Question

Do you sometimes try something new and expect to be successful for the first time? Are you angry with ____ if you aren’t?

Do you know a baby how to learn to walk? When a baby falls, the loving parent ____ him, “That’s OK. Try again.” Can you imagine if after many falls, the parent ____ the baby and says, “Well, I guess you’ll ____ be good at walking.” and doesn’t let the child continue to try?

Remember the first time you ____ your bike? I do. I didn’t lose my ____. I went back and tried again. Didn’t you?

“When I was a kid,” my dad told me, “you know, I ____ 4 UP(一种汽水饮料), but it wasn’t very good. I went back to the lab and ____ 5 UP and still, it wasn’t right. ___ I tried 6 UP, but it didn’t succeed. So I stopped. If I went on ____, may be 7 UP would be the hit!” Time after time, he said, he ____ too soon. He told me, “If I had tried one more, I could have been a rich man.”

Thomas Edison ____ over a thousand ____ before he found the filament(n.电灯泡的)灯丝 material that would make an electric light bulb shine.

____ we try something new, we need practice. No matter how well we plan, there are times unexpected problems developing.

Failure is ____ not an option(选择). It is a chance only for those who try.

1.A. you B. yourself C. yours D. your

2.A. obeys B. beats C. encourages D. hates

3.A. picks up B. dresses up C. cleans up D. looks up

4.A. nearly B. always C. never D. often

5.A. fell off B. fell down C. fell from D. fell over

6.A. confidence B. chance C. dream D. plan

7.A. produced B. invented C. thought D. wanted

8.A. started with B. came up with C. looked forward to D. was willing to

9.A. Finally B. First C. Luckily D. Second

10.A. try B. trying C. to try D. tried

11.A. gave out B. gave up C. gave away D. gave in

12.A. fail B. fell C. failed D. felt

13.A. times B. time C. money D. chance

14.A. Whenever B. Whatever C. However D. Whichever

15.A. truly B. really C. hardly D. easily

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