题目内容
Now, ______ were we? Oh yes, we were talking about John.
A.how B.where C.what D.who
B
With excitement we started our small business. No longer were we _36_ to have a weekly paycheck.. We now were on our own to _37_ an income to provide us with the money to live. I was a little _38_ about our ability to do this. But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability to _39_ .
We invested (投资) heavily in producing a number of products, _40 _ none of them were popular with customers. The market gave us so heavy a _41__ that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.
We now had our money _42__ in the booth(货摊) that we had rented for the summer and fall months. We had a lot of money _43_ up in materials. So we did not have enough money to _ _44__ our monthly bills. We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.
As we discussed our _45__ , I happened to read the words:“If you have made mistakes ... there is always another chance for you ... you may have a ___46__ start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘Failure’ is not falling down, but _47_ down.”
The words reinforced(增强)my determination and Byron’s _48__ that we could succeed. We did fall down, but we were _49_ not to stay down! So, we stepped back and refocused. We came up with new products using remaining __50___ . We redesigned our booth. We reconsidered our pricing system. And, we started making enough money to pay our __51__ .
If we had done nothing, if we had allowed ourselves to “stay down”, then we would have __52__ But we made the choice to learn from our __53__ , and we moved forward with more determination. Those words _54__ a much better idea on failure -- a chance for a fresh start! The most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you __55__ your failure, you decide if you stay down.
36. A. happy | B. dangerous | C. ready | D. safe |
37. A. produce | B. receive | C. reduce | D. afford |
38. A. excited | B. worried | C. confused | D. confident |
39. A. manage | B. survive | C. succeed | D. compete |
40. A. unless | B. so | C. but | D. though |
41. A. blow | B. drop | C. push | D. surprise |
42. A. cost | B. spent | C. wasted | D. paid |
43.A.put | B. used | C. taken | D. tied |
44. A. cover | B. support | C. discard | D. consider |
45. A. plans | B. dreams | C. expectations | D. choices |
46. A. good | B. fresh | C. natural | D. sudden |
47. A. staying | B. coming | C. keeping | D. going |
48. A. belief | B. imagination | C. suggestion | D. requirement |
49. A. able | B. supposed | C. prepared | D. determined |
50. A. tools | B. machines | C. materials | D. goods |
51. A. debts | B. bills | C. costs | D. products |
52. A. ended | B. missed | C. fell | D. failed |
53. A. performances | B. experiences | C. mistakes | D. promises |
54. A. explain | B. create | C. offer | D. prove |
55. A. view | B. fear | C. seize | D. discover |