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Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked succes
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Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked succes
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Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant __16_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.” Thomas Edison replied very __17_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _18__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _19__ to make a good light bulb.” If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _20__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __21__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __22_ repeated daily. How __23_ the above lines are! Success takes __24_. We’ll make mistakes _25__ we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __26__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __27__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional _28__, but only a few really _29___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _30__ life. Do you want to be exceptional? Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _31__, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __32_ it without serious efforts. Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _33__! Success depends on previous __34__, and without it we will end in failure. When you are __35__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
题目简介
Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked succes
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Thomas Edison replied very __17_, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have _18__ a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _19__ to make a good light bulb.”
If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _20__. If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines __21__ daily and failure is nothing more than a few small __22_ repeated daily.
How __23_ the above lines are! Success takes __24_. We’ll make mistakes _25__ we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to __26__ new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence __27__ what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional _28__, but only a few really _29___ their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _30__ life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _31__, but it is not found everywhere and no one can __32_ it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _33__!
Success depends on previous __34__, and without it we will end in failure.
When you are __35__, please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:D
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:A
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:D
小题16:C
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:C
试题分析：本文通过爱迪生发明电灯泡过程中遭遇的多次失败告诉我们：一定要善于从失败中学习。
小题1: B。由爱迪生的助手所说的话可知，他有点灰心丧气，所以他就开始“抱怨(complained)”。
小题2: A。爱迪生对发明锲而不舍。所以他对自己的工作充满了“信心(confidently)”。
小题3:C。由爱迪生的乐观态度可知，他认为他们已经“学到了(learned)”很多。
小题4: D。试验证明有两千多种材料不能“用来(use)”做电灯泡。
小题5: C。此处与下句的genius呼应：如果一个人善于从自己的错误中学习，那他就会变得“明智(intelligent)”。
小题6: D。成功就是每天要“实践的(practiced)”一些简单的行为准则。
小题7: A。失败来自于每天重复犯的“小错误(errors)”。
小题8: D。这里用true表示作者完全认同上述这些话。
小题9: B。由下一句可知，成功需要时间。
小题10: D。如果太着急就会犯错误，if在此引导一个条件状语从句。
小题11: B。没有自信心，我们就无法去“尝试(attempt)”新的具有挑战性的任务。
小题12: A。由上下文可知，我们的自信“取决于(depends on)”我们对自己的看法。
小题13: C。我们每个人生来都具有特殊的“品质”（qualities）。
小题14: B。但是只有一少部分人“认识到(realize)”自己的潜能。
小题15:D。此处选“平庸的(average)”与exceptional对比。
小题16: C。成功就像人人都想“吃(eat)”的水果，此处用来比喻人人都想拥有成功。
小题17: A。不付出努力，你就无法“获得(achieve)”成功。
小题18: B。想成功的人总是寻找办法，而不想成功的人总是寻找“借口(excuse)”。
小题19: A。精心准备会走向成功，反之注定会失败。
小题20:C。当你“成功(successful)”时，享受它并帮助其他想取得成就的人。
点评：本文通过爱迪生发明电灯泡过程中遭遇的多次失败告诉我们：一定要善于从失败中学习。本篇完形设空科学合理，考生很容易从中领会大意，从而下手会比较顺利，从选项中可以看出，本大题主要还是考查了词汇的辨析与运用，但更加注重综合语言能力的运用，需要根据故事情节，了解词汇用法的同时，结合语境，做出准确的判断。