Jim Green works in the hospital. Last weekend he __41___ go to work. On Saturday morning his father ___42__ to him, “Jim, go to the city and to see my best friend, Mr. Vickers. Here is his   43 . His home is near the station.”

Jim went to the city __44__ train. He got off (下车) the train and thought, “Mr. Vicker’s    45 is near the station, I can __46  _ it easily.” But after an hour he couldn’t find it.   47  he stopped and asked an old man. The old man said, “Just go along this street, __48__left at New Zoo, and the house is __49__ your right.”

Three weeks   50 , his father told him __51__ Mr Vickers again. He had to __52__ someone for the way when he didn’t find the house. He stopped the   53 man. He was _54_ and said, “Are you still __55__ that place, young man?”

Jim Green works in the hospital. Last weekend he __41___ go to work. On Saturday morning his father ___42__ to him, “Jim, go to the city and to see my best friend, Mr Vickers. Here is his   43 . His home is near the station.”

Jim went to the city __44__ train. He got off (下车) the train and thought, “Mr Vicker’s    45 is near the station, I can __46  _ it easily.” But after an hour he couldn’t find it.   47  he stopped and asked an old man. The old man said, “Just go along this street, __48__left at New Zoo, and the house is __49__ your right.”

Three weeks   50 , his father told him __51__ Mr Vickers again. He had to __52__ someone for the way when he didn’t find the house. He stopped the   53 man. He was _54_ and said, “Are you still __55__ that place, young man?”

When Susan told me that she was terribly ill and probably would die. I cried. I didn’t understand why this happened to my best friend. Then Susan   35  me a red ribbon(丝带) without saying anything.

A month later, Susan was at a hospital about two hours away from where we lived. I asked my dad to take me to see her. I wanted to give my best friend a   36 . So I took out the ribbon and cut it into two pieces with scissors(剪刀). I put one in my pocket and the other in an envelope(信封), along with a letter explaining it to her. I told her to keep her   37  beside her bed, and I would keep mine near me, too. Then I went to the hospital one Friday afternoon, wondering (想知道) if the ribbon would   38  anything to her. I walked into the room and ran over to give her a big hug. Then I gave her a teddy bear and the envelope. We talked for a while and then she started looking   39 , so I asked her to get some rest and left the hospital. All the way home I   40 the ribbon close to me.

For the next four months, the ribbon was with me  41 I went: school, home, shopping, and at friends’ houses. Where I went, it went. It was something to remind(提醒)me that I had a friend who would   42  home very soon. Susan said that she wore her ribbon   43  her arm all the time and she always had it close to her when she was being tested and treated.

Finally, Susan came home! I was so happy. That night, I looked at the ribbon which was still with me. I had a feeling it would never   44 , that I would remember what had happened during the time she had been ill.

In one way of thinking. failure is part of life. In 　31 way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often 　32 .Robert Bruce , leader of the Scots in the 13 ^th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider 　33 a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough 34 in the rock. He tried six times. On the 　35 time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to 　36 the English . Edison , the inventor of the light bulb, made 37 　models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked 　 38 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have 　39　 failure. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't 　 40 ”.

So what? First，always think about your failure. What caused 　41 ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go 　 42　 next time.

Second, is the goal you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some 　 43　 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 any way.

The third thing to keep in 　44 about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself" even though you may have 　45 ．

(　 )31. A. other　　　 B. another　　　　　　　　　　 C. first　　　　　 D. second

(　 )32．A. told　　　　 B. said　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. talked　　　　 D. spoken

(　 )33. A. doing　　　 　　　 B. taking　　　　 　 C. making　 　　　 D. playing

(　 )34．A. room　　　　 　　　 B. house　　　　　 　 C. place　　 D. soil

( )35. A. tenth　　　 B. sixth　　　　　 　　 C. eighth　 D. seventh

(　 )36．A. save　　　　 B. help　　　　　 　 C. defeat　　 　　　 D. kill

(　 )37．A. hundred　　 B. hundreds　　 C. hundred of　 D. hundreds of

(　 )38. A. why　　　　 B. when　　　　　 C. what 　　　 D. who

(　 )39. A. not　　　　 　　　 B. no　　　　　　 　 C. never　 　　　　　 D. nothing

(　 )40．A. do　　　　 B. make　　　　　 　 C. take　 　　　　　　 D. work

(　 )41. A. one　　　　　 B. it　　　　　　 　　 C. that　 　　　　　　 D. this

(　 )42．A. high　　　　 B. large　　 　　　　 C. right 　　　　　　 D. bright

(　 )43．A. Thinking　　 B. shopping　　　 　 C. reading 　 D. cleaning

(　 )44. A. heart　　　　 B. eyes　　　　　 　 C. ears　　 　　　　 D. mind

(　 )45. A. failed.　　　 B. succeeded　　　 　 C. finished　　 D. passed