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【题目】In 1914, Thomas Edison, at the age of 67, lost his factory, 【1】 was worth a few million dollars, to fire. It had very little insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort 【2】 (go) up in smoke and said, "There is great value in disasters. All our mistakes are burnt up. Thank God we can start anew." In spite of disasters, three weeks later, 【3】 invented the phonograph. What 【4】 attitude!

Below are more examples of the 【5】 (fail) of successful people: Thomas Edison failed 【6】 (approximate) 10, 000 times while he 【7】 (work) on the light bulb.

Henry Ford fired Lee Iacocca at the age of 54. Young Beethoven 【8】 (tell) that he had no talent for music, 【9】 he gave some of the best music to the world.

Setbacks are inevitable in life. A setback can act as a driving force and also teach us humility. In grief you will find courage and faith 【10】 (overcome) the setback.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】which

【2】go

【3】he

【4】an

【5】failures

【6】approximately

【7】was working

【8】was told

【9】but

【10】to overcome

【解析】本文介绍了几个面对挫折重新站起来的例子。例如，托马斯爱迪生在自己的工厂化为灰烬后，发明了留声机。挫折能使你重新站起来，也教会你如何面对困难。

【1】his factory是先行词，指物，故用which引导非限制性定语从句，对前面的先行词factory进行补充说明。

【2】一些感观动词像watch,see,hear等后面都可接动词的两种形式：接-ing表示看到或听到动作正在进行；接do，也就是不带to的动词不定式，表示看到或听到动作的全过程。watch his lifetime effort go up in smoke.表示看到这个动作的全过程，已经结束了。故填动词原形go。

【3】句意：三天后他发明了留声机。填he作句子主语，指代Edison。

【4】what an attitude!是一个感叹句，attitude作“态度”讲时，是个可数名词，attitude以元音音素开头，故填an。

【5】句意：下面是成功人失败的更多的例子。failure是可数名词，这里表示不只一次的失败，故要用复数形式，故填failures。

【6】副词修饰动词，这空要填一个副词，approximate是形容词，“大约”，它的副词形式是approximately。故填approximately。

【7】句意：当爱迪生在致力于发明电灯泡的过程中失败过1000多次。强调当时动作进行的过程，故填was working。

【8】句意：有人对年轻的贝多芬说他没有音乐天赋。也就是贝多芬被告知没有音乐天赋。要用tell的被动语态，was told意思是“被告知”。

【9】but“但是”，表转折，与前面一句意思形成对比。句意：尽管有人对贝多芬说他没有音乐天赋，但是他还是创作出了世上一些最好的音乐。

【10】用不定式作目的状语。句意：在悲伤中你也会找到勇气和信念去克服挫折。