In one way, it may be thought that failure（失敗）is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success.
The "spider-story" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider(蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb(電燈泡) , 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 you in high spir¬it then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
Second, is the goal(目標(biāo)) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: "If I am successful in this, where will it get me?" This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn't be doing anyway.
The third thing to remember about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to "live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, "You can't win them all. “
小題1:Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that        .
A．people who fail are not lonely
B．a(chǎn)nimals can help people sometimes
C．nature will help us if we are hard-working
D．confidence is important for one to be successful
小題2:Edison's example shows us that        .
A．he liked to do other kinds of work
B．he invented many kinds of light bulbs
C．failure may be a way towards success
D．he was a man of many important inventions
小題3:If you are not sure about what success will get you, you'd better         .
A．change your goalB．go on with your goal
C．not care for thatD．work even harder on your goal
小題4:It can be learned from the passage that        .
A．one should try not to fail
B． one's failure is another's success
C．one should take failures seriously
D．one should learn lessons from failures
小題5:This passage is mainly about        .
A．two great men
B． two sides of failure
C．ways to keep away from failure
D． the right attitude(態(tài)度) towards failure

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:D

試題分析：本篇閱讀講述失敗是我們生活的一部分。我們要勇于面對失敗，因?yàn)樗梢猿蔀槲覀冞M(jìn)步的階梯。再面對失敗時,要做到：找到失敗的原因；找到自己真正的目標(biāo)；不要害怕失敗，因?yàn)樗俏覀兩畹囊徊糠帧?br />小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第三行Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too.可知Bruce有足夠的信心，故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一行made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one.可知愛迪生在經(jīng)歷了無數(shù)次失敗才走向成功，故選C。，
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一行Second, is the goal(目標(biāo)) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be.可知在我們不能確定成功的時候，要找到自己真正的目標(biāo)，也就是更換目標(biāo)。故選A。
小題4:推理判斷題。文章告訴我們在失敗時不要害怕，要做到三步：找到失敗的原因；找到自己真正的目標(biāo)；不要害怕失敗，因?yàn)樗俏覀兩畹囊徊糠�。故選D，我們要從失敗中獲得知識。
小題5:主旨大意題。文章主要告訴我們失敗使我們生活的一部分，不要害怕失敗。要以正確的態(tài)度面對失敗。故選D。
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