Question

Do you sometimes try something new and expect to be successful for the first time? Are you angry with ____ if you aren’t?

Do you know a baby how to learn to walk? When a baby falls, the loving parent ____ him, “That’s OK. Try again.” Can you imagine if after many falls, the parent ____ the baby and says, “Well, I guess you’ll ____ be good at walking.” and doesn’t let the child continue to try?

Remember the first time you ____ your bike? I do. I didn’t lose my ____. I went back and tried again. Didn’t you?

“When I was a kid,” my dad told me, “you know, I ____ 4 UP(一种汽水饮料), but it wasn’t very good. I went back to the lab and ____ 5 UP and still, it wasn’t right. ___ I tried 6 UP, but it didn’t succeed. So I stopped. If I went on ____, may be 7 UP would be the hit!” Time after time, he said, he ____ too soon. He told me, “If I had tried one more, I could have been a rich man.”

Thomas Edison ____ over a thousand ____ before he found the filament(n.电灯泡的)灯丝 material that would make an electric light bulb shine.

____ we try something new, we need practice. No matter how well we plan, there are times unexpected problems developing.

Failure is ____ not an option(选择). It is a chance only for those who try.

1.A. you        B. yourself     C. yours           D. your

2.A. obeys      B. beats         C. encourages      D. hates

3.A. picks up  B. dresses up    C. cleans up       D. looks up

4.A. nearly    B. always       C. never           D. often

5.A. fell off B. fell down    C. fell from      D. fell over

6.A. confidence B. chance      C. dream           D. plan

7.A. produced  B. invented     C. thought        D. wanted

8.A. started with B. came up with  C. looked forward to D. was willing to

9.A. Finally   B. First         C. Luckily         D. Second

10.A. try      B. trying       C. to try         D. tried

11.A. gave out  B. gave up       C. gave away      D. gave in

12.A. fail      B. fell          C. failed         D. felt

13.A. times     B. time         C. money           D. chance

14.A. Whenever B. Whatever      C. However         D. Whichever

15.A. truly     B. really       C. hardly          D. easily

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.B

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是为什么不用一种新的方式看待失败的原因。失败并不是一种选择，仅仅是给那些尝试的人提供机会。

1.B 考查反身代词辨析及语境的理解。句意：如果没有，你生你自己的气吗？根据句意，故选B。

2.C 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：当一个孩子走路摔倒时，他的父亲或母亲鼓励他：“好的，再试一次。”A遵守；B击败；C鼓励；D讨厌。根据句意，故选C。

3.A考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：你能想象出来在你摔了很多跤之后，父母把你扶起来。A扶起；B装扮；C打扫；D查找。此题考查固定短语pick up扶起。根据句意，故选A。

4.C考查副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我猜你不会擅长走路的。A几乎；B总是；C从来不；D经常。根据句意，故选C。

5.A考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：记得你第一次从自行车上摔下来吗？此题考查fall off摔下来；根据句意，故选B。

6.A考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：不要失去信心。A信心；B机会；C梦想；D计划。根据句意，故选A。

7.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：我发明了一种汽水，但是不是很好喝。A生产；B发明；C思考考虑；D想要。根据句意，故选B。

8.A考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。句意：我返回实验室，开始于UP5。还是不是很好喝。根据句意，故选A。

9.A考查副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：最后，我尝试了6UP，还是没有成功。A最后；B首先；C幸运的是；D第二。根据句意，故选A。

10.B考查动名词及语境的理解。句意：如果我继续尝试，7UP可能会达到标准。此题考查固定短语go on doing sth继续做某事。根据句意，故选B。

11.B考查动词短语释义及语境的理解。句意：一次又一次，他说，他放弃的太快。A分发；B放弃；C捐赠，分发；D放弃。根据句意，故选B。

12.C考查动词释义及语境的理解。句意：爱迪生失败了一千次才找到了会使电灯泡发亮的灯丝材料。根据句意，故选C。

13.A考查名词释义及语境的理解。句意：爱迪生失败了一千次才找到会使电灯泡发亮的灯丝材料。A次数；B时间；C金钱；D机会。根据句意，故选A。

14.A考查连词释义及语境的理解。句意：每当我们尝试一些新的东西，我们需要实践。A每当什么时候；B无论什么；C无论怎样；D无论哪一个。根据句意，故选A。

15.B考查副词释义及语境的理解。句意：失败真的不是一种选择。根据句意，故选B。

考点：考查故事类短文。