Failure （失败）often happens in our daily life. 　26　 may fail in their school exams, scientists may fail in their research, and athletes may fail in their competitions. Although failure 27 　to everyone, 　28　 different people have different attitudes towards failure. Some people don’t think their failure is very 29 at all. So they pay 30　 attention to it . As a result, they will fail again 31 . Some people think 32 they are fools（傻瓜）and they lose their confidence (信心)after they fail in something. So they 　33 their time and energy(精力) 　　on useless things and they may really be fools as they have thought.

Other people are quite different 34　 those two kinds of people mentioned above. Instead of 35 frustrated, they draw a 36　 from every failure and become more experienced(有经验的).After hard work, they will be 37 in the end. It is said that failure is 38 mother of success. Success will be gained(赢得) after many times of failures 39 we are good at drawing lessons from our failures.

　 In 40 opinion, failure is not a bad thing. The really bad thing is not learning from failure or even losing heart after failure.

26．A. teachers　　 B. doctors　 C. singers　　　 D. students

27. A. happens　 B. joins　　 C. begins　　　　 D. finds

28 . A. but　　　 B. /　　　　 C. and　　　　　 D. because

29. A. different　 B. easy　　 C. interesting　　 D important

30. A. no　　　　 B. much　　 C. many　　　　 D. more

31. A. before　　 B. later　　 C. after　　　　　 D. late

32. A. why　　　 B. who　　　 C. when　　　　 D. that

33. A. pay　　　 B. take　　　 C. spend　　　　 D. cost

34　 A. from　　 B. in　　　　 C. on　　　　　 D. for

35　 A. to be　　 B. being 　　 C. be　　　　　 D been

36. A. lesson　　 B. reason　　 C. picture　　　 D .thought

37. A. happy　　 B. sad　　　 C. successful　　 D. helpful

38. A. one　　　 B. a　　　　 C. an　　　　　 D. the

39. A. if　　　　 B. until　　　 C. or　　 　　　D so

40. A. my　　　 B. your　　　 C. her D.his 　

Yoga(瑜伽) is a kind of sport. It is very 　 41 around the world now. Every one can do yoga. It’s good 　42 men and women.

　 　43 do people like yoga? It’s 　44 to say. The short answer is that yoga helps you to 　 45 fit. For many people, this answer is enough, 　46 there is more if you have an interest in it.

Yoga 　47 in India about 5000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free, 48 and live a long life. So this kind of exercise was born. Yoga is a Sanskrit(梵语) word and it 　 49 　“to join together”. There are 　50 parts in yoga: exercise, breathing and thinking. Yoga can give you peace(平静) and help you feel relaxed.

(　 ) 41. A. easy　　　　　　　 B. popular　　　　　 C. interesting

(　 ) 42. A. to　　　　　　 　 B. for　　　　　　　 C. with

(　 ) 43. A. Why　　　　　　　 B. How　　　　　　 C. Where

(　 ) 44. A. hard　　　　　　　 B. different　　　　 C. heavy

(　 ) 45. A. take　　　　　　　 B. turn　　　　　　 C. keep

(　 ) 46. A. so　　　　　　　　 B.or 　　　　　　　 C. but

(　 ) 47. A. begin　　　　　　 B. begins　　　　　 C. began

(　 ) 48. A. healthy　　　　　 B. warm　　 　　　　 C. busy

(　 ) 49. A. shows　　　　　 　B. means　　 　　　　C. plans

(　 ) 50. A. two　　　　　　　 B. three　　　　 　 C. four

　　　 　

You’re going to high school, aren’t you? Maybe you don’t know what to do. Well, here’s a list of the top six things to do when you’re in high school. These things will give you ideas of what your high school life could be like. Here you go!

①Find your passion(激情) and what kind of person you are: Whether it’s dance, basketball, or drawing, the important thing is that you have found something you are interested in.

②Talk to people you wouldn’t usually talk to: Meet new people, find new friends and even talk to people you don’t like. It will show what a great person you are. You never know what will happen after high school.

③Take part in at least one contest: This will give you tears of laughter, happiness and memories.

④Get a job: This will help you see what it’s like to have responsibility (责任). It can also help you make a little money to spend on yourself.

⑤Take a trip with your friends: It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do, the memories will happen on the way and go on till the final place.

⑥Do your best at school: Don’t ever get lazy. Working hard now will help you in the

51. The writer mainly tells you six things you should do ____________.

A. in your high school years　　　　　 B. at the beginning of your high school years

C. before your high school begins　　　 D. after you finish your high school

52. The writer gives you advice that you should talk to the people you don’t like because_______.

A. you will feel sorry if not　　　　　 B. it will show how great you are

C. you can show how clever you are　　 D. you can make your study better

53. From Point③, we know that you can ________ in a contest.

A. get lots of tears B. have a strong body

C. get good grades in high school　　 D. have different feelings and memories

54. Which of the following you’d better NOT do according to the passage?

　 A. Find your interest.　　　　　　　　 B. Get a job.

　 C. Take a trip with your friends.　　　　 D. Get lazy.

55. What’s the main idea of the passage?

　 A. Have a happy school life. B. How to get along with your schoolmates.

　 C. Ideas of successful high school life.　 D. Make your school life easy.