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In one way of thinking, failure is a part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards success.
Unit 5 Great People
The "spider story" is told. Robert Bruce ,leader of the Scots in the 13th century ,was hiding in a cave
from the English. He watched a spider spinning a web .The spider tried to reach across a rough place
on the rock.lt tried six times without success. For the seventh time it made it and went on to spin its web.
It is said that Bruce was taken heart and went on defeating the English later.
Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right
way to make one.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were conditions right? Were you
in top form yourself? How can you make such things go right next time?
Second, is the goal you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your
real goal may be. Think about this question ,"lf I do succeed in this ,where will it get me?"This may
prevent you from doing things you shouldn't do.
The third thing to bear in mind about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to "live with yourself"
even though you may fail. Remember, "You can't win them all. "
1. The first two sentences tell us _____.
A. failure is not all bad
B. failure is terrible
C. only failure can lead you to success
D. to think of success all the time
2. One thing the writer does not tell us to deal with failure is _____.
A. checking out the goals to see if they are right for us
B. regarding failure as a part of life
C. thinking the success all the time
D. thinking about the failure to find out what went wrong
3. The "spider story" is mentioned in the passage to show that _____.
A. failure must come from success
B. nature will help us if we let it
C. failure is the mother of success
D. people who fail have the same experience
4. Which one of the following is TRUE?
A. Edison didn't fail before he invented the light bulb.
B. Edison was the inventor of the light bulb.
C. The spider didn't tell Robert Bruce any lesson.
D. There is no failure in a successful person's life.
5. The main idea of the passage is _____.
A. what failure is
B. Edison and Bruce failed repeatedly before success
C. how to deal with failure
D. both A and C
