Another Way of Thinking “Failure”
In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success. The “spider-story” is often told. Robert Bruce, the leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough place in the rock. He tried six times to span(跨过) the gap. On the seventh time he made it and went on to spin his web. Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone to defeat the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb(灯泡), made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked why he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have no failure. Now I know 50 000 ways it won’t work.”
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you in top form yourself? What can you change so things will go right next time?
Second, is the goal you’re trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking 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 anyway.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it’s a part of life. Learn to live with yourself, even though you maybe have failed.
1. This passage deals with _______.
A. failure and success B. two sides of failure C. the “spider-story” D. the invention of light bulb
2. In the first paragraph the writer tells mainly about _______.
A. the value of failure B. how people fail C. famous failures D. how not to fail
3. Robert Bruce is put in the passage to show that _______.
A. failure must come before success B. we should face failure directly and overcome difficulties
C. nature will help us if we let it D. people who fail have plenty of companies
4. The thing the writer does NOT tell you to do to deal with failure is to _______.
A. check out your goals to see if they are right for you B. think about failure as part of your life
C. think about failure to find out what went wrong D. avoid things that are beyond you
【答案与解析】 失败并不可怕，因为它是我们生活中的一部分。但愿“蜘蛛的故事”和爱迪生发明灯泡的故事对我们有所启迪。
1. A。主旨题。从Robert Bruce 看到的蜘蛛织网失败了6次，第7次才成功和爱迪生发明灯泡的故事可以概括出本文的主题。
2. A。主旨题。无论是Robert Bruce 还是Edison最后都成功了，由此可以看出第 1 段的主题应该是：失败的价值。
3. B。判断题。Robert Bruce 因从蜘蛛织网得到启发，最后打败英国。作者把他置于文中，很显然是用来支持他的主题：我们应该直面困难，并消灭它们。
4. D。判断题。A、B、C三项内容文章中都有涉猎，而D项内容则没有提到。
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