阅读理解 In one way of thinking, failure is 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 making a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. It tried six times to span the gap. On the seventh time he made it and went on to make 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. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often. he replied, ‘Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't work.’ So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? 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 . A. failure and success B. two sides of failure C. the ‘spider-story’ D. the invention of light bulb 2. In the first paragraph the writer talks mainly about . A. the value of failure B. how people fail C. famous failures D. how not to fail 3. Robert Bruce was put in the passage to show that . A. failure must come before success B. failure isn't all bad C. nature will help us if we let it D. people who fail have plenty of company 4. One thing the writer does not tell us to deal with failure is . A. checking out your goals to see if they are right for you B. thinking about failure as part of life C. thinking about the failure to find out what went wrong D. avoid things that are beyond you 5. Ever if we have failed, we should . A. not think about it any more B. take it easy C. learn to live with others in the same house D. learn to accept it
阅读理解
In one way of thinking, failure is 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 making a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. It tried six times to span the gap. On the seventh time he made it and went on to make 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. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often. he replied, ‘Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't work.’
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself?
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 .
A. failure and success
B. two sides of failure
C. the ‘spider-story’
D. the invention of light bulb
2. In the first paragraph the writer talks mainly about .
A. the value of failure
B. how people fail
C. famous failures
D. how not to fail
3. Robert Bruce was put in the passage to show that .
A. failure must come before success
B. failure isn't all bad
C. nature will help us if we let it
D. people who fail have plenty of company
4. One thing the writer does not tell us to deal with failure is .
A. checking out your goals to see if they are right for you
B. thinking about failure as part of life
C. thinking about the failure to find out what went wrong
D. avoid things that are beyond you
5. Ever if we have failed, we should .
A. not think about it any more
B. take it easy
C. learn to live with others in the same house
D. learn to accept it
题目解答
答案
1.B;2.A;3.B;4.D;5.D.