Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament (灯丝) for the light bulb. When     worked satisfactorily, his assistant   , "All our work is in    . We have learned nothing."
Thomas Edison replied very     , "Oh, we have come a long way and we have     a lot. We know that there are two thousand materials which we can't      to make a good light bulb."
"If you learn from your    , then you are intelligent. But         you learn from someone's mistakes, then you are a genius." "Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines     daily and failure is nothing more than a small few     repeated daily."
How     the above lines are! Success or failure takes root in our       . When we don't practise disciplines in life, we don't       enough confidence to attempt new and challenging tasks which are important and    in life. Our confidence     what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional          but only a few really realize their true potentials and forge (继续) ahead in life and the others just lead a (n)     life. Do you want to be exceptional?
   is a fruit that everyone wants to eat but it is not found everywhere and no one can achieve it    serious efforts. Those who want to succeed will find a way, those who don't will find a (n)          !
A. neither     B. none    C. either    D. any
A. screamed    B. added   C. complained    D. argued
A. vain        B. doubt    C. wonder    D. use
A. unsatisfactorily    B. unhappily
C. confidently        D. surprisingly
A. suffered    B. learned     C. earned    D. paid
A. use         B. produce    C. search    D. afford
A.experiences  B.experiments  C.failures  D.mistakes
A. if          B. unless     C. though    D. until
A. provided    B. required    C. accepted  D. practised
A. disciplines  B. errors     C. tasks    D. lines
A. true        B. possible    C. proper    D. perfect
A. lines       B. materials   C. minds    D. lives
A. lack        B. lose       C. build    D. share
A. matter      B. fail       C. function  D. stress
A. results in   B. depends on  C. leaves out   D. takes up
A. figures     B. appearances  C. characters  D. qualities
A. bitter      B. easy        C. hard       D. average
A. Confidence  B. Intelligence C. Success    D. Failure
A. through     B. for         C. to        D. without
A. opportunity  B. way     C. excuse    D. explanation