Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant , “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Thomas Edison replied very , “Oh, we have come a long way and we have a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”
If you learn from your mistakes, then you are . If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a talent. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines daily and failure is nothing more than a few small repeated daily.
How the above lines are! Success takes time. We’ll make mistakes if we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional qualities, but only a few really their true potentials and make efforts in life, and the others just lead a(n) life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to eat, but it is not found everywhere and no one can it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) !
Success depends on , and without it we will end in failure.
When you are , please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
A．celebrated B．complained C．explained D．answered
A．confidently B．madly C．carelessly D．angrily
A．remembered B．refused C．learned D．ordered
A．healthy B．enthusiastic C．intelligent D．generous
A．shown B．prevented C．recorded D．practiced
A．errors B．machines C．jobs D．steps
A．common B．strange C．familiar D．true
A．keep B．attempt C．give D．see
A．depends on B．sets aside C．turns down D．sets up
A．own B．realize C．provide D．research
A．active B．hard C．rich D．average
A．achieve B．watch C．offer D．recognize
A．story B．excuse C．key D．plan
A．preparation B．influence C．life D．generation
A．powerful B．wonderful C．successful D．hopeful
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
There once lived a young man who was always unhappy and complained about his poverty. One day, he went to see a fortune teller to inquire how to become_____1____. The fortune teller said, "Young man, you are already wealthy now."
"Where is my wealth?" the young man asked _______2____.
"It is with you. Your _______3___ is (are) your wealth. You use them to see this world. You use them to see all the ______4______things in this world. You can read, study and learn. Your hands are your wealth. You can use them to work. You can use them to hug your beloved ones. Your ____5_____are your wealth. You can go to any places..." the fortune teller said.
"You call these wealth? Everyone has them," the young man said.
"These are wealth. What you have now are not what others can luckily have. Are you ______6___ to give your eyes to me? I am willing to give you a lot of money to _____7_____ for them," the fortune teller said.
"No, are you crazy? I am not going to exchange my eyes for money! They are _____8____ to me!" the young man ____9_______.
"Precisely, these are wealth to you. You will not exchange them for money. Furthermore, although a lot of people have their wealthy things, they do not ____10_____ them or treasure them. They are not _______11____ to Heaven for giving them their wealth. They even complain that Heaven is unfair to them. Do you want to _____12_____one of them before you will treasure them?" the fortune teller said.
Everyone is wealthy. But we should not ____13______it for granted. We need to treasure our wealth, take care of it and use it _____14_____. We should not overuse it because once it is ____15____, it is gone forever. Remember it is our wealth that we do not want to lose.
1. A. happy B. young C. wealthy D. poor
2. A. anxiously B. sadly C. quietly D. patiently
3. A. knowledge B. skills C. brain D. eyes
4. A. ugly B. beautiful C. strange D. useful
5. A. legs B. cars C. jewels D. banknotes
6. A. lovely B. optimistic C. angry D. willing
7. A. charge B. buy C. exchange D. change
8. A. precious B. useless C. extra D. special
9. A. wept B. demonstrated C. smiled D. yelled
10. A. see B. realize C. keep D. hold
11. A. grateful B. careful C. meaningful D. faithful
12. A. get B. grasp C. have D. lose
13. A. take B. make C. set D. sell
14. A. wrongly B. wisely C. naturally D. really
15. A. old B. used C. 
gone D. dead
On Christmas Day, I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the ___36___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.
For over a month I stared at ___37___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___38___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I __39___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.
My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t __40___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___41__.
My next plan would have to be more __42__. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t __43__ to miss out on this bargain!”
His ___44___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___45___ and for US$250 you could buy ___46___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___47___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”
I went to my room, ___48___ at how mean my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t _49__ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.
When I __50__ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been __51__. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___52__. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___53___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___54___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___55___ get an A+ in English class.
A．pain B．attempt C．joy D．shyness
A．housing B．fishing C．car D．fashion
A．mind B．idea C．opinion D．head
A．getdown B．setout C．searchedfor D．went on
A．operate B．run C．start D．work
A．riding B．driving C．thinking D．keeping
A．strong B．practical C．ideal D．obvious
A．afford B．pay C．allow D．stand
A．talk B．expression C．face D．response
A．truck B．telescope C．chance D．bargain
A．one B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．heating B．loving C．nursing D．finding
A．pleased B．good C．expert D．angry
A．say B．believe C．care D．learn
A．went off B．woke up C．rang up D．found out
A．pleased B．instructed C．warned D．defeated
A．opened B．wrapped C．left D．faded
A．recovered B．refused C．reopened D．removed
A．won B．done C．beaten D．failed
A．ever B．already C．still D．even
Christmas is over. And I got my wanted radio-controlled truck. But you would not believe the___36___ and work that went into getting this holy toy.
For over a month I stared at ___37___ magazines I received from my friend until I had made up my ___38___: I wanted a Pumpkin truck. I ___39___ to work immediately, dropping hints to my father about it.
My first job was to tell him about how the steering(操纵杆) on my old car didn’t ___40___, but he just blamed the problems on my bad ___41___.
My next plan would have to be more ___42___. “Look at this, Dad, the truck with controller and battery pack—all for only US$250!” You can’t ___43___ to miss out on this bargain!”
His ___44___ was that he certainly could afford to miss this ___45___ and for US$250 you could buy ___46___ educational like a telescope. “A telescope? To look at the moon? I’ll look at it when I’m 97 years old and living in a ___47___ home! This is my youth! I am supposed to run about.”
I went to my room, ___48___ at how mean(吝啬的) my father was. It was obvious that he didn’t ___49___ that I would die if I did not get the Pumpkin radio-controlled truck.
When I ___50___ on Christmas morning I wasn’t excited. I had been ___51___. I opened all my presents until there was just one big package ___52___. “The telescope,” I thought. I ___53___ the packaging and looked at the top of the box—it was a Pumpkin truck. I had ___54___! I loved my parents! I felt like I could do anything! I could ___55___ get an A+ in English class.
A．pain B．attempt C．joy D．shyness
A．housing B．fishing C．car D．fashion
A．mind B．idea C．opinion D．head
A．get B．set C．searched D．went
A．operate B．run C．start D．work
A．riding B．driving C．thinking D．keeping
A．strong B．practical C．ideal D．obvious
A．afford B．pay C．allow D．stand
A．talk B．expression C．face D．response
A．truck B．telescope C．chance D．bargain
A．one B．something C．everything D．nothing
A．heating B．loving C．nursing D．finding
A．pleased B．good C．expert D．angry
A．say B．believe C．care D．learn
A．went off B．woke up C．rang up D．found out
A．worried B．instructed C．warned D．defeated
A．opened B．wrapped C．left D．faded
A．recovered B．refused C．reopened D．removed
A．won B．done C．beaten D．failed
A．ever B．already C．still D．even
Two friends visited the zoo together. The zoo was very large and it was 36 to go everywhere. They had to decide where and which animal to visit as their time was 37 . So both of them agreed not to 38 after choosing a 39 at every fork (岔路口).
A road sign at the first fork 40 one way to the lion quarters and the other to the tiger hill. They decided on the 41 after a 42 discussion because lions were “the king of the grassland”. The second showed a division (路口) going separately to the panda and peacock. They 43 panda as it was the nation’s treasure and went its way. Thus they made choices all along the way and each choice meant 44 what they could regret. But they had to make it 45 , for it brooked (容忍) no delay. If they hesitated they would miss 46 . Only 47 decision could offer more chances for sightseeing and 48 possible regret.
Life is 49 like this—choices often occur that one has to make, for example, between two 50 jobs, two fascinating wooers (追求者). To get one you 51 give up the other—you can get half of it. If you 52 weighing the pros and cons(权衡利弊) and calculating gains and losses, you will most likely 53 empty-handedness. Don’t be sad about it. 54 you have got half of the desirable things in life—something that is 55 to get.
A．easy B．impossible C．eager D．possible
A．limited B．enough C．tight D．plentiful
A．go B．come C．return D．reach
A．main road B．highway C．crossing D．branch
A．had B．showed C．intended D．pointed
A．last B．latter C．former D．the third
A．long B．brief C．no D．heated
A．hoped B．wanted C．got D．favored
A．getting B．taking C．giving up D．grasping
A．immediately B．slowly C．hardly D．easily
A．less B．most C．more D．least
A．rapid B．slow C．short D．high
A．increase B．reduce C．cause D．raise
A．absolutely B．hardly C．more or less D．most
A．desirable B．rejected C．enjoyable D．unwanted
A．wish B．have to C．must D．want
A．kill time B．spend time C．have a hard time D．hope for
A．start with B．get up C．end up in D．succeed in
A．At least B．Not in the least C．At most D．By no means
A．hard B．delighted C．stupid D．supported
I am a single mom and have a child. Knowing that I could not __21__ to get him anything at all for his birthday, I felt broken-hearted. __22__ I decided to post a(n) __23__ on “Wish Upon A Hero” website for people to __24__ my son birthday cards. I knew he loved to __25__ the mailbox and always asked if there was anything for him. I __26__ that if he could get a few cards, it would make him smile and maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't be so __27__ that I wasn't able to get him anything. The cards just started __28__ in and my little sweetie was __29__ excited! Every day more and more cards came and this went__30__ for about three weeks. The smile on his face and the sparkle in his eyes brought me to __31__. At the end of November, he started thinking about Christmas and he __32__ knew that there would not be much under the tree for him due to my __33__，but it didn't seem to __34__ to him. All he talked about was how much he wanted to make other children __35__. He decided that what he wanted to do was earn money to buy Christmas cards and send them to other children from __36__ families. My son went out daily to make money. Not only did he make the money to buy the cards, but he also made enough money to buy all the stamps and lollipops (棒棒糖) to put in the __37__. He sent out about 100 cards. Doing this __38__ him the same smile and sparkle in his eyes as the birthday cards that he had received did. I was and am so __39__ of him. My son and “Wish Upon A Hero” have given me renewed __40__ that there are still people in this world that care about others.
A．agree B．pretend C．expect D．afford
A．Instead B．However C．So D．Besides
A．picture B．job C．wish D．advertisement
A．show B．sell C．design D．send
A．check B．produce C．address D．receive
A．explained B．thought C．regretted D．promised ．
A．angry B．curious C．upset D．strange
A．breaking B．happening C．pouring D．improving
A．absolutely B．eventually C．generously D．attentively
A．away B．off C．up D．on
A．surprise B．difficulty C．respect D．tears
A．already B．still C．even D．never
A．support B．strengths C．finances D．instructions
A．matter B．object C．belong D．refer
A．understand B．change C．continue D．smile
A．ordinary B．poor C．familiar D．distant
A．mailbox B．house C．cards D．stamps
A．saved B．brought C．owed D．taught
A．proud B．careful C．aware D．full
A．excuse B．suggestion C．doubt D．hope
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