--Will you please have dinner with me tonight?

-- _______，but I'll have an important meeting．

A．Sony，I can't                            B．Yes，I'd like to

C．Let's go                                D．No，I don't think so

In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In ? ? ? way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often ? ? ? . Robert Bruce , leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider ? ? ?? a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough ? ? ? in the rock. He tried six times. On the ? ? ? 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 ? ? ?? the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made ? ? ?? models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked ?? ? ? he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have ? ? ? failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't ?? ? ? “..

So what? First，always think about your failure. What caused ? ? ? ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go ?? ? ?? next time.

Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some ?? ? ?? 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 ? ? ? about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have ? ? ? ．

1.A. other??????? B. another??????? C. first??????????? D. second

2.A. told???????? B. said?????????? C. talked?????????? D. spoken

3.A. doing??????? B.taking???????? C. making????????? D. playing

4.A. room??????? B. house????????? C. place?????????? D. soil

5.A. tenth??????? B. sixth????????? C. eighth?????????? D. seventh

6.A. save???????? B. help?????????? C. defeat?????????? D. kill

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

8.A. why???????? B. when????????? C. what?????????? D. who

9.A. not????????? B. no??????????? C. never?????????? D. nothing

10.A . do???????? B. make????????? C. took??????????? D. work

11.A. one???????? B. it????????????? C. that??????????? D. this

12.A. high??????? B. large?????????? C. right?????????? D. bright

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

14.A. heart??????? B. eyes??????????? C. ears?????????? D. mind

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

It was Mother's Day，but the young mother was a little unhappy，because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to wish her a happy Mother's Day，and her mother told her about the beautiful lilacs（丁香）in the garden．

Later that day，when she told her husband about the lilacs，he said，“I know where we can find all that you want．Get the children and come on．”So they went，driving down the country roads．

There on a small hill，they saw a lot of beautiful purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to enjoy the flowers．Carefully，she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．

When they were passing a nursing home（养老院），the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They stopped the car and the young woman walked to the old woman，put the flowers in her hands，and smiled at her．The old granny thanked her again and again．She smiled happily，too．

When the young mother came back to her car，her children asked her，“Who is that old granny？Why did you give our flowers to her？”

“I don't know her，”their mother said．“But it's Mother's Day，and she has no children．I have all of you，and I still have my mother．Just think how much those flowers meant to her.

1.The young woman was a little unhappy on Mother's Day because _____.

A．she didn't have a present

B．she was a long way from her mother

C．she didn't know it was Mother's Day

D．she wanted to see her father

2.There were many beautiful purple lilacs.

A．in her garden                          B．in the market

C．in her mother's garden                   D．in the nursing home

3.The young woman had __________.

A．one child          B．no child           C．more than one child D．a boy and a girl

4.The young woman gave the flowers to the old granny because ________.

A．she was her mother

B．she didn't like those flowers

C．her mother asked her to do so

D．she wanted the old granny to be happy，too

5.Which of the following is NOT true？

A．The young woman was kind.

B．The young woman was understanding.

C．The young woman was friendly.

D．The young woman was surprised.

What is a language for? Some people seem to think it's r practicing grammar rules and learning words．That's wrong．A language is for exchanging ideas．It's no good knowing all about language if you can't use it．

Many students I have been teaching know hundreds of grammar rules，but they can't speak correctly or freely．They are afraid of making mistakes．One shouldn't be afraid of making mistakes．We native speakers make mistakes，too．And we break rules．Bernard Shaw once said，“Foreigners often speak English too correctly．”But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make．They are English mistakes in the English language．And if enough native speakers break a rule，it is no longer a rule。What used to be wrong becomes right．The people not only make history，they also make a language．They can make their own language．They can't make another people's language．

So Chinese students who ale learning English should pay attention to the grammar，but they shouldn't overdo it，They should put communication（交际）first．

1、While learning a foreign language，        ．

A、don't be afraid of making mistakes               B、don't be afraid of speaking too correctly

C、try to make mistakes like native speakers      D、try to speak it correctly

2、The passage says that while speaking English,         ．

A、English students never make mistakes                C  foreigners never make mistakes

C、some Englishmen also make mistakes           D、native speakers never make mistakes

3、The passage didn't say，but it leads you to believe that         ．

A、history is never changed                           B、history is always changing

C、language is never changed                           D、language is always changing