Question

With excitement we started our small business. No longer were we  _36_  to have a weekly paycheck.. We now were on our own to  _37_  an income to provide us with the money to live. I was a little  _38_  about our ability to do this. But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability to  _39_ .

We invested （投資） heavily in producing a number of products,  _40 _ none of them were popular with customers. The market gave us so heavy a  _41__  that we hardly made enough money to pay our expenses.

We now had our money  _42__  in the booth（貨攤） that we had rented for the summer and fall months. We had a lot of money  _43_  up in materials. So we did not have enough money to _ _44__  our monthly bills. We were discouraged, and the thoughts of failure ran through our heads.

As we discussed our  _45__ , I happened to read the words：“If you have made mistakes ... there is always another chance for you ... you may have a ___46__ start any moment you choose, for this thing we call ‘Failure’ is not falling down, but  _47_  down.”

The words reinforced（增強(qiáng)）my determination and Byron’s  _48__ that we could succeed. We did fall down, but we were  _49_  not to stay down! So, we stepped back and refocused. We came up with new products using remaining  __50___ . We redesigned our booth. We reconsidered our pricing system. And, we started making enough money to pay our __51__ .

If we had done nothing,  if we had allowed ourselves to “stay down”, then we would have  __52__  But we made the choice to learn from our __53__ , and we moved forward  with more determination.  Those words  _54__ a much better idea on failure -- a chance for a fresh start! The most important point here is “choice” because you decide how you  __55__ your failure, you decide if you stay down.

 

36. A. happy	B. dangerous	C. ready	D. safe
37. A. produce	B. receive	C. reduce	D. afford
38. A. excited	B. worried	C. confused	D. confident
39. A. manage	B. survive	C. succeed	D. compete
40. A. unless	B. so	C. but	D. though
41. A. blow	B. drop	C. push	D. surprise
42. A. cost	B. spent	C. wasted	D. paid
43.A.put	B. used	C. taken	D. tied
44. A. cover	B. support	C. discard	D. consider
45. A. plans	B. dreams	C. expectations	D. choices
46. A. good	B. fresh	C. natural	D. sudden
47. A. staying	B. coming	C. keeping	D. going
48. A. belief	B. imagination	C. suggestion	D. requirement
49. A. able	B. supposed	C. prepared	D. determined
50. A. tools	B. machines	C. materials	D. goods
51. A. debts	B. bills	C. costs	D. products
52. A. ended	B. missed	C. fell	D. failed
53. A. performances	B. experiences	C. mistakes	D. promises
54. A. explain	B. create	C. offer	D. prove
55. A. view	B. fear	C. seize	D. discover

Answer 1

 DABCC; ABDAD; BAADC; BDCCA  

36.D 從上文we started our small business 可知作者夫妻二人開(kāi)辦了自己的公司，所以他們不再有每周穩(wěn)定的（safe）收入了。  

37.A  結(jié)合上文可知他們沒(méi)有了固定的每周收入，再根據(jù)下文 an income to provide us with the money to live 可知他們要自己創(chuàng)收維持生計(jì)了。produce an income 創(chuàng)收。  

38.B  從下文的But Byron, my wife, believed in our products and believed in our ability 可知，作者的妻子很有信心，而作者本人卻有點(diǎn)擔(dān)心和焦慮。故選worried.  

39.C  結(jié)合上文的But Byron, my wife, believed in our products 可推知，作者的妻子對(duì)他們的產(chǎn)品很有信心，對(duì)他們?nèi)〉贸晒Γ╯ucceed）的能力也有信心。  

40.C  前后兩句之間為轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選C。  

41.A  句意為：市場(chǎng)給了我們?nèi)绱顺林氐囊粨簦╞low）。  

42.B  此處表示他們把錢(qián)花在了夏季和秋季租用的攤位上，所以選B。  

43.D  結(jié)合下文的So we did not have enough money to … 可知，此處意思是他們的錢(qián)都投資在生產(chǎn)各種產(chǎn)品的材料上。tie up 本意是“捆綁”，這里形象地說(shuō)明錢(qián)被占用。  

44.A  句意為：因此我們沒(méi)有足夠的錢(qián)來(lái)付賬單。cover 在此意為“足以支付，夠付”。  

45.D  結(jié)合上文the thoughts of failure ran through our heads 可知，他們認(rèn)為自己要失敗了，所以這里表示他們商討自己的選擇（choices），是放棄還繼續(xù)。  

46.B  由最后一段的a chance for a fresh start 可知此處選B。  

47.A  從下文的if we had allowed ourselves to“stay down” 中的stay 可知選A。  

48.A  指上面的話增強(qiáng)了他的決心和妻子的信心，所以選A。  

49.D  這里表示他們的確摔倒了，但是他們決心（determined） 不放棄，不會(huì)呆在地上不起來(lái)的。  

50.C  結(jié)合第三段的We had a lot of money tied up in materials 可知，他們利用剩余的材料（materials）  

51.B  根據(jù)第三段的 So we did not have enough money to  49 our monthly bills,可知這里表示他們又有錢(qián)了，可以付賬單了（bills）。  

52.D  句意為：如果我們什么也不做，停滯不前，那么我們肯定會(huì)失�。╢ailed）。  

53.C  此處表示作者從他們自己的失誤（mistakes）中學(xué)習(xí)，終于取得了成功。  

54.C  指作者看到的那些話給人們提供（offer）了一些關(guān)于什么是失敗的新的注解。  

55.A  作者認(rèn)為失敗取決于你怎樣看待失敗，最重要的是你自己抉擇是否采取行動(dòng)。view 看待，認(rèn)為。