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【題目】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 “l(fā)ive with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You can’t win them all.”

【1】The “spider story” mentioned in the passage is used to show that _________.

A. only failure can lead you to success

B. we can make it if we keep trying

C. failure is always terrible

D. people who fail have the same experience

【2】The underlined phrase “bear in mind” in the last paragraph means _________.

A. take care B. forget C. recognize D. remember

【3】The writer tells us to do all the things when dealing with failure except ________.

A. thinking about how it happened

B. believing that we can’t live happily if we fail

C. considering failure as a part of life

D. checking out whether our goals are right for the present situation

【4】The main idea of this passage is _________.

A. what the value of failure is

B. that Edison and Bruce failed repeatedly before success

C. what failure is and how to deal with failure

D. failure may be considered as a way towards success

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】在我們的生活中，我們不可能事事、時時都能成功，每個人都會經(jīng)歷失敗。那么面對失敗我們應怎么做？短文中作者給了我們一些建議。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段的內(nèi)容可知，這一段中作者給我們講述了“蜘蛛的故事”，蘇格蘭的領(lǐng)袖Robert Bruce受到了蜘蛛堅持不懈努力攀爬的啟發(fā)，重新獲得信心，打敗了英格蘭人。我們可以知道，作者講這個故事是為了鼓勵我們不要害怕失敗，只要我們堅持，我們就能做到。故B選項符合文意。

【2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文意可知，短文中作者告訴了我們?nèi)绾蚊鎸κ�敗，給了我們?nèi)龡l建議，我們應該記住他們，因此bear in mind的意思是記住，故選D。A是注意，小心；B是忘記；C是辨認出。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中First, always think about your failure. What caused it?可知A符合文意；根據(jù)The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life可知C符合文意；根據(jù)Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be可知D符合文意。根據(jù)文意可知，作者告訴我們失敗是我們生活中的一部分，我們要學著接受它，即使失敗，我們也要活得開心。故B不符合文意，選B。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)短文開頭In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success.以及作者提出的三條建議可知，這篇短文中作者告訴了我們失敗是什么，我們應如何對待失敗，因此C選項符合文意。