just a choice in redoing not in giving up. Experiencing failure，I looked deeper and further.

I have a grandson who plays hockey(曲棍球) and as all players do，he went through a slump. So I saw he was unhappy with himself. Then I said to him， “Why don’t you think of it differently rather than being unhappy?” And I asked， “Scoring is your goal， right?” He answered，“Of course.” “Why aren’t you scoring now? Do you need a readjustment(重新调整)?”All of a sudden he calmed down--he was thinking of what I had just said. So in the next game I saw him trying different things to do better. Later he started scoring. Now when something is wrong， he takes the time to think it over rather than just keeping the “failure” mode(方式).

Look at failure differently. Failure is what gives us power to try a different way of doing things.

It teaches us to rethink， redo， and then success will come about. Don’t give up but learn to use a different way.

1.According to the author，when we succeed we .

A. are quite proud

B. are usually wild with joy

C. usually set up a higher goal

D. usually think of our failure over and over

2.According to the author，failure .

A. is the thing that troubles people

B. is of the short term or temporary

C. makes us learn more than success does

D. can make him unhappy from time to time

3.What does the underlined word “slump” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Course of winning the game.

B. Chance of being well-known.

C. Situation where one works hard.

D. Time of losing heart or being upset.

4.Why did the author’s grandson do better in playing hockey in the end?

A. He grew up and learned more skills.

B. He thought and tried in a different way.

C. He used the skill his grandma taught him.

D. He didn’t make a change and kept the “failure” mode.

5.Which is the best title for the text?

A. Expect Success. B. Face Failures Differently.

C. My Grandson and I. D. Keep Failure Mode.

Answer 1