In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The “spider story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web（网）. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡), 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 you in high spirit then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, is the goal you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question: If I am successful in this, where will it get me?” This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.
The third thing to remember 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 live with them all.”
小题1:Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that ___________.| A．people who failed are not lonely | | B．animals can help people sometimes | | C．nature will help if we are hard—working | | D．confidence is important for one to be successful |
小题2:Edison’s example shows us that __________.| A．he liked to do other kinds of work | | B．he invented many kinds of light bulbs | | C．failure may be a way towards success | | D．he was a man of many important inventions |
小题3:If you are not sure about what success will get you, you’d better ______.| A．change your goal | | B．go on with your goal | | C．not care for that | | D．work even harder on your goal |
小题4:It can be learned from the passage that __________.| A．one should try not to fail | | B．one’s failure is another’s success | | C．one should take failures seriously | | D．one should learn lessons from failures |
小题5:This passage is mainly about _________.| A．two great men | | B．two sides of failure | | C．ways to keep away from failure | | D．the right attitude (态度) towards failure |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:D |
小题1:根据文章内容Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison,可知答案为D
小题2:根据文章内容. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.可知答案为C
小题3:根据文章内容Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question: If I am successful in this, where will it get me?”可知答案为A
小题4:根据文章内容In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success. 可知答案为D
小题5:根据文章内容大意可知答案为D |
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I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I 31 you.” I did not know 32 to say, and I just stood there, looking 33 at him. My first thought was that he must need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all about ?” “Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and see what they say.”
The next day I called his teacher to 34 more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted﹡. “Most of the fathers had the 35 response﹡ as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first suggested ﹡that we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would be surprised.”
Then the teacher explained , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of 36 . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express﹡ our feelings. A boy 37 tell his parents he loves them.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is 38 for some of us to say something .
That evening when my son came to me, I took him in my arms and held on for a while, saying, “Hey, I love you, 39 .” I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, 40 I did feel pretty good.
| 小题1: | | A． dislike | B． love | C． like | D． enjoy |
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| 小题2: | | A．how | B． why | C．what | D． which |
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| 小题4: | | A．talk to | B．talk with | C．find out | D．do with |
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| 小题5: | | A．same | B．different | C．usual | D．unusual |
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| 小题6: | | A．study | B．work | C．health | D．body |
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| 小题7: | | A．might | B．can | C．should | D．need |
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| 小题8: | | A．easy | B．difficult | C．crazy | D．silly |
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| 小题9: | | A．either | B．too | C．also | D．again |
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We know that the famous master of ceremonies﹡, He Jiong, has studied Arabic language. He is also teaching Arabic language in Beijing Foreign Studies University﹡. He can even write some of his songs in Arabic.
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| Super girl, Shang Wenjie, is good at French. Do you get surprised when you are listening to her French songs? How could she speak and sing in French? Well, it was her major in university.
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| Environment is very important when you study a foreign language. If you speak the foreign language every day, you’ll make great progress﹡ in a short time. Yao Ming began to play basketball in NBA in 2002. Now, he speaks English very well.
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| In 2002, Han Geng, one of members of Super Junior, went to Korea. Han’s Korean﹡ is excellent now.
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小题1:Who can write Arabic songs?| A．He Jiong. | B．Shang Wenjie. | C．Yao Ming. | D．Han Geng. |
小题2:What is Shang Wenjie good at?| A．She is good at singing Arabic songs. | | B．She is good at speaking French. | | C．She is good at speaking Korean. | | D．She is good at playing basketball. |
小题3:Can Yao Ming speak English well ?| A．No, he can’t . | B．Yes, he can. | C．No, he doesn’t. | D．Yes, he does. |
小题4:What language can Han Geng speak well?| A．English. | B．Japanese. | C．German. | D．Korean. |
小题5:Which is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Shang Wenjie is a famous master of ceremonies. | | B．Yao Ming began to play basketball in NBA in 2002. | | C．Han Geng can sing French songs well. | | D．He Jiong’s major was French in university. |
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Mr. Smith works in a factory. There he drives a truck. He’s tired all the time. When he comes back, he’s always busy and doesn’t want to do any housework. His wife is a doctor and likes to keep all the things clean. So she has to do all at home. She usually goes to work from Monday to Friday and has to do all on weekends. All her friends know about it and sometimes they come to help her.
It’s Saturday today. Mrs Smith tells her husband to help her do some housework, but he says he has something to do and goes out early in the morning. He leaves a lot of dirty clothes at home. Mrs Smith doesn’t go to work but she doesn’t feel well. So she doesn’t want to do any housework. After breakfast, Jo, one of her friends, comes to see her when she’s sitting on a chair.
The girl finds the rooms are dirty and she asks, “Don’t you clean your rooms today, Mrs Smith?” “No, I don’t.”says the doctor. “Why don’t you wear your glasses?” “Then I will think the rooms are still clean.”
小题1:What does Mrs Smith do ?| A．A truck driver. | B．A nurse. | C．A doctor. | D．A teacher. |
小题2:Who usually does the housework at home, Mr Smith or Mrs Smith?| A．Mr Smith. | B．Mrs Smith. | C．Both of them. | D．Neither of them. |
小题3:What’s Mr Smith doing when her friend Jo comes to see her ?
A. She is reading a book.
B. B. She is watching TV.
C. She is doing housework.
D. She is sitting on a chair.
小题4:Why doesn’t Mrs Smith wear her glasses that day? Because_________.| A．she stays at home | | B．she’s sitting on the chair | | C．the rooms are clean | | D．she doesn’t want to see the dirty rooms |
小题5:After we read the story, we can know___________.| A．Mr Smith is often ill | | B．Mrs Smith is always lazy. | | C．Mr Smith is always busy after work. | | D．Sometimes Mr Smith helps Mrs Smith. |
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I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed 36 I like, drinking tea and 37 those thick newspapers that are brought 38 the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the 39 I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I 40 the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is 41 of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to 42 and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of 43 by the telephone.
44 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair 45 boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and 46 when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the 47 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema 48 a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are 49 pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting 50 .
| 小题1: | | A．as long as | B．as soon as | C．as well as | D．as much as |
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| 小题2: | | A．read | B．reading | C．to read | D．am reading |
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| 小题4: | | A．things | B．books | C．information | D．knowledge |
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| 小题5: | | A．am reading | B．have read | C．had read | D．read |
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| 小题6: | | A．the much pleasant | B．the more pleasant | | C．the most pleasant | D．the very pleasant |
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| 小题7: | | A．sit | B．catch | C．get in | D．take |
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| 小题8: | | A．trouble | B．being troubled | C．troubling | D．to be troubled |
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| 小题9: | | A．What to | B．How to | C．When to | D．Where to |
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| 小题10: | | A．looking | B．seeing | C．looking at | D．watching |
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| 小题11: | | A．fall asleep | B．go to sleep | C．go to bed | D．get to sleep |
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| 小题12: | | A．supper | B．friend | C．evening | D．work |
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| 小题13: | | A．whether there’s | B．if there is | | C．when there has | D．if there will be |
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| 小题14: | | A．so many | B．such many | C．a lot | D．quite few |
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| 小题15: | | A．busier | B．longer | C．near | D．away |
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An Englishman was showing a foreign visitor around London. "What"s that strange building?" asked the visitor. "That"s the Tower of London." "I see. How long did it take to build it?” “About 500 years." "In my country we can build it in five months." said the visitor. A short time after that, they come to St. Paul"s Cathedral (大教堂)."Very interesting, "said the visitor, "How long did it take to build it? Nearly forty years." said the Englishman. "In my country we can finish it in forty days." said the visitor. This went on all day. They visited most of the best known buildings in the city. Every time they saw a new one, the visitor asked what it was and how long it took to build it. Then he said that they could do the same things much faster in his country. At last the Englishman got angry with the visitor though he tried not to show it. A few days later they came to the House of Parliament(议会大厦) and the visitor asked his usual question. "What"s that?” The Englishman answered, "I"ve no idea. It wasn"t there last night."
小题1:The Englishman showed the foreign visitor around____________.| A．the Tower of London | | B．St. Paul"s Cathedral | | C．some famous buildings in London | | D．the whole city of London |
小题2:The visitor said that in his country it would take them ____________to build St. Paul"s Cathedral.| A．less than half a year | | B．more than a month | | C．five hundred years | | D．forty years |
小题3:The Englishman was very angry by the end of the day, but he______________| A．tried not to let the visitor know it | | B．tried not to show the visitor around the city | | C．had no time to tell the visitor | | D．didn"t want to say anything |
小题4:The Englishman"s last answer showed he______________.| A．was sorry that he hadn"t seen the building before | | B．could say nothing because he didn"t know anything about it | | C．was not happy and decided to give him a surprising answer | | D．didn"t know how to tell the visitor the name of the building |
小题5:The best title (标题) for this passage is_______________.| A．English history | | B．Around London | | C．What"s that strange building? | | D．How long did it take to build it? |
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