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 　

　　 Basketball stars become hip-hop singers. It's tree. In the NBA, hip-hop music is very popular. Many of the players, like Shaquille O'Neal, write rap rhymes（唱词）when they travel on planes. When they play basketball, some of the younger stats even try to look like hip-hop singers.“Hip-hop is just part of their culture（文化）,”says one player.

　　Master P. is a famous rap star, he wants to be a basketball player. Two NBA teams invite him to join them. They enjoy listening to his music. An NBA player become a rapper. He makes four rap albums（说唱集）.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

(1) Many basketball players in NBA like ________.

[　　]

A．hip hop music

B．country music

C．dancing

(2) Many NBA players ________ rap rhymes when they travel on planes.

[　　]

A．learn

B．write

C．sing

(3) ________ is just a part of their culture.

[　　]

A．Music

B．Basketball

C．Hip hop

(4) Master P. wants to be a ________.

[　　]

A．singer

B．writer

C．basketball player

(5) Why two NBA teams invite Master P. to join them?

[　　]

A．Because they like listening to his music.

B．Because they like his dancing.

C．Because they like his face and hair.