Failure is the best teacher. We learn to have more confidence in 1. we know through failure. You don’t have to accept your failure if you 2. (real) want to achieve success. For every achievement, there have been one or more failures. But those 3. we consider as successful refuse to accept failure and believe success is the other side of failure.
The lamp 4. (invent) by Edison after 1,000 failure. If he had stopped after he tried 100 times, what 5. (be) the result of such effort?
Any time your effort is not bringing an expected result, you don’t have to call it a failure, call it a challenge. What is the 6. (different) between the two? One is negative, the other is positive.
What you need is positive thinking 7. (achieve) success. Failure means there is no way out, no alternative, but a challenge is a question mark asking for another way out of the situation, an alternative solution 8. the problem.
9. wise man once said if you cannot fly, run. If you cannot run, walk. If you cannot walk, crawl （爬行）; just keep on 10. (move).
If you fall down, you have to get up and start moving. If not, other people will step on you on the way to their achievements.
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
On Tuesday, September 16th, I’m proud to join fathers across New York State for “Dads Take Your Child To School Day.”
________ giving my son Felix a ________ at the door before he heads off to school with his mom, I’ll take his hand and walk him there myself. Then I’ll ________ for a bit in the classroom to participate in the morning activities. I’m more than ________ to do this, because it’s the ________ thing to do.
The U.S Department of Education has collected the results of numerous studies pointing to how ________ it is for dads to be involved in their children’s ________. Here are just a few:
Dads model how grown men behave in life. When talking to my son about his ________, I often point to how I and my male friends conduct ourselves illustrating how we use our words instead of our hands to ________, and treat other people with respect and kindness. This has come to make a big impresion on him. It’s important for kids to see grown men behaving ________ and carrying themselves with dignity, because they ________ our every move.
Also, dads encourage kids to take ________ and explore. Kids with active fathers tend to be highly ________ about the world. A dad’s involvement seems to give kids more confidence in exploring the world around them.
Besides, kids learn about how men and ________ interact with one another by watching their dads. It makes a great impact on kids when dads ________ help around the house and treat the child’s mother with love and ________. This helps break down rigid, ________ gender stereotypes （性别刻板印象）.
Whether you’re a ________ in New York State or not, any day is a good day to take your child to ________. Beyond that, ask your child about what they’re learning in school. Get involved! Your child will ________ it, and really, so will you.
1.A. Because ofB. In spite ofC. Instead ofD. In case of
2.A. hugB. giftC. lessonD. bag
3.A. stayB. lookC. liveD. hide
4.A. strangeB. happyC. confidentD. polite
5.A. sameB. simpleC. hardD. right
6.A. interestingB. important
C. surprisingD. normal
7.A. exerciseB. entertainmentC. careerD. education
8.A. appearanceB. hobbyC. behaviorD. future
9.A. celebrateB. communicateC. competeD. compromise
10.A. properlyB. bravelyC. quicklyD. perfectly
11.A. imitateB. changeC. rememberD. influence
12.A. controlB. stepsC. chargeD. risks
13.A. confusedB. curiousC. worriedD. careful
14.A. friendsB. relativesC. womenD. children
15.A. regularlyB. hardlyC. slowlyD. finally
16.A. prideB. honesty
C. confidenceD. consideration
17.A. modernB. unnecessaryC. friendlyD. unhealthy
18.A. motherB. workerC. fatherD. boss
19.A. parkB. schoolC. libraryD. museum
20.A. think ofB. benefit fromC. get used toD. know about
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
There is no better feeling than walking away from your desk in the evening with a sense of deep satisfaction for a job well done. 1. Here are five ways to help you do just that：
·Empty your inbox(收件箱)．
__2._ You will find that an empty inbox late in the day will give you a strong sense of accomplishment and order in your life.If you want an empty inbox，it means everything is in a particular spot：either in the trash，or sent to someone else.
· 3.
If you leave a tiring and undesirable task until the next day，you will walk away from your desk with a dark cloud hanging over you and a sense of fear. On the other hand, try to complete the task before you leave the office, and you will walk away with a feeling of freedom and victory.
·Do something nice for someone else.
The key here is intentionality．Plan to end your day by doing something specific and beneficial for someone in your life—a partner，friend，family member，customer，etc._ 4.__ It is impossible to do something nice for someone without feeling better yourself.
·Say thank you.
Take a moment before you shut things down for the day to be thankful for your life. 5. When you feel grateful to people around you，you will get a new idea on the difficulties of any given day.
A．Determine what will make tomorrow special.
B．Regardless of what else has happened in a day，ending it with thanks is a rewarding approach．
C．Finish the task as far as possible before you leave.
D．Keeping your inbox empty makes you more effective.
E．In fact a whole unproductive day can end with just 15 hyper-productive(高效的) minutes.
F．Nothing else throughout your day could possibly be so bad.
G．You will feel better when doing a good deed to others.
When it comes to preschool education, there are two lines of thought. One says that preschoolers need to be taught early academic skills in order to get a leg up on future school achievement. Another says the focus should be on social and emotional development. But, new research from Penn State University says a high quality preschool program should do both.
Karen Bierman, Penn State Professor of Psychology, and her team studied 350 preschoolers. Half were taught the traditional curriculum(课程）. The other half were given the basic curriculum as well as social and emotional teaching.
The results show that the half students taught with a curriculum that includes social lesson, such as sharing, listening and self-control, score higher in both the social and academic areas of school readiness than the other half students.
The other finding is that when you work on both academic and social-emotional skills, you get stronger gains in both areas. “You get the combined power when you put both together, so neither area is weakened.” she says.
Clearly, knowing how to share, develop healthy friendships, and learn side-by-side with others is important to a child’s academic achievement in the classroom. But, Bierman says the importance of social and emotional education goes beyond that. Preschool is prime time for the development of self-regulation, which not only tells a child not to hit another child, but also tells a child how to set personal goals and focus himself enough to follow through with those goals. And the ability to regulate behavior is what helps children get motivated at school. “When they get upset, bored, or frustrated, it doesn’t defeat them.” she says.
Goal-oriented (面向目标的) and motivated learning is best taught in preschool, Biernam says, when the prefrontal part of the brain, which controls decision-making, is at the height of development. “First grade teachers can teach letter names, but preschool is when that behavior is peaking and language is just beginning to develop,” she says.
1.Karen Bierman and her team carried out the research by ________.
A. tracking 350 preschoolers for years
B. separating children into two equal groups
C. working out a high quality preschool program
D. analyzing the importance of social and emotional teaching
2.The underlined words “prime time” in the text probably refer to ________.
A．the best timeB．the only time
C．the earliest timeD．the suitable time
3.According to the text, self-regulation can help children ________.
A．be willing to studyB．become emotionless
C．memorize letter namesD．learn language quickly
4.What’s the best title for the text?
A. Preschool learning: more than ABCs and 123s
B. Karen Bierman: freeing kids from boring learning.
C. Learning self-regulation in preschool: why it matters?
D. Academic and social-emotional skills: which is more important?
While the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance，they rarely result in driving out the residents.But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10-square-mile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska，almost 230 years ago.Now thanks to a five-year effort by scientists，the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners—birds!
Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands.The rats that arrived there in 1780，when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby，completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators.There isn't any tree on the island，which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground，giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks.As years passed，the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually，disappeared completely.
In 2007，the US FWS(Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home.Given that there were an estimated 10，000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they reproduce rapidly，it was not an easy task.But by 2009，the island was officially declared rat free!
Then slowly but surely，the birds began to return. Unfortunately，some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide，a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents.But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the island is starting to increasingly look like its former self.Before the transformation，“Hawadax”，also known as “Rat Island”，was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones，snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便)．
Today，birds' singing and flying in and out is a common sight.Tufted puffins and song sparrows，which had long disappeared，are gradually making their way back.Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shore birds.Though the island is still not back to its full glory，the signs are encouraging and things can only get better，as time passes.
1.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to ________.
A．birds' being driven out
B．the presence of rats
C．birds' returning to the island
D．residents' worrying about rats
2.Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because ________.
A．their chicks were extremely weak
B．they nested randomly
C．they reproduced too rapidly
D．this island was treeless
3.From the passage，we can know the plan of US FWS ________.
A．has helped the island fully recovered
B．cost little but benefited greatly
C．involved poisoning the rats on a large scale
D．accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months
4.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A．FWS help get rare birds back to alaska island
B．Japanese changed a bird paradise into rat island
C．Alaska's rat island returns to a bird paradise
D．FWS plan to drive rats out of rat Island
To support his sick wife and earn a paycheck, a 61-year-old Iowa man named Steve Simon sometimes walks 35 miles to his job as an overnight gatekeeper. Simon said that he leaves his basement apartment in a small town at about 3:30 p.m. to get to the Lakesside hotel and Casino in Osceola where he begins to work at 11:00 p.m. for $9.07 per hour. His wife suffered a stoke nine years ago and some days there just isn’t enough money to put gas in the couple’s 2002 car. Moving closer to his job would likely mean paying more than he now does in monthly rent—$400.
Family and a job are “the two most important things I can think of,” Simon said, explaining why he walks to his job. He and his wife, Renee, adopted their now 22-year-grandson, Steven, who has been unemployed since January.
Although some people along the route do stop to offer him a lift, they often drop him off about 8 miles from home. But Simon doesn’t seem to mind. He describes the walking route as “picturesque（风景如画的）” and sounds like he enjoy passing the cows and fields along the way. He’s done the walk in all kinds of weather, including snow. It’s a little dangerous because trucks frequent Interstate highway 35, whizzing （飞驰） past him at 70 miles per hour.
Simon story has a familiar ring. Last month there were storied written about a Detroit man named James Robertson who for years has been walking 21 miles roundtrip through city streets to and from his factory job. The media attention got Robertson $350,000 from a GoFundMe campaign and a new car. We wonder what the Internet holds for Simon.
1.Simon walks 35 miles to his job mainly ________.
A. to attract others’ attention
B. to keep healthy and strong
C. to accompany his sick wife
D. to save money for his family
2.What do we know about Simon’s walking route?
A. It is pretty boring.
B. There are high buildings.
C. It is full of fun and danger.
D. There are only a few regulars.
3.James Robertson is mentioned because ________.
A. his story inspired Simon
B. he donated money to Simon
C. he is quite familiar with Simon
D. his experience is similar to Simon’s
