In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often .Robert Bruce , leader of the Scots in the 13 th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough in the rock. He tried six times without success .On the time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to the English . Edison , the inventor of the light bulb, made models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't ”.
So what? First,always think about your failure. What caused ?Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go next time.
Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some about what your real goals may be. Think about this question. “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing any way.
The third thing to keep in about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have .
A.other B.another C.first D.second
A.told B.said C.talked D.spoken
A.doing B.taking C.making D.playing
A.room B.house C.place D.soil
A.tenth B.sixth C.eighth D.seventh
A.save B.help C.defeat D.kill
A.hundred B.hundreds C.hundred of D.hundreds of
A.why B.when C.what D.who
A.not B.no C.never D.nothing
A.do B.make C.took D.work
A.one B.it C.that D.this
A.high B.large C.right D.bright
A.thinking B.shopping C.reading D.cleaning
A.heart B.eyes C.ears D.mind
A.failed B.succeeded C.finished D.passed
Long ago, people did not need money.They on wild animals, fruits and other plants.
As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families more than they needed, so they started to with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones and so on.
During the 600s B.C, people began using coins money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time. , countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as as the 11th century. The Italian Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries didn’t start using paper money 1600s.
Today, we have many ways to pay for things.We don’t often use coins or paper money. It’s more for people to pay for things by card in our daily lives paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.A.played B. lived C.ate
A.produced B. planted C.invented
A.talkB. tradeC.get
A.forB. withC.as
A.At first B. At least C.Later
A.earlyB.lateC.long
A.inventor B.teacherC.traveler
A.afterB.untilC.unless
A.commonB.dangerous C.inexpensive
A.but B.because C.though
When Mr Smith retired(退休), he bought a small in a village near the sea. He it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.
But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most building in the village. From morning to night there were outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and of them even went into Mr Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want your curiosity(好奇心),come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr Smith was sure that the visitors would coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr Smith had to every day showing them around his house.“I came here to not to work as a guide(导游),”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
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My name is Liu Yuqing. I will never my first English teacher, Miss Yang, because I learned a lot from her. Miss Yang is a young woman. She has a round face big eyes. There is always a on her face.
She taught me English when I entered the school. When I first met her, I was and couldn’t speak a word of English. She said to me, “Come on! Don’t be shy. You can do it well.” She always me with my English when she was free.
Every day, she prepared (准备) her lessons before class. When she came into the classroom, she said hello______everone. She tried to make every class . She had all kinds of activities in class and tried to make every student speak English. After class, if we had problems with studies or life, she would give us some .
With her help, my English a lot and she was very happy for me. Miss Yang is really a good teacher.
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Hello! name is Li Ying. I’m twelve. I’m from Kunming. Now I’m in Beijing No. 14 High School. I’m Class Five, Grade Seven. Miss Gao my English teacher. She is old teacher. I have(有)a pen, a ruler and two in my pencil-box(文具盒). Liu Ping is in Grade Seven, too. is from Guangzhou. She is my good . We are in same class. Now she can English well(好). I think(认为) she is a good girl. Look! is that? She is Liu Ping.
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完形填空先通读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案,并将答案写在答题卷上。(本大题共10分,每小题1分)
Hiking is a good way to exercise. Do you like it?
Hiking health. Most people choose to go hiking in the countryside, in the forests in the mountains. They like to be close to nature and exercise fit at the same time.
If you are a beginner, you should start with a hike that you can finish one day. As you get stronger, you can go on overnight (整夜的) hikes. Later you can go on hikes which may last for days or weeks.
For safety reasons, hikers should go hiking with others. You should have one or more friends with you. , if you decide to be alone, you’d better let someone know where you are going and when you will . It is also a good idea to bring .
Backpacking is also a kind of . You can carry food, clothing and other things on your back in a pack. Backpackers can stay many days in places where there is food to buy.
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