| ( )1. A. if ( )2. A. ears ( )3. A. feel ( )4. A. worried ( )5. A. need ( )6. A. when ( )7. A. experience ( )8. A. easily ( )9. A. sleep ( )10. A. visitors | B. what B. eyes B. stop B. visited B. chance B. unless B. answer B. really B. think B. friends | C. that C. body C. keep C. died C. duty C. before C. problem C. carefully C. laugh C. classmates | D. whether D. head D. forget D. came D. turn D. but D. question D. especially D. cry D. teachers |
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| In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. Unit 5 Great People The "spider story" is 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 on the rock.lt tried six times without success. For the seventh time it made it and went on to spin its web. It is said that Bruce was taken heart and went on defeating the English later. 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 form yourself? How can you make such things go right 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 ,"lf I do succeed in this ,where will it get me?"This may prevent you from doing things you shouldn"t do. 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 fail. Remember, "You can"t win them all. " | |||
| 1. The first two sentences tell us _____. | |||
| A. failure is not all bad B. failure is terrible C. only failure can lead you to success D. to think of success all the time | |||
| 2. One thing the writer does not tell us to deal with failure is _____. | |||
| A. checking out the goals to see if they are right for us B. regarding failure as a part of life C. thinking the success all the time D. thinking about the failure to find out what went wrong | |||
| 3. The "spider story" is mentioned in the passage to show that _____. | |||
| A. failure must come from success B. nature will help us if we let it C. failure is the mother of success D. people who fail have the same experience | |||
| 4. Which one of the following is TRUE? | |||
| A. Edison didn"t fail before he invented the light bulb. B. Edison was the inventor of the light bulb. C. The spider didn"t tell Robert Bruce any lesson. D. There is no failure in a successful person"s life. | |||
| 5. The main idea of the passage is _____. | |||
| A. what failure is B. Edison and Bruce failed repeatedly before success C. how to deal with failure D. both A and C | |||
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| I"ve loved my mother"s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as Mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world. Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. "But the desk," she"d said again, "is for Elizabeth. " I never saw her anger, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was too "emotional (另动感情的) ". But she lived "on the surface". As years passed, I had my own family, I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive (原谅) me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest, finally, peace. It seemed that nothing happened. I couldn"t be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not. Now the present of her desk told me, as she"d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside-a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded (折叠) and refolded many times. Give me the answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words. | |||
| 1. The writer began to love her mother"s desk _____ | |||
| A. after Mother died B. before she became a writer C. when she was a child D. when Mother gave it to her | |||
| 2. The passage shows that _____ | |||
| A. Mother was cold on the surface but kind in her heart to her daughter B. Mother was too serious about everything her daughter had done C. Mother cared much about her daughter in words D. Mother wrote to her daughter in careful words | |||
| 3. The word "gulf" in the passage means _____ | |||
| A. deep understanding between the old and the young B. different ideas between the mother and the daughter C. free talks between mother and daughter D. part of the sea going far in land | |||
| 4. What did Mother do with her daughter"s letter asking for forgiveness? | |||
| A. She had never received the letter. B. For years, she often talked about the letter. C. She didn"t forgive her daughter at all in all her life. D. She read the letter again and again till she died. | |||
| 5. What"s the best title of the passage? | |||
| A. My Letter to Mother B. Mother and Children C. My Mother"s Desk D. Talks Between Mother and Me |