Question

【题目】 We are all encouraged to work hard and succeed in life. But failure is still a common part of everyone’s lives. 【1】If you visit the Museum of Failure in Shanghai, you might change your mind.

Samuel West, a Swedish psychologist, founded the museum. The museum displays more than 100 failed products【2】For example, in 1993, Apple released the Newton MessagePad which could be used to take electronic notes by hand. But its price was so high that few people wanted to buy it. Apple stopped making it in 1997. Coca-cola once developed a coffee-flavored soda in 2006. 【3】

West said the failed products were not displayed to make fun of these companies. He thinks success stories are all similar. He is tired of reading and hearing the same boring stories. As Albert Einstein once said, A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.”

【4】There are reasons for this. "The best companies are those that encourage failure, embrace out-of-the-box thinking, and allow employees to make mistakes and see what happens,” Simon Casuto wrote for Forbes.

【5】The key is whether or not you can learn from your mistakes.

A.It seems that failure isn't always a bad thing.

B.This idea has been welcomed by many big companies.

C.Perhaps you are afraid of failure, or even think it's shameful to fail.

D.Some of them were made by the most famous and successful companies in the world.

E.The company wanted to catch up with people's growing love for coffee, but the product was taken off the market in 2008.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】E

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

失败仍然是每个人生活中常见的一部分。一位瑞典心理学家在上海创建了失败博物馆，展出这些失败的产品不是为了取笑这些公司而是鼓励人们尝试失败，跳出定势思维，失败并不总是坏事，关键是你能否从错误中吸取教训。

【1】根据下文“If you visit the Museum of Failure in Shanghai, you might change your mind”推断空格指人们有可能害怕失败，但参观失败博物馆也许会转变想法；故选C。

【2】上文“The museum displays more than 100 failed products”讲述博物馆展出100多件的失败的产品；根据下文“For example, in 1993, Apple released…”推断空格进一步举例阐述失败产品，故选D。

【3】由上文可知，本段是讲述产品失败的例子；上文“Coca-cola once developed a coffee-flavored soda in 2006”由此推断空格说明可口可乐公司研发这个产品失败；故选E。

【4】空格在段首，是段落的主旨句；上文爱恩斯坦的话一个从不犯错误的人，一定从来没有尝试过任何新鲜事物。根据下文陈述一些公司鼓励失败，跳出定势思维，允许员工失败发现情况，由此推断空格指爱恩斯坦的这种想法在一些大公司很受欢迎；故选B。

【5】下文“The key is whether or not you can learn from your mistakes”，根据文句表达的逻辑关系，推断空格指失败不总是一件坏事，关键是你能否从错误中吸取教训；故选A。