题目列表(包括答案和解析)
Failure，they say, is the best teacher. We learn and have more confidence in what we know through trial and error, which onetime or another has 36 failure. You don’t have to 37 your failure if what you really want to achieve is 38 .
For every 39 achievement, there have been one or more failures. But those who we call successful are those who 40 to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure. The incandescent light (白炽灯) was 41 after 1,000 failures. If Thomas Edison had 42 after he tried 100 times without the desired result, what would have been the 43 of such effort?
Any time you see products and new inventions, think in terms of failures that are not accepted. 44 everything in a microform (微缩过程) today is a result of failure not accepted.
Any time your effort is not bringing a(n) 45 result, you don’t have to call it a failure. Call it a challenge. What is the 46 between the two? One is negative, the other is 47 ; one demotivates , the other motivates.
What you need is positive thinking and motivation to 48 success. Failure is an end thing; 49 is an open thing. Failure means there is no way out, no alternative, but a challenge is a question mark 50 another way out of the situation, an alternative 51 to the problem.
Keep dreaming, keep moving; that is the solution to success.
A wise man once said if you cannot fly, run. If you cannot 52 ,walk. If you cannot walk, crawl; just keep moving. If you fall down, you have to 53 and start moving. If not, other people will step on you towards their 54 . What you call failure and 55 is what someone will step into with just a little additional effort to reach achievement.
36. A. come from B. resulted in C. resulted from D. come across
37. A. deny B. receive C. accept D. gain
38. A. dreams B. imaginations C. barriers D. success
39. A. successful B. creative C. difficult D. important
40. A. prepare B. try C. refuse D. attempt
41. A. used B. discovered C. found D. invented
42. A. forgot B. stopped C. regretted D. succeeded
43.A.meaning B.importance C result D cause
44. A. Moreover B. Therefore C. However D. Otherwise
45. A. desired B. imagined C. poor D. final
46. A. similarity B. characteristic C. relationship D. difference
47. A. reasonable B. meaningful C. positive D. beneficial
48. A. achieve B. enjoy C. miss D. avoid
49. A. chance B. motivation C. challenge D. effort
50. A. reflecting B. asking C. suggesting D. offering
51. A. response B. key C. entrance D. solution
52. A. rise B. fly C. run D. stand
53. A. lie flat B. get up C. sit still D. run away
54. A. advantage B. destination C. achievement D. strength
55. A. quit B. hate C. prefer D. continue
Failure, they say, is the best teacher．We learn and gain more confidence through trial and error．At one time or another we will encounter failure．You don’t have to accept your failure if what you really want to achieve is success．
For every achievement, there have been one or more failures．But those who we call successful are those who refuse to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure．The incandescent light （白炽灯） was invented after 1000 failure．Assuming he had stopped after he tried 100 times without the desired result, what would have been the result of such effort?
Any time you see products and new inventions, think in terms of failures that are not accepted．Moreover, everything in a microform today is a result of failure that is not accepted．Any time your effort is not bring a desired result, you don’t have to call it a failure．Call it a chanllenge．What is the difference between the two? One is negative, and the other is positive; one motivates, and the other demotivates．
What you need is positive thinking and motivation to attain success．Failure is an end thing; challenging is an open thing．Failure means there is no way out, no altermative, but challenge is a question mark asking another way out of the situation, an alternative solution to the problem, the job at hand．Keep dreaming and moving; that is the solution to success．A wise man once said if you cannot fly, run．If you cannot run, walk．If you cannot walk, crawl; just keep on moving．
If you fall down, you have to get up and start moving．If not, other people will step on you to the way to their success．What you call failure and abandon is what someone will continue with just a little additional effort to reach success．
64．Failure is the best teacher because___________．
A．what people have learned from failure is the best
B．people will know what failure is like after failure
C．people can learn a lot by trying various solutions
D．numerous failure are sure to lead to success
65．The author gave the example of the incandescent light in Paragraph 2 in order to______．
A．show that success is the other side of failure
B．tell people their efforts will be paid off finally
C．advise people not to waste their time
D．prove that every achievement is based on invention
66．What is the advantage if you regard a failure as a challenge?
A．you will feel proud even if you fail many times．
B．You won’t fear failure and will be ready to accept it．
C．Failure means pain while challenge sounds good．
D．You will continue trying your best to succeed．
67．In which part could this passage be found if it is taken from a magazine?
A． Economy. B． Career. C．Culture. D．Wealth.
| A. Importance of Learning from Failure B. Quality Shared by Most Innovators C. Edison’s Innovation D. Edison’s Comment on Failure E. Contributions Made by Innovators F. Successful Innovators |
Even Intelligent People Can Fail
_________
The unusual things about the innovators (创新者) who succeeded in making our modern world is how often they failed. Turn on a light, take a photograph, watch TV, search the web, jet across the Pacific Ocean, talk on a cell-phone. The innovators who left us these things had to find the way to success through a maze (错综复杂) of wrong turns.
_________
We have just celebrated the 125th anniversary of American innovator Thomas Edison’s success in heating a thin line to white, hot heat for 14 hours in his lab in New Jersey, US. He did that on October 22, 1879, and followed up a month later by keeping a thread of common cardboard alight (点亮着的) in an airless space for 45 hours. Three years later he went on to light up half a square mile of downtown Manhattan, even though only one of the six power plants in his design worked when he turned it on, on September 4, 1882.
________
“Many of life’s failures,” Edison said, “are because that people did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Before that magical moment in October 1879, Edison had worked out no fewer than 3,000 theories about electric light. But in only two cases did his experiments work.
________
No one likes failure, but the smart innovators learn from it. Mark Gumz, the head of a camera maker, attributes some of the company’s successes in technology to understanding failure. His popular phrase is：“You only fail when you quit.”
_________
Over two centuries, the most common quality of the innovators has been persistence (坚忍不拔). That is another way of saying they had the emotional ability to keep on with what they were doing. Walt Disney, the founder of Disneyland, was so penniless after a series of financial failures that he was left shoeless in his office because he could not afford the $1.50 to get his shoes from the repair shop. Pioneering car maker Henry Ford failed with one company and was forced out of another before he developed the Model T Car.
Failing doesn’t make a failure. True failures are those who don’t learn from their 1 .
Smart persons not only learn from their own mistakes—they pay 2 to the mistakes of others, equate error with opportunity, and learn valuable 3 as well, as this story illustrates (说明).
A lion, a fox, and a wild pig went 4 for rabbits together. By the end of the day, they had a large pile of rabbits to 5 .
The lion said to the wild pig, “Pig, you divide the rabbits up among the three of us in a 6 that you think is fair.” The pig divided the rabbits up into three 7 piles, and said to the lion, “There we are. One 8 for each of us. How’s that?” The lion 9 sprang at the wild pig and 10 him.
Then, the lion threw all the rabbits into one big pile again.
He 11 to the fox. “Well now, Mr. Fox, why don’t you 12 the rabbits between the two of us in a way that you think is fair?”
The fox walked over to the pile of rabbits, took the 13 one for himself, and left the rest in a big pile. “This rabbit is for me, Mr. Lion, and that big pile is for you.” said the fox.
At that point, the lion laughed, “Where did you learn to divide so 14 , Mr. Fox?” And Mr. Fox replied, “The wild pig 15 me.”
| 【小题1】 |
|
| 【小题2】 |
|
| 【小题3】 |
|
| 【小题4】 |
|
| 【小题5】 |
|
| 【小题6】 |
|
| 【小题7】 |
|
| 【小题8】 |
|
| 【小题9】 |
|
| 【小题10】 |
|
| 【小题11】 |
|
| 【小题12】 |
|
| 【小题14】 |
|
| 【小题15】 |
|
In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?
Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?” This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”
1.This passage deals with two sides of failure. In paragraph 1, the author talks mainly about ___ .
A. the value of failure B. how people would fail
C. famous failures D. the cause of failure
2.The underlined phrase“made it” means .
A. failed B. succeeded C. gave D. got
3.The lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce seems .
A. interesting B. difficult C. deep D. sorrowful
4.The author tells you to do all the things EXCEPT ___.
A. to think about the cause of your failure
B. to check out whether your goals are right for you
C. to consider failure as a part of life
D. to bear in mind that you will never fail in your life
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Bruce and Edison were successful examples.
B. Failure may be regarded as a way toward success.
C. Edison learned a lot from the lesson the spider taught Robert Bruce.
D. One may often raise a question whether his goals are worth attempting.
湖北省互联网违法和不良信息举报平台 | 网上有害信息举报专区 | 电信诈骗举报专区 | 涉历史虚无主义有害信息举报专区 | 涉企侵权举报专区
违法和不良信息举报电话：027-86699610 举报邮箱：58377363@163.com