With excitement we started our small business. No longer were we _1_ to have a weekly paycheck.. We now were on our own to _2_ an income to provide us with the money to live. I was a little _3_ about our ability to do this. But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability to _4.
We invested （投资） heavily in producing a number of products, _5none of them were popular with customers. The market gave us so heavy a _6__ that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.
We now had our money _7__ in the booth（货摊） that we had rented for the summer and fall months. We had a lot of money _8_ up in materials. So we did not have enough money to _ _9__ our monthly bills. We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.
As we discussed our _10__ , I happened to read the words：“If you have made mistakes ... there is always another chance for you ... you may have a ___11__ start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘Failure’ is not falling down, but _12_ down.”
The words reinforced（增强）my determination and Byron’s _13__ that we could succeed. We did fall down, but we were _14_ not to stay down! So, we stepped back and refocused. We came up with new products using remaining __15___. We redesigned our booth. We reconsidered our pricing system. And, we started making enough money to pay our __16__.
If we had done nothing, if we had allowed ourselves to “stay down”, then we would have __17__ But we made the choice to learn from our __18__, and we moved forward with more determination. Those words _19__ a much better idea on failure -- a chance for a fresh start! The most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you __20_ your failure, you decide if you stay down.
1.A. happy B. dangerous C. ready D. safe
2.A. produce B. receive C. reduce D. afford
3.A. excited B. worried C. confused D. confident
4.A. manage B. survive C. succeed D. compete
5.A. unless B. so C. but D. though
6.A. blow B. drop C. push D. surprise
7.A. cost B. spent C. wasted D. paid
8.A.put B. used C. taken D. tied
9.A. cover B. support C. discard D. consider
10.A. plans B. dreams C. expectations D. choices
11.A. good B. fresh C. natural D. sudden
12.A. staying B. coming C. keeping D. going
13.A. belief B. imagination C. suggestion D. requirement
14.A. able B. supposed C. prepared D. determined
15.A. tools B. machines C. materials D. goods
16.A. debts B. bills C. costs D. products
17.A. ended B. missed C. fell D. failed
18.A. performances B. experiences C. mistakes D. promises
19.A. explain B. create C. offer D. prove
20.A. view B. fear C. seize D. discover
.It took George quite a while to find a 1place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street, 2from the dentist’s. As he got out, he glanced at his 3. His appointment（约会）was at five and he still had twenty minutes to 4. He crossed into the square and 5on a bench, partly to 6the last of the afternoon sun, 7to calm his nerves （神经）. He hated these visits 8the dentist（牙医）.
As he sat there, watching the children at play and 9to the old women talking to each other, he turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the 10where he had parked. The car gathered speed and was soon 11of sight. George 12in his pockets for the keys: They were not there. “My car!” he cried 13a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the 14and then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen--but then he discovered it concealed（被隐藏） 15a large one. He was relieved （使宽慰）to find his 16, still in his car.
By the time he reached the dentist’s it was already five. “I had rather an odd (奇特的) 17,” he said to the dentist to explain his 18. “I thought my car had been 19.”
“It’s quite 20sir,” said the dentist. “As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself.”
1.A. leaving B. parking（停车） C. wide D. special
2.A. in a way B. far away C. some way D. near
3.A. watch B. teeth C. car D. place
4.A. leave B. sit C. spare D. see the doctor
5.A. stopped B. stepped C. stood D. sat down
6.A. shine B. enjoy C. get D. receive
7.A. but also B. so C. in order D. for
8.A. by B. of C. to D. with
9.A. listen B. listening C. to listen D. listened
10.A. car B. place C. street D. way
11.A. disappeared B. out C. left D. lost
12.A. looked B. felt C. found D. searched
13.A. with B. at C. in D. by
14.A. square B. hospital C. street D. bench
15.A. with B. behind C. after D. in
16.A. bags B. money C. keys D. card
17.A. chance B. luck C. thing D. experience
18.A. hateness B. reason C. lateness D. car
19.A. robbed B. stolen C. lost D. there
20.A. true B. good C. often D. all right
I have recently discovered that _____ is the people you surround yourself with that matters most in life.
A. what B. it C. who D. that
--I' m sorry; I shouldn't have been so rude to you.
--You___________ your temper but that's OK
A. did lose B. have lost C. had lost D. were losing
________ that saw the rise of quite a number of famous women writers in China, such as Zhang Ailing, Xiao Hong and so on.
A. During the first half of the 20th century
B. That it was in the first half of the 20th century
C. It was in the first half of the 20th century
D. It was the first half of the 20th century
No sooner the news than they rushed out into the street.
A. they heard B. they had heard C. did they hear D. had they heard
