In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In   26  way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often   27 Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13^th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider  28 a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough   29 in the rock. He tried six times. On the   30  time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to   31 the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made 32 models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked   33 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have   34 failures. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't   35”.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused  36  ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go   37 next times.
Second, is the goal（目标 ） you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some   38 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 any way.
The third thing to keep in   39 about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have   40 ．

【小题1】

A．other B．another C．first D．second

【小题2】

A．told B．said C．talked D．spoken

【小题3】

A．doing B．taking C．making D．playing

【小题4】

A．room B．house C．place D．soil

【小题5】

A．tenth B．sixth C．eighth D．seventh

【小题6】

A．save B．help C．defeat(打败) D．kill

【小题7】

A．hundred B．hundreds C．hundred of D．hundreds of

【小题8】

A．why B．when C．what D．who

【小题9】

A．not B．no C．never D．nothing

【小题10】

A．do B．make C．took D．work

【小题11】

A．one B．it C．that D．this

【小题12】

A．high B．large C．right D．bright

【小题13】

A．Thinking B．shopping C．reading D．cleaning

【小题14】

A．heart B．eyes C．ears D．mind

【小题15】

A．failed. B．succeeded C．finished D．passed

Dogs like living with people. A dog can be a very good friend. He can do a lot of things for people. Some dogs help people to look after sheep, other dogs help them to find lost children. And some of the dogs can help the blind (盲人) do things.

Many years ago there was a very good dog. His name was Seeing Eye dog. Now we can see this kind of dogs all over the world. They are working for the blind.

The Seeing Eye dog is strong, good and easy to train(训练). He helps the blind to walk from place to place.

Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. First the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson the dog learns to make his trainer across busy streets

The dog has many things to learn. And in every lesson he must learn to do one thing again and again for many times.

At the end of the training school he must take tests. When he passes the tests, the Seeing Eye dog will do the things by himself.

Now he can help blind people. The new master may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind master about a month to learn to work and live together.

1.We can see the Seeing Eye dog _______.

   A. only in the country        B. only in small cities

   C. all over the world         D. only on the busy street

2.What can the Seeing Eye dog do?

   A. Look after sheep          B. Help blind people

   C. Find lost children         D. Train blind people

3.If you want a dog to become a Seeing Eye dog, you must let him ________.

   A. go to a training school     B. go to a middle school

   C. go to an evening school    D. go to a children school

4.First the dog has to learn to sit or stay __________.

   A. when he hears the telephone call       B. when he hears another dog’s call

   C. when he hears the master’s call        D. when he hears the trainer’s call

5.How long will it take the dog and his blind master to learn to work and live together?

   A. one year    B. five years   C. about a month    D. one week

 

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Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago，a test w1 given in the United States. People of different a2, from 12 to 83 , were asked to have a test. During the test , these people were given all kinds of breakfasts and s3they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well t4bodies worked when they had had different kinds of breakfasts.

The results show that if a person e5a right breakfast，he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit , eggs , bread and milk b6going to school，he will learn more quickly a 7listen more carefully in class.

The results a8show that having no breakfast will not h9you lose weight. This is because people become so h10at noon that they eat too much for lunch. So they will gain weight instead of losing weight.

 

Tom is really upset about losing the game, but I think he will ________ it soon.

A．get on

B．get over

C．get back

D．get out

— Do you know about the Japanese nuclear crisis(核危机)?

— Yes. I know           .

A. how are they dealing with it                B. what it has caused

C. how terrible was it                        D. how long will it last