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B Inonewayofthinking,failureisapartoflife.Inanotherway,failuremaybeawaytowardssuccess.The“spiderstory”isoftentold.RobertBruce,leaderoftheScotsinthe13thcentury,washidinginacavefromtheEnglish.Hewatchedaspiderspinningaweb(蜘蛛织网).Thespidertriedtoreachacrossaroughplaceintherock.Hetriedsixtimeswithoutsuccess.Ontheseventhtimehemadeitandwentontospinhisweb.BruceissaidtohavetakenheartandtohavegoneontodefeattheEnglish…Edison,theinventorofthelightbulb,madehundredsofmodelsthatfailedbeforehefoundtherightwaytomakeone. Sowhat?First,alwaysthinkaboutyourfailure.Whatcausedit?Wereconditionsright?Wereyouintopfromyourself?Whatcanyouchangesothingswillgorightnexttime? Second,isthegoal(目标)you’retryingtoreachtherightone?Trytodosomethinkingaboutwhatyourrealgoalsmaybe.Thinkabouthisquestion,“IfIdosucceedinthis,wherewillitgetme?”Thismayhelpyoupreventfailureinthingsyoushouldn’tbedoinganyway. Thethirdthingtobearinmindaboutfailureisthatit’sapartoflife.Learnto“livewithyourself”eventhoughyoumayhavefailed.Remember,“Youcan’twinthemall.” 61.Thispassagedealswithtwosidesoffailure.Inparagraph1,theauthortalksmainlyabout__. A.thevalueoffailure B.howpeoplewouldfail C.famousfailures D.thecauseoffailure 62.Theunderlinedphrase“madeit”means______. A.succeeded B.failed C.gave D.got 63.ThelessonthespidertaughtRobertBruceseems______. A.productive B.straightforward C.sorrowful D.deep 64.Theauthortellsyoutodoallthingsexcept______. A.Thethinkaboutthecauseofyourfailure B.tocheckoutwhetheryourgoalsarerightforyou C.toconsiderfailureasapartorlife D.tobearinmindthatyouwillneverfailinyourlife 65.WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue? A.BruceandEdisonweresuccessfulexamples. B.Failuremayberegardedasawaytowardsuccess. C.EdisonlearnedalotfromthelessonthespidertaughtRobertBruce. D.Onemayoftenraiseaquestionwhetherhisgoalsareworthattempting. C Peopleburytreasuretostopotherpeoplefromtakingit.Theychooseaquietplace,digadeepholeandburythetreasureinit.Thentheymakeamapofwherethetreasureisorwritedownotherclues(线索)thatwillhelpthemorsomeoneelsetofinditagain. InBritainafewyearsago,awriterwroteaboutsometreasurethathehadburied.Heputcluesinthestorytohelpreadersfindit.Thousandsofpeoplehuntedforthetreasure.TheydugholesalloverBritain,hopingtofindit. OneofthemostpopularadventurestorieseverwrittenisRobertLouisStephenson's“TreasuredIsland”,anexcitingstoryaboutayoungboy,JimHawkins,whoiscapturedbypirates(海盗)andlaterfindssomeburiedtreasure. Thenthereisthetruestoryaboutamanwhohadtotraveloverseasforayear.Hedidnottrustbanks,soheburiedhislifesavingsinapark.Thenhewentaway.Onhisreturn,hewentstraighttothepark.Buttheparkwasnolongerthere.Initsplacetherewasahugebuilding. Andthentherewasthemanwhoburiedhissavings,allinbanknotes,inawaterproof(防水的)bag.Whenhedugitupyearslater,therewasnothingleft.Wormsandinsectshadeatenthebagandeverythinginit. Andofcourse,thesearestoriesaboutpeoplewhoburythingsandeitherforgetwheretheyhaveburiedthemorlosethemap. Althoughitistruethatpeoplesometimeslosetheirmoneybecauseabankfails,banksarestillthesafestplacetokeepoursavingsandtreasures. 66.Peoplewhoburytreasureusually. A.donottrustbanks B.havealittlemoney. C.wanttoliveinaquietplace. D.expecttoloseit 67.ThewriterinBritain. A.reallyhadburiedsomething. B.startedanationwidetreasurehunt. C.hadlosthistreasureandwantedpeopletohelphimfindit. D.causedtroublebecausepeopledugholeseverywhere. 68.“TreasureIsland”. A.isastoryaboutpirates. B.isabouttheadventuresofJimHawkins. C.isthemostpopularstoryeverwritten. D.isawell-knownfairytale. 69.Themanwhoburiedhismoneyinapark. A.thoughthismoneywassafertherethaninabank. B.travelledontheseaforayear. C.gothislifesavingsbackagain. D.stayedawaylongerthanheexpected. (责任编辑：admin) |