In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider story” is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times without success. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English... Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, 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 conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?
Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking 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 anyway.
The third thing to bear in mind 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.”
1.The “spider story” mentioned in the passage is used to show that _________.
A. only failure can lead you to success
B. we can make it if we keep trying
C. failure is always terrible
D. people who fail have the same experience
2.The underlined phrase “bear in mind” in the last paragraph means _________.
A. take care B. forget C. recognize D. remember
3.The writer tells us to do all the things when dealing with failure except ________.
A. thinking about how it happened
B. believing that we can’t live happily if we fail
C. considering failure as a part of life
D. checking out whether our goals are right for the present situation
4.The main idea of this passage is _________.
A. what the value of failure is
B. that Edison and Bruce failed repeatedly before success
C. what failure is and how to deal with failure
D. failure may be considered as a way towards success
1.B 2.D 3.B 4.C 【解析】在我们的生活中，我们不可能事事、时时都能成功，每个人都会经历失败。那么面对失败我们应怎么做？短文中作者给了我们一些建议。 1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段的内容可知，这一段中作者给我们讲述了“蜘蛛的故事”，苏格兰的领袖Robert Bruce受到了蜘蛛坚持不懈努力攀爬的启发，重新获得信心，打败了英格兰人。我们可以知道，作者讲这个故...科目：初中英语 来源：2018年中考模拟冲刺英语专题复习试卷：短文填空 题型：单词填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词。
During the long summer holidays, many children go to holiday camps. Emily Harris wrote about 1. experience looking after children at Kingfishers Holiday Camp, in Salisbury.
This summer will be my third time to be at the camp here, but I’ve been to 2. Kingfisher camps all over Britain. I’ve made a lot of friends through this summer job. It’s perfect for teenagers 3. me. After all, summer holidays are great, 4. they are long and they can get boring! We are busy doing this job all the time and we get paid!
I help the sports and activity teachers, so I 5. time with different groups of children, and by the end of the week, I usually know most of them well.
The best part is when the children try 6. new, like boating or climbing. I love seeing their excitement. It’s really enjoyable and it makes you feel you are 7. a good job. Also when they play a team game, and the other team wins, instead of feeling unhappy, we teach them to 8. hands and say ＂Congratulations!＂ to the winners. This gives me a real feeling of success.
As I said before, it isn’t just the 9. who make great new friends! Working together so closely, even for just a few weeks, the helpers at our camp become really good 10..
1.her/the 2.other 3.like 4.but 5.spend 6.something 7.doing 8.shake 9.children 10.friends 【解析】本文介绍了作者在暑假，参加翠鸟假日营地，帮助照顾孩子的经历。 1.her/the 句意：Emily Harris写了关于在她在位于斯伯里的村鸟...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：同步训练-九下单元测试期中(上海牛津版无听力部分） 题型：阅读单选
Choose the best answer (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)：）
The dream changed. First I went through a silent forest. Then I was alone in a small boat, which was floating along, past tree-covered islands. The boat was carrying me between grassy banks with colorful dots here and there. The water was so clear that some soft clouds in bright sky could be seen in it. The current must have been strong, for the boat kept moving forward quickly, as though
it were being pushed by some unseen hand.
At last the boat came to a place with a narrow stretch of silver sand. An old man was standing, his hand shading his eyes. As the boat ran around, he came up to me, held out his hand, and greeted me politely.
“You have reached me at last. Would you follow me, please?”
I kept still for a moment and was wondering what would happen next. The old man noticed my doubt and smiled at me kindly.
“You need not be afraid，” he said. “You are deeply respected by us all. Everything has been prepared for you. Now please come with me to the place chosen for you.*'
I dared not refuse him，but for reasons I cannot explain, I wouldn’t touch his hand out stretched to help me as I stepped out of the boat. We made our way towards a low flight of steps, which led to a beautiful palace, where I expected something dangerous was hidden.
1.The writer had a trip_____in his dream.
A. on foot B. by plane
C. by train D. by boat
2.The islands he saw_____.
A. had no signs of life but rocks in them
B. looked beautiful with trees, grass and flowers
C. had silver sand full of many tourists
D. couldn’t be seen clearly because of the trees
3.From the passage we know the water was clear because_____.
A. he could see soft clouds in the water B. the old man told him
C. he listened to the news on the radio D. he saw some rainbows in the sky
4.When the boat came to the destination,_____.
A. the silver sand disappeared B. an old man greeted him politely
C. a group of animals came over D. the boat went on moving
5.From what he said and did, we know the old man_____.
A. wanted to save the writer because something was wrong with his boat
B. seldom had a visitor and was eager to show the writer around
C. would kill anyone who dared come to the island
D. had been waiting for the writer for some special reasons
6.The writer’s purpose in this passage is_____.
A. to introduce an interesting beginning of a long story
B. to record one of his strange and horrible dreams
C. to describe some of his special experience on the sea
D. to discover something new in the unknown world
1.D 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.B 【解析】文章大意：本文作者描述了自己的一个奇怪而可怕的梦。首先，“我”穿过一片寂静的森林，然后，独自坐在一艘小船上，船一直快速向前移动，好像是被一只看不见的手推着。最后，小船来到了一个很窄的地方，有一个老人在那里站着，他礼貌地跟“我”打招呼，并邀请“我”跟他去。“我”不敢拒绝他，但无法解释原因。最后来到了一座美丽的...查看答案和解析>>
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How to deal________global warming is a big problem for all of the countries.
A. at B. for C. to D. with
D 【解析】句意：如何应对全球变暖是所有国家面临的一个大问题。本题考查固定短语，由句意“如何去______全球变暖对所有国家来说都是一个大问题，”可知此处应填“处理、对付”，是固定短语，英文表达是deal with，故答案选D。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：成都市2017届九年级二诊英语试卷 题型：回答问题
Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United Stated who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. But now, Mr. Cousins got sick, because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on his work. Surrounded by endless work, he had no choice but to deal with it day and night. Then a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he make was painful. He was not able to sleep at night.
The doctors told him that they did not know how to cure (治疗) Mr. Cousins’ problem and he might never get over the illness. However, Mr. Cousins refused to give up hope. He thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He didn’t want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness.
He began to experiment (实验) on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that 10 minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. After that Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise.
After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health.
1.Why did Norman Cousins get a strange and serious illness?
_________________________________________________________________
2.What could the doctors do to help him?
__________________________________________________________________
3.Besides feeling painful, what did he have difficulty doing?
__________________________________________________________________
4.What did Norman Cousins think caused his disease?
_________________________________________________________________
5.What did he do to help himself cure his problem?
__________________________________________________________________
1.Because he was too tired. 2.Nothing. 3.He had difficulty sleeping. 4.Unhappy thoughts. 5.He kept himself happy./ He made himself laugh. 【解析】Cousins先生因为把太多精力花费在了工作上，从而损害了自己的身体，得病了，医生们不...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：成都市2017届九年级二诊英语试卷 题型：单选题
The list _________ 19 trillion data _________ over nine years from 390 cities across 48 countries.
A. based on; collected B. based on; collecting
C. is based on; collected D. is based on; collecting
C 【解析】句意：这份名单是基于48个国家的390个城市9年收集的19万亿数据。based on以…为基础，是非谓语动词形式；be based on以…为基础，是谓语动词形式；collected收集，过去分词；collecting现在分词。根据句子结构可知，第一个空是该句的谓语动词，应带be动词形式，排除A和B；第二个空是作后置定语，修饰前面的名词data，数据，他们之间构成被动关系，应用过...查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：成都市2017届九年级二诊英语试卷 题型：单选题
In our school, for safety concerns, uncooked vegetables are not allowed to appear on our dining table.
A. unhealthy B. raw C. fresh D. unnatural
B 【解析】句意：在我们学校，出于安全考虑，未煮熟的蔬菜不允许出现在我们的餐桌上。unhealthy 不健康的；raw生的；fresh新鲜的；unnatural不自然的。原句中uncooked意思是“没有煮熟的”，故B与它同义，选B。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：牛津译林版八（上）Unit 5 基础练习 题型：单选题
This is a _______zebra. It looks lovely.
A. ten-months-old B. ten months old C. ten-month-old D. ten-month old
C 【解析】试题分析：空处应该填一个形容词作定语，ten-month-old是个复合式形容词，意思为十个月大，注意这类词的构成方式 数次+名词+形容词，其中名词必须用单数形式，如a 2-meter-long ruler一把两米长的尺子，此句翻译为这是一个只有十个月大的斑马，它非常可爱。查看答案和解析>>
科目：初中英语 来源：2018届2年中考1年模拟英语 专题10 动词的时态 题型：单选题
（2016 • 湖北省宜昌市中考）—How many children do most post-80s families have?
—One. They ____________ two in the future, I guess.
A. will have B. had C. have D. have had
D 【解析】试题分析：句意：——大部分80后的家庭有几个孩子？——一个。我猜想将来他们会有两个的。A.will have将会有；B、C和D.分别是have的过去式、现在式和完成时形式，都和“in the future”不符。故选A。查看答案和解析>>
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