Nobody wants to lose, but we must accept that losing is a part of life. After all, we can’t win all the time. However, we can learn something valuable from every failure（失败）. This may help us succeed in the future. So we must know how to be a good loser.
We must not be afraid of losing. When we lose, just take it with a smile and look on the bright side of it. Failure can’t be avoided in our life. Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb（灯泡）. When he was asked how he felt, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times but had learned 10,000 things which didn’t work. We must know that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved success although they failed many times.
Losing is not very disgraceful. We must accept our failure and learn to take advantage of it. Remember that it can be helpful. Take action to walk out of it. When we lose, think about what we did and how we can improve. If someone else can help, we’ll be lucky enough. Maybe he or she has been through the same experience before. Many people enjoy helping others solve problems. This can save us a lot of time in learning how to avoid the same mistakes in the future.
We should face our failure when we lose. There is only one winner in every competition. Some win, while some lose. That is a usual way of life. If we offer our congratulations（祝贺）to the winners and share in their happiness, we won’t feel sorry for our failure.
In a word, being a good loser will help us to succeed in life. It might be painful at the beginning, but there are many advantages. Good losers set examples to us, and most importantly, they finally win.
(1). What can we learn from every failure according to the text?
| A． |
A way of life. |
B． |
A valuable thing. |
C． |
A general rule. |
D． |
A secret of success. |
(2). In the writer’s eyes, why did Edison achieve success?
| A． |
He got help from others. |
B． |
He happened to make it. |
| C． |
He avoided possible mistakes. |
D． |
He saw the bright side of losing. |
(3). What does the underlined word “disgraceful” probably mean?
| A． |
Bad. |
B． |
Personal. |
C． |
Dangerous. |
D． |
Interesting. |
(4). What does the writer advise the losers to do in a competition?
| A． |
Express the regrets. |
B． |
Forget the failure. |
| C． |
Share in the winners’ enjoyment. |
D． |
Join in another competition. |
(5). What is the best title for the text?
| A． |
Ideas about How to Avoid Mistakes |
B． |
Experience in Dealing with Problems |
| C． |
Advice on How to Be a Good Loser |
D． |
Advantages of both Success and Failure |
Little Smart or Xiaolingtong is becoming more and more popular in China. But you can use it only in your city. If you go to another city, it will have no use. It looks like a mobile phone, but the service(服务 )is quite cheap. We only need to pay about 20 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan each minute for the talk. What’s more, you don’t have to pay any money when someone else calls you.
But little Smart is not really so smart. Users often complain about( 抱怨) its bad voice. “ I can’t make or get a phone call when I am on a bus,” a person in Hangzhou said. Scientists are trying their best to make Little Smart smarter. And the latest Little Smart even has a color screen.Little Smart is popular because__________________.
| A．the service of it is very cheap |
| B．it’s very expensive |
| C．it’s very smart |
| D．it’s very useful in another city |
You can use your Litter Smart_____________.
| A．in some cities | B．in any city | C．only in the buses | D．only in your city |
The latest Little Smart______________.
| A．has good sounds | B．has a colour screen( 屏幕) |
| C．has a bad voice | D．is not smarter |
If someone calls you by your Little Smart, you should pay____.
| A．20 yaun | B．0.1 yuan | C．0.1 youan a minute | D．nothing |
I love collecting old paving bricks (铺路砖 ). It is my favourite hobby. I started it last year when I needed to help our teacher to hold a fair display (展览 ) for our school. A few years earlier, I read an article about paving bricks in a fashion magazine. I found it was very interesting, so I decided to do the display on the bricks. But we didn’t have so many bricks for a good display. Then I decided to go out and look for them.
Now I have collected hundreds of bricks. Most of them are from Ohio (俄亥俄洲 ). Actually , there are more than one thousand different kinds of bricks in Ohio. Sometimes, I bought some old but special bricks on the Internet. The price is from 5 to 10 dollars for one brick.
Sometimes, people can’t understand why I buy bricks. I must say that it’s my favourite hobby.I collected old paving bricks_________.
| A．last week | B．last year | C．A few years ago | D．this year |
I came to know paving bricks________________.
| A．in the library | B．on the Internet | C．in a newspaper | D．in a magazine |
Now I have collected_______ different kinds of bricks.
| A．about 100 | B．about 1000 | C．about 200 | D．several hundred |
How much is a brick?
| A．5 dollars | B．10 dollars | C．15 dollars | D．5 to 10 dollars |
Boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six in front of the TV set. Some children even watch TV for eight or more hours on Saturday. TV programmes are like books and films. A child can learn bad things from some of them and good things from others. Some programmes help children know the news from the other parts of the world. Some programmes show people and places from other countries or other times（时代）in history. With TV, a child doesn’t need to go to the zoo to see animals or to the sea to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a film, a play or a basketball match at home. Some programmes can teach children how to cook or how to use tools. It’s interesting to watch TV, but it is also interesting to read a book or to visit friends. Children can learn ________ from TV programmes.
| A． good things | B．bad things | C．good or bad things | D．good and bad things |
How many hours do children often watch TV a day?
| A．4 | B．4-6 | C．6 | D．8-10 |
Which of the following is wrong?
| A．Watching TV is the only interesting thing in life. |
| B．Reading a book is also interesting |
| C．Visiting friends is interesting, too |
| D．A child should learn useful things from TV programmes. |
Many animals hide(躲藏) to stay alive. They hide in many ways. Some animals hide in leaves; some animals hide in snow. Usually their colors or shapes(形状) help protect them. It’s hard to see an Arctic bear in snow. Its white fur helps protect it. Chameleons(变色龙) can hide by changing colors. Their skin turns the same color as what is around them. Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes.
Many animals try to look bigger than they are to stay alive. Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, animals that are looking for food will run away. Bears can walk on two legs. They look very, very scary(可怕的). Some animals will run away from them.
Many animals try to stay around other animals. This helps them stay alive. Zebras stay close together so that they can help each other look out of danger. Seeing many stripes(条纹) at once can also confuse(使混乱) animals that want to eat them. Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction. In this way they can also help each other stay alive by looking around for animals that may want to eat one of them.Animals have ways to stay alive. Which animal try to look bigger than they are to stay alive in the passage?
| A．Zebras. | B．Chameleons. | C．Birds. | D．Bears. |
Why do animals hide?
| A．Because they like to play hide-and-seek. |
| B．Because they are shy. |
| C．Because they want to catch other. |
| D．Because they want to protect themselves. |
How do Chameleons hide?
| A．They change colors. | B．They change shapes. |
| C．They hide in snow. | D．They hide in leaves. |
How do zebras hide?
| A．Become good friends. | B．Talk to each other. |
| C．Help each other look out for danger. | D．Eat and play together. |
Why do animals try to look bigger than they are?
| A．They want other animals to run away from them. |
| B．They want other animals to follow them. |
| C．They want other animals to see them. |
| D．They want other animals to like them. |
A businessman lost his wallet. There was plenty of money in it. So he makes a promise(诺言), “If someone finds my wallet and returns it to me, I'll give half the money to him.” A dustman(清洁工) found the wallet in a dustbin(垃圾箱). He sent it back to the loser. But the businessman changed his mind.
“There was still a diamond ring(钻戒) in my wallet,” said the loser. “I won't give half the money in my wallet to you before you return it to me!”
“I've never seen a diamond ring in the wallet,” said the dustman.
They began to quarrel. The businessman didn’t do what he had said. The dustman became angry and took him before a judge (法官).
After the judge heard what had happened to them, he said to the businessman, “I'm sure you are an honest man. It's true that you have lost a wallet in which there was a diamond ring. But it's also clear that there is only a lot of money in this wallet. I don't think it's yours. Wait for some time. Perhaps someone will be able to return your wallet to you!”
Then the judge turned to the dustman and said, “Take the wallet home. If the loser doesn't go to get it back in three days, it will belong to you!”The wallet the businessman lost __________.
| A．was found in a shop | B．was sent to the judge |
| C．was found in a dustbin | D．was never to be found |
The businessman was eager (渴望) to get back the wallet because __________.
| A．there was the address of an important judge in it |
| B．there was a lot of money in it |
| C．he put in it a diamond ring he had just bought |
| D．it was a very expensive one |
Which of the following is true according to the story?
| A．The businessman broke his promise. |
| B．The dustman asked the businessman to give him more money. |
| C．They began to quarrel because the wallet got dirty. |
| D．The dustman kept the diamond ring for himself. |
Having heard what had happened, the judge ________.
| A．took the side of the businessman |
| B．made a wise(明智的) decision |
| C．took pity on the loser |
| D．didn't know what to do |
Where do you think the diamond ring was?
| A．The businessman hid it. |
| B．The dustman kept it. |
| C．The judge stole it. |
| D．The story of the ring was nothing but a lie. |