With excitement and enthusiasm we started our small business．No longer were we 1 to have a weekly paycheck(工资)．We now were on our own to 2 an income to provide us with the money to live．I was a little 3 about our ability to do this．But, Byron believed in our products, and believed in our ability to 4 ．
We invested heavily in producing a number of products, 5 none of them are popular with customers．The market gave us so heavy a 6 that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses．
We now had our money 7 in the booth(货摊)that we had rented for the summer and fall months．We had a lot of money 8 up in materials．So we did not have enough money to 9 our monthly bills．We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads．
As we discussed our 10 , I happened to read the words by Mary Pickford：“If you have made mistakes…there is always another chance for you…you may have a 11 start any moment you choose, for this thing we call‘Failure’is not falling down, but 12 down．”
The words strengthen my determination and Byron's 3 that we could succeed．We did fall down, but we were 14 not to stay down!So, we stepped back and refocused．We came up with new products using remaining 15 ．We redesigned our booth．We reconsidered our pricing system．And, we started making enough money to pay our 16 ．
If we had done nothing, if we allowed ourselves to“stay down”, then we would have 17 ．But we made the choice to learn from our 18 , and we moved forward with more determination．These words 19 a much better idea on failure－a chance for a fresh start!The most important point here is“choice”because you decide how you 20 your failure, you decide if you stay down．
Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 1 ．I wished that someday I'd 2 and have six children, and at 3 my house would be full of 4 and love．
I found the 5 who shared my dream, but we had not 6 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 7 he was just six days old．Then nature 8 us again．Within two years we 9 two biological children to the family－not as many as we had hoped for, 10 compared with quiet childhood, three made an entirely satisfactory 11 ．
12 our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 13 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 14 before we'd finished the Thanksgiving turkey．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 15 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．
Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were right．Our Christmas boy brought 16 into our lives with his good cheer, his wit(智慧)．He made us 17 and act better than we were．
Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 18 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 19 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories remained in every room．We moved to California, leaving 20 our friends and church．
(1)
[ ]
A．
my friends
B．
my brothers
C．
my children
D．
me
(2)
[ ]
A．
like
B．
marry
C．
better
D．
love
(3)
[ ]
A．
night
B．
New Year
C．
Christmas
D．
home
(4)
[ ]
A．
energy
B．
people
C．
child
D．
hope
(5)
[ ]
A．
woman
B．
man
C．
wife
D．
son
(6)
[ ]
A．
planned
B．
wanted
C．
expected
D．
imagined
(7)
[ ]
A．
after
B．
before
C．
when
D．
until
(8)
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A．
disappointed
B．
surprised
C．
interested
D．
encouraged
(9)
[ ]
A．
brought
B．
took
C．
hoped
D．
added
(10)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
because
C．
but
D．
while
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A．
crowd
B．
family
C．
couple
D．
item
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A．
As
B．
Before
C．
After
D．
Once
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A．
house
B．
card
C．
gift
D．
tree
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ever
B．
still
C．
even
D．
vet
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A．
sounds
B．
songs
C．
noises
D．
voices
(16)
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A．
color
B．
bright
C．
love
D．
dream
(17)
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A．
look
B．
cheer
C．
research
D．
figure
(18)
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A．
early
B．
late
C．
unexpectedly
D．
happily
(19)
[ ]
A．
stopped
B．
gone
C．
passed
D．
entered
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A．
behind
B．
for
C．
away
D．
out
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Christmas was a quiet affair when I was growing up．There were just my parents and 1 ．I wished that someday I'd 2 and have six children and at 3 my house would be full of 4 and love．I found the 5 who shared my dream, but we had not 6 the possibility of infertility(不能生育)．So we asked for adoption(收养)and, within a year, he arrived．We called him our Christmas boy because he came to us during that season of joy, 7 he was just six days old．Then nature 8 us again．within two years we 9 two biological children to the family not as many as we had hoped for, 10 compared with 11 childhood, three made an entirely 12 crowd．
As our Christmas boy grew, he made it clear that only he had the special skill to select and decorate(装饰)the Christmas 13 each year．He started his Christmas gift list 14 before we'd finished the thanksgiving turkey(感恩节火鸡)．He encouraged us to sing songs, using our froglike 15 comparing with his musical gift of perfect voice．
Our friends thought that adopted children were not the same and they were 16 ．Our Christmas boy brought 17 into lives with his good cheer, his wit．He made us look and act better than we were．
Then on his 26th Christmas, he left us as 18 as he had come．He was killed in a car accident on an icy Denver street, on his way home to his young wife and daughter．But first he had 19 by our home to decorate our tree, as usual．His father and I sold our home, where memories clung to every room．We moved to California, leaving 20 our friends and church．
(1)
[ ]
A．
my friends
B．
my brothers
C．
my children
D．
me
(2)
[ ]
A．
like
B．
marry
C．
better
D．
love
(3)
[ ]
A．
night
B．
New Year
C．
Christmas
D．
home
(4)
[ ]
A．
energy
B．
people
C．
child
D．
hope
(5)
[ ]
A．
woman
B．
man
C．
wife
D．
son
(6)
[ ]
A．
planned
B．
wanted
C．
expected
D．
imagined
(7)
[ ]
A．
after
B．
before
C．
when
D．
until
(8)
[ ]
A．
disappointed
B．
surprised
C．
interested
D．
encouraged
(9)
[ ]
A．
brought
B．
took
C．
hoped
D．
added
(10)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
because
C．
but
D．
while
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[ ]
A．
quiet
B．
noisy
C．
happy
D．
exciting
(12)
[ ]
A．
satisfactory
B．
great
C．
small
D．
necessary
(13)
[ ]
A．
house
B．
card
C．
gift
D．
tree
(14)
[ ]
A．
ever
B．
still
C．
even
D．
yet
(15)
[ ]
A．
sounds
B．
songs
C．
noises
D．
voices
(16)
[ ]
A．
right
B．
silly
C．
kind
D．
clever
(17)
[ ]
A．
color
B．
bright
C．
love
D．
dream
(18)
[ ]
A．
early
B．
late
C．
unexpectedly
D．
happily
(19)
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A．
stopped
B．
gone
C．
passed
D．
entered
(20)
[ ]
A．
behind
B．
for
C．
away
D．
out
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Once upon a time a king, in the company of his ministers, went to the imperial garden for a walk．When he was walking around a pond, a strange idea 1 upon him and he asked, “How many buckets(桶)of water are there in the pond?” The ministers looked at each other, 2 to give an answer．
Rather 3 , the king ordered, “You have three days’ grace．Any one who offers an answer will be handsomely awarded．Those who fail will be 4 ．”
The time limit was due in the twinkling(闪烁)of an eye, yet the ministers were still at their wit’s end．At this time a child appeared who declared that he knew the answer．The king told his 5 ministers to go with the child for the measurement．To their 6 , the child refused the suggestion with a smile, “It is very easy．No 7 to go to the pond．” This made the king laugh 8 , “Alright, let us know what it is．” The child winked(眨眼)and said, “That 9 on the size of the bucket．If it is as big as the pond, there is one bucket of water; if it is half as big, two buckets; if one third as big, three buckets; if…” “Stop! That’s it．You’ve got the 10 ．” The king was satisfied and the child was duly rewarded．
Why did the ministers feel it so different to settle the problem? Because they fell in a pitfall(陷阱), following a wrong way of thinking．People’s thinking often goes a habitual way－the beaten track of straightforwardness． 11 is a static(静态的)way presupposing every object definite and certain, i．e．the size of the pond and the bucket should be clearly 12 ．If one of them is unknown, it will be difficult to do the measurement, let alone 13 ．Why not change your mode of thought－from static to dynamic(动态的), from concrete to 14 ? If you adopt an indirect way and try to find out the proportional relation between the pond and the bucket, you’ll get an answer－flexible yet 15 to solve the problem．
Sometimes to get out of the difficulty one must change one’s way of thinking, or simply change one’s approach towards a problem．
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