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 　

When I was young, I was very naughty. And I often made some trouble. Some people didn't like me, but I didn't know the reason until my grandfather took me to the fishpond(养鱼塘) on the farm. He asked me to throw a stone into the water. I did what I was asked. Then my grandfather told me to watch the waves made by the stone. Moments later, he asked me to think of myself as that stone.

　 "You may make a lot of splashes(浪花)in your life, but remember the waves that come from those splashes will affect the peace of all your friends beside you," he said."Remember that you are responsible for what you throw into your circle. and that your waves will touch many other circles. Always try to live in a way that allows the good that come from your circle to send the peace of your goodness to other circles. Remember the waves that come from anger and jealousy(嫉妒)will send those feelings to other circles.You are responsible for all the waves." That was the first time I realized each preson creates the inner prece or anger that flows out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we have hatred and anger.

　We show the feelings and thoughts that we hold inside, whether we tell them or not. Whatever is inside of us is flowing out into the world and touching all the other circles of life. We must remember that we aren't single, so we must be responsible for everyone beside us.

46.. The writer'sgrandfather asked him to_____

　 A.stop the waves　　　　 　　　　　 B.see himself as the wave

　 C.make a lot of splashes 　　　　　　 D.regard himself as a stone

47. The wave will affect the peace of all our friends beside us,so we should_____

　 A.not make a lot of splashes.　　　　　

B.not touch many other circles.

　 C.not be full of anger and jealousy. 　

　 D.be responsible for what we throw into our circle.

48. The underlined phrase “flow out” in the passage means?

　 A. blow out　　　　　 B. take out　　　　 C. go out　　　　 D.bring out

49.According to the passgae we know the writer's grandfather was very ______

　 A. wise 　　　　 B.old 　　　　　　 C.strict 　　　　D.funny

50. This passage mainly tells us that______

A.we are the stones　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.we can make some splashes

C.people can affcet each other in our life　 D.the writer likes playing by the fishpond

Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.

Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say if a person wants to be successful he has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks(手艺). They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rain in summer may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

51. If a person without lots of money wants to buy a car, he or she has to ______.

　 A. treat the dog well　　　　　　　　　 B. live with lots of dogs

C. work like a dog　　　　　　　　　　 D. become sick as a dog

52. The saying you can never teach an old dog new tricks tells us older people ______.

　 A. have more ways to do things　　　　 B. do things more slowly

C. dislike to learn new things　　　　　 D. know wonderful tricks

53. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

　 A. Many dogs are loved and treated well by people in America.

　 B. “Every dog has its day” means dogs are the most successful animal.

C. “It rains cats and dogs” has the same meaning as “It rains heavily”.

D. There are many expressions with the word dog in English.