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When Boris left school, he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered (纠缠) his relatives, but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.
“Why don't you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a money-locker. You'd better find a way of opening it.”
“But what can I do?”
“Get out and have a look round.” advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. “See what people want; then give it to them, and they will pay for it.”
Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other snag(障碍). But at long last, he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no competition.
Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.
【小题1】Which of the following best describes Boris' job hunting experience?
| A．Surprising. | B．Encouraging. | C．Boring. | D．Disappointing. |
| A．Goodwill is the key to success |
| B．The world is a money-locker |
| C．No education, no future |
| D．Difficulty of starting a small business |
| A．repairing cycles | B．developing a waste ground |
| C．cycling around the town | D．buying empty shops |
| A．it was not so expensive |
| B．he had a lot of old customers there |
| C．there were good opportunities there |
| D．he could make good use of his skills there |
| A．still couldn't make good profits |
| B．found a lot of gold coins by accident |
| C．set off in a successful career |
| D．had great difficulty running his business |
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He 2 that it all came from a(n) 3 that occurred when he was three. He was trying to4 a bottle of milk from refrigerator when he lost hold of the bottle , spilling its5 all over the kitchen floor .
Instead of 6 at him , his mother said , “Robert , what a wonderful 7 you have made ! I have 8 seen such a huge puddle of milk . Since the 9 is done , would you like to get down and play in the milk for a while 10 cleaning it up ?”
Indeed , he did . “Robert , 11 you make a mess like this , 12 you have to clean it up and restore everything to its 13 order.” And then together they cleaned up the spilled milk . His mother then said , “Robert , that is a 14 experiment in how to 15 carry a big milk bottle . Let′s go out in the yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can 16 a way to carry a bottle of water without dropping it .”
The scientist remarked he learned from that moment that mistakes were just 17 for learning something new , which is 18 scientific experiments are all about . Even if the experiment “doesn′t work”, we usually learn something 19 from it .
Wouldn′t it be great if all 20 would respond like “Robert′s mother ?
1．A．away B．apart C．above D．ahead
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3．A．experiment B．coincidence C．experience D．conflict
4．A．deliver B．return C．move D．remove
5．A．mixture B．water C．liquids D．contents
6．A．yelling B．coming C．nodding D．laughing
7．A．mistake B．mess C．trick D．treasure
8．A．always B．often C．rarely D．ever
9．A．damage B．business C．favor D．harm
10．A．before B．after C．with D．without
11．A．whatever B．however C．wherever D．whenever
12．A．especially B．eventually C．respectively D．immediately
13．A．opposite B．particular C．proper D．natural
14．A．failed B．forbidden C．demanded D．deserved
15．A．absolutely B．comfortably C．confidentially D．effectively
16．A．develop B．grasp C．invent D．discover
17．A．options B．opportunities C．qualities D．procedures
18．A．that B．where C．what D．which
19．A．available B．valuable C．practical D．accessible
20．A．managers B．directors C．parents D．relatives
查看习题详情和答案>>but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy
any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed, then depressed, then a little hardened. Still he went on trying
and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.
"Why don't you start your own business?" one of his uncles told him. "The world is a money-locker.
You'd better find a way of opening it."
"But what can I do?"
"Get out and have a look round." advised his uncle in a vague sort of way. "See what people want;
then give it to them, and they will pay for it."
Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of a waste ground in the end.
Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard, made friends with his customers
and gradually managed to build up his goodwill and profit. A few months later, he found that he had
more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all
no good: in the wrong position, too expensive or with some other snag(障碍). But at long last, he
managed to find an empty shop on a new estate where there were plenty of customers but no
competition.
Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motor-cycles. Slowly but
surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last, Boris had managed to open the
money-locker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.
B. Encouraging.
C. Boring.
D. Disappointing.
B. The world is a money-locker
C. No education, no future
D. Difficulty of starting a small business
B. developing a waste ground
C. cycling around the town
D. buying empty shops
B. he had a lot of old customers there
C. there were good opportunities there
D. he could make good use of his skills there
B. found a lot of gold coins by accident
C. set off in a successful career
D. had great difficulty running his business
pessimism (悲观主义). The following saying" Failure is the mother of success" has been used to encourage
these sorts of people.
At first," everything is difficult at the beginning". When we start carrying out a certain plan, although it is
carefully planned, we still meet some unexpected difficulties. For example, a farmer tried to sow a new kind
of seeds. To his disappointment, the new seeds did not produce him a good crop as expected, while his
neighbor farmer sowed the same seeds but harvested better. Our unfortunate farmer did not lose hope and was
determined to find out the causes of his failure: he tried to better his soil and finally succeeded in collecting 5
tons of rice per hectare.
If you lose one go, try another. The patience and persistence (坚持) are important. Drawing experience
from failures, finally we'll succeed. Our success comes from our determination after failures. Demosthenes,
the greatest Athenian orator (雄辩家 ), before becoming famous, had to suffer so many failures. The audience
paid little attention to his political speeches because of his weak voice. He determined to get rid of this defect.
Day after day, he went to the sea, shouting with very loud sounds of waves and in the end he got a convincing (令人信服的) voice.
The above saying is quite right when used in pupils' lives. If you are weak at certain subjects, don't be
disappointed. Go on with your study. You should learn more from your friends, your teachers and others and
listen to their advice. In this way, you can get over your defects and weaknesses.
B. teachers
C. students
D. businessmen
B. he who laughs last laughs best
C. you can't judge a book by its cover
D. all successes are followed by failures
B. power
C. idea
D. thought
B. show pessimism after their failures
C. don't know what the saying means
D. have never failed before in their lives