Failure （失败）often happens in our daily life. 　26　 may fail in their school exams, scientists may fail in their research, and athletes may fail in their competitions. Although failure 27 　to everyone, 　28　 different people have different attitudes towards failure. Some people don’t think their failure is very 29 at all. So they pay 30　 attention to it . As a result, they will fail again 31 . Some people think 32 they are fools（傻瓜）and they lose their confidence (信心)after they fail in something. So they 　33 their time and energy(精力) 　　on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought.

Other people are quite different 34　 those two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of 35 frustrated, they draw a 36　 from every failure and become more experienced(有经验的).After hard work, they will be 37 in the end. It is said that failure is 38 mother of success. Success will be gained(赢得) after many times of failures 39 we are good at drawing lessons from our failures.

　 In 40 opinion, failure is not a bad thing. The really bad thing is not learning from failure or even losing heart after failure.

26．A. teachers　　 B. doctors　 C. singers　　　 D. students

27. A. happens　 B. joins　　 C. begins　　　　 D. finds

28 . A. but　　　 B. /　　　　 C. and　　　　　 D. because

29. A. different　 B. easy　　 C. interesting　　 D important

30. A. no　　　　 B. much　　 C. many　　　　 D. more

31. A. before　　 B. later　　 C. after　　　　　 D. late

32. A. why　　　 B. who　　　 C. when　　　　 D. that

33. A. pay　　　 B. take　　　 C. spend　　　　 D. cost

34　 A. from　　 B. in　　　　 C. on　　　　　 D. for

35　 A. to be　　 B. being 　　 C. be　　　　　 D been

36. A. lesson　　 B. reason　　 C. picture　　　 D .thought

37. A. happy　　 B. sad　　　 C. successful　　 D. helpful

38. A. one　　　 B. a　　　　 C. an　　　　　 D. the

39. A. if　　　　 B. until　　　 C. or　　 　　　D so

40. A. my　　　 B. your　　　 C. her D.his 　

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous in Britain, and also famous in many other 41 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he liked　 42　 ,too. He was an actor(演员).

　 Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 　43 　his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted to read　 44　 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them 45 :Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 46 . Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He　 47　 it but he used his experiences(经历)in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued(继续)to write　 48 　he died. When he died in 1870, he was 49 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know 50 it ended.

41. A. cities　 　 B. countries　 C. towns　 D. villages

42. A. reading　 B. writing　 　C. acting　 　D. playing

43. A. what　 　B. how　 　　 C. when　 D. why

44. A. the next　 B. next　 　　C. next to　 D. next time

45. A. too　 　 B. as well　 　C. as well as D. also

46. A. book　 B. story　 　　 C. play　 　 D. film

47. A. hated　 　B. enjoyed　 C. wanted　 D. hoped

48. A. as　 　　B. while　 　　C. until　 　 D. since

49. A. drawing B. singing　 　 C. writing　 D. making

50. A. what　 B. how　 　　C. who　 　D. which