Sometimes life trips you up,but knowing how to approach failure can be the first step to success. When author J. K. Bowling addressed the graduating class at Harvard last June,she didn't focus on success. Instead,she spoke about failure. She related a story about a young woman who gave up her dream of writing novels to study something more practical. However,she ended up as an unemployed single mom. But during this hard time,she realized she still had a wonderful daughter,an old typewriter,and an idea that would become the foundation for rebuilding her life.“Perhaps you've heard of Harry Pottery You might never fail on the scale I did,” Bowling told the audience.“But it is impossible to live without failing at something,unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. You will never truly know yourself , or the strength of your relationships,until both have been tested by hardships. Such knowledge is a true gift, for it is painfully won,and it has been worth more to me than any qualification I ever earned.”

Lots of Americans are tasting failure for the first time now and immediately trying to spit it out. Whether it's unemployment, or the evaporation(消失)of hard-earned savings, the have-it- all generation suddenly lose everything they own. But in the bitterness that accompanies hardships are lessons worth savoring-and,if you look hard enough,sweet opportunity.

Next,you'll learn how the brain responds to failure and how it can be reprogrammed for success using some simple tricks. You'll also find advice from a successful entrepreneur(企业家)who claims that times like these are actually among the best for launching dreams. But most valuable,you'll meet some ordinary people who were in some tough situations. A few cheered up; others got depressed. But even though their stories are quite different,the outcomes are the same. They all bounced back. And you can too.

As Bowling herself would admit, it doesn't take a wizard(奇才)to do it.

1.We learn from Paragraph 2 that .

A. college students have never suffered a defeat

B. it is normal for you to fail at something in life

C. if you are very cautious,you can enjoy your life

D. you need a daughter and a typewriter to succeed

2.Which of the following statements would J. K. Bowling agree toy

A. The knowledge we accumulate is a true gift for us.

B. Our experience is more valuable than qualifications.

C. We can understand ourselves better in time of danger.

D. Our bitter experience helps us to realize our strength.

3.The underlined word “savoring" in Paragraph 3 probably means .

A. learning B. enjoying

C. experiencing D. absorbing

4.What did some ordinary people do in some tough situations according to the text

A. They remained in high spirits. B. They took their fate lying down.

C. They decided to give up and quit. D. They insisted until succeeded.

Recently, my family and I visited Kaikoura, a coastal town in New Zealand. The first evening it seemed a  ____ place, but the next day I remembered what I'd ____ about it in a magazine. It was often ____ to see dolphins (海豚) and whales there!

My family and I ____  on a grey, windy morning on a small boat. _____, the sky turned blue ten minutes later. Soon we  ____ the place where we were supposed to go swimming. To my ____, this was more than 40 km from land. I was quite ____ by this time, and wondered why we came all the way out there, when ____ someone shouted “Dolphins!”

All I could ____ were fins (鱼鳍) everywhere — there were about one hundred dolphins, all ____ towards our boat! Many of them were jumping around in the water  __  they were asking us to come and play. I ____ my snorkel (潜水通气管) and jumped into the sea. Then I tried to make ____ in the water to attract them. What made me ____ was that they heard me and came to swim around me. Amazingly, a dolphin kept following me, but then changed his ____ and swam in another direction. It really made me realize how ____ these animals are.

About an hour later, it was time for us to get back onto the ____. I really enjoyed myself, but I was a little cold and ____ to leave the water. I noticed that everyone on board was smiling and I realized what a very ____ moment we'd had.

1.A. busy B. boring C. safe D. great

2.A. read B. sung C. taught D. drawn

3.A. impolite B. terrible C. difficult D. possible

4.A. gave up B. turned back C. set off D. dressed up

5.A. Besides B. However C. On the whole D. In other words

6.A. reached B. left C. crossed D. missed

7.A. joy B. regret C. shame D. surprise

8.A. shy B. wet C. cold D. hungry

9.A. secretly B. suddenly C. certainly D. naturally

10.A. see B. hear C. smell D. touch

11.A. waving B. climbing C. looking D. swimming[

12.A. even if B. so that C. as if D. now that

13.A. sold B. put on C. lost D. picked off

14.A. sounds B. faces C. decisions D. promises

15.A. angry B. relaxed C. worried D. excited

16.A. life B. food C. mind D. habit

17.A. lazy B. dangerous C. powerful D. intelligent

18.A. bus B. boat C. train D. truck

19.A. decided B. forgot C. disagreed D. failed

20.A. bad B. strange C. special D. quiet

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