Question

In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In       way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often       . Robert Bruce , leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider        a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough       in the rock. He tried six times. On the       time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to        the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made        models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked        he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have       failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't        “..

So what? First，always think about your failure. What caused       ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go         next time.

Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some         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 any way.

The third thing to keep in       about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have       ．

1.A. other        B. another        C. first            D. second

2.A. told         B. said           C. talked           D. spoken

3.A. doing        B.taking         C. making          D. playing

4.A. room        B. house          C. place           D. soil

5.A. tenth        B. sixth          C. eighth           D. seventh

6.A. save         B. help           C. defeat           D. kill

7.A. hundred      B. hundreds       C. hundred of       D. hundreds of

8.A. why         B. when          C. what           D. who

9.A. not          B. no            C. never           D. nothing

10.A . do         B. make          C. took            D. work

11.A. one         B. it              C. that            D. this

12.A. high        B. large           C. right           D. bright

13.A. Thinking    B. shopping        C. reading         D. cleaning

14.A. heart        B. eyes            C. ears           D. mind

15.A. failed.       B. succeeded       C. finished        D. passed

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇关于如何正确看待失败的短文。失败是生活的一部分，面对失败我们要像爱迪生不言放弃。面对失败，我们首先要多加思考，查找原因；其次，要想一想目标是否合理；最后，要以正确的态度直面失败。

1.考查不定代词及语境的理解。A. other意思是“别的、其他的”，泛指其他的人或事；B. another意思是“别的，其余的”，泛指众多人或事中其余的、另外的； C. first意思是“第一”；D. second意思是“第二；秒”。句意为：用另一种方式来想，失败可能是通向成功之路。故选B.

2.考查动词及语境的理解。A. told意思是“告诉”，常用结构： tell sb sth = tell sth to sb； B. said意思是“说”，常用结构：say sth to sb；C. talked意思是“谈论”，常用结构：talk about sth with sb；D. spoke意思是“说、讲”，是不及物动词。讲故事要用短语tell a story。句意为：人们经常讲蜘蛛的故事。因此应选A。

3.考查动词。A. doing意思是“做”；B .taking 意思是“拿走”；C. making意思是“做，编，生产、制造”；D. playing意思是“玩”。句意为：他注视着一只蜘蛛织网。故选C。

4.考查名词及语境的理解。A. room意思是“房间，空间”； B. house 意思是“房子，屋子”；C. place 意思是“地方、地点”；D. soil意思是“土壤”。句意为：蜘蛛企图越过粗糙的岩石。所以要选C。

5.考查数词及语境的理解。从上文He tried six times.他尝试了六次，可以知道这是第七次了。句意为：第七次他终于成功了，并继续织他的网。

6.考查动词。A. save“拯救、挽救”；B. help“帮助、帮忙”；C. defeat“击败，挫败，战胜”；D. kill“杀死，杀害”。句意为：据说布鲁斯就是受到这个的鼓励并且一举击败了英国人。故选C。

7.考查数词。Hundred与数字连用时，表示确定的数目，要用单数形式；与of连用时，表示不定数目，要用复数形式，意思是“数以百计”。句意为：电灯的发明者爱迪生在找到正确发明电灯之前做了成百上千的模型，这些模型都失败了。所以要选D。

8.考查疑问副词及语境的理解。A. why“为什么”，询问原因；B. when“什么时候”，询问时间；C. what“什么”，询问事物；D. who“谁”，询问人。句意为：又一次有人问他为何在失败这么多次后还在不断生产一种新型电池。从下文的答语可以看出这里是在询问原因，故选A。

9.考查否定副词及语境的理解。A. not否定副词“不”，必须与助动词一起使用；B. no否定副词或形容词，多用于名词前面做定语；C. never“不，从不”，否定副词，必须与动词连用；D. nothing“没什么事”，不定代词，在句中作主语或宾语。句意为：我没有失败。要用形容词no在名词failure前做定语，故选B。

10.考查动词及语境的理解。A. do动词“做”，意义比较广泛，可指一切动作；B. make动词“生产制造”；C. took 动词“拿走”；D. work动词“工作；有效；起作用”。句意：现在我懂得了50000种它不工作的方式。根据句意应该选D。

11.考查代词。A. one 作代词时，指一种事物中的某一个；B. it 作代词时，指文中所提到的具体的事物；C. that 指示代词“那，那个”，指远处的事物；D. this指示代词“这，这个”。句意：是什么造成了失败？这里要用it指代上句中的failure。故选B。

12.考查形容词及语境的理解。A. high“高的”；B. large“大的”；C. right“对的，正确的”；D. bright“明亮的”。句意：因此下次事情就会进展顺利。根据句意，应选C。

13.考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. do some thinking“思考、考虑”；B. do some shopping “购物”； C. do some reading “阅读” ；D. do some cleaning“打扫”。句意：尽力想一想你的真正目标是什么。根据句意，应该选A。

14.考查名词及语境的理解。A. heart“心、心脏”；B. eyes“眼睛”；C. ears “耳朵”；D. mind“思维”。句意：第三件必须牢记于心的关于失败的事情就是它是生活的一部分。Keep in mind是固定短语，意思是“记住、牢记”，所以要选D。

15.考查动词及语境的理解。A. failed“失败”；B. succeeded“成功”；C. finished “结束、完成”；D. passed“传递；通过”。句意：即使你失败了也要学会心安理得。结合题意，应选A。

考点：人生百味短文。