Despite the failure, the founders' ability to assemble and operate this remarkablremarkable service under especially challenging circumstances was a tribute to their courage and i______. (－ －the abil

spite its narrative power .

A、success

B、failure

C、miracle

to its _______ .

A failure to realize its real problem

B tendency to hire annoying reporters

C likeliness to do inaccurate reporting

D prejudice in matters of race and gender

n feel theneed to appear competent in all 26,while women worry only about the skills in which they'veinvested _ 27_.Ask a man and a woman to go diving for the first time，and the woman is likely tojump in，while the man is likely to say he's not feeling too well.

Ironically，it is often success that leads people to flirt with failure.Praise won for _ 28_a skillsuddenly puts one in the position of having everything to lose.Rather than putting their reputation on theline again，many successful people develop a handicap—drinking，_ 29_，depression—that allowsthem to keep their status no matter what the future brings. An advertising executive 30_ fordepression shortly after winning an award put it this way:“Without my depression，I'd be a failure now;with it，I'm a success 'on hold.’”

In fact，the people most likely to become chronic excuse makers are those 31 _ with success.Such people are so afraid of being 32a failure at anything that they constantly develop onehandicap or another in order to explain away failure.

Though self-handicapping can be an effective way of coping with performance anxiety now and then,in the end，researchers say，it will lead to_ 33_. In the long run，excuse makers fail to live up to theirtrue_ 34_and lose the status they care so much about. And despite their protests to the _35they have only themsclves to blame.

A) contrary F) labeled K) potential

B) fatigue G) legacies L) rcalms

C) heavily H) mastering M) reciprocal

D) heaving l) momentum N) ruin

E) hospitalized J) obsessed o) viciously

rom its current location in the suburban town of Merion, Pa., to a site in Philadelphias museum district caused an argument — not only because it shamelessly went against the will of the founder, Albert C. Barnes, but also because it threatened to dismantle(拆开)a relationship among art, architecture and landscape critical to the Barness success as a museum.

For any architect taking on the challenge of the new space, the confusion of moral and design questions might seem overwhelming. What is an architects responsibility to Barness vision of a marvelous but odd collection of early Modern artworks housed in a rambling(布局凌乱的)1920s Beaux-Arts pile？ Is it possible to reproduce its spirit in such a changed setting？ Or does trying to replicate(复制)the Barness unique atmosphere only doom you to failure？ The answers of the New York architects taking the commission are not reassuring. The new Barnes will include many of the features that have become virtually mandatory(强制性的)in the museum world today — conservation and education departments, temporary exhibition space, auditorium, bookstore, cafe — making it four times the size of the old Barnes. The architects have tried to compensate for this by laying out these spaces in an elaborate architectural procession that is clearly intended to replicate the peaceful-ness, if not the fantastic charm, of the old museum.

But the result is a complicated design. Almost every detail seems to ache from the strain of trying to preserve the spirit of the original building in a very different context. The failure to do so, despite such an earnest effort, is the strongest argument yet for why the Barnes should not be moved in the first place.

The old Barnes is by no means an obvious model for a great museum. Inside the lighting is far from perfect, and the collection itself, mixing masterpieces by Cezanne, Picasso and Soutine with second-rate paintings by lesser-known artists, has a distinctly odd flavor. But these apparent flaws are also what have made the Barnes one of the countrys most charming exhibition spaces. But today the new Barnes is after a different kind of audience. Although museum officials say the existing limits on crowd size will be kept, it is clearly meant to draw bigger numbers and more tourist dollars. For most visitors the relationship to the art will feel less immediate.

The Old Barnes becomes a successful museum mainly because of______.

A. the beneficial geographical position in a suburban town

B. its unique design and orderly collection of arts

C. the influence of its founder Albert C. Barnes

D. the perfect connection among art, architecture and landscape

We insisted that the meeting ___________ (hold) as planned despite the absence of some members.

"There's an old saying in the space world: amateurs talk about technology, professionals talk about insurance." In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category. But insurance will be cold comfort following the failure on October 31st of VSS Enterprise, resulting in the death of one pilot and the severe injury to another.

On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

The notion of space tourism took hold in 2001 with a $20 million flight aboard a Russian spacecraft by Dennis Tito, a millionaire engineer with an adventurous streak. Just half a dozen holiday-makers have reached orbit since then, for similarly astronomical price tags. But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable "suborbital" flights-briefer ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness. Virgin Galactic had, prior to this week's accident, seemed closest to starting regular flights. The company has already taken deposits from around 800 would be space tourists, including Stephen Hawking.

After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015. That now seems an impossible timeline. In July, a sister craft of the crashed spaceplane was reported to be about half-finished. The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

In the meantime, the entire space tourism industry will be on tenterhooks(坐立不安). The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary (and thereby the FAA) from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers. That means that the FAA could suspend Virgin Galactic's licence to fly. It could also insist on checking private manned spacecraft as thoroughly as it does commercial aircraft. While that may make subotbital travel safer, it would add significant cost and complexity to an emerging industry that has until now operated largely as the playground of billionaires and dreamy engineers.

How Virgin Galactic, regulators and the public respond to this most recent tragedy will determine whether and how soon private space travel can transcend that playground. There is no doubt that spaceflight entails risks, and to pioneer a new mode of travel is to free those risks, and to reduce them with the benefit of hard-won experience.

61.What is said about the failure of VSS Enterprise？

A.It may lead to the bankruptcy of Virgin Galactic.

B.It has a strong negative impact on space tourism.

C.It may discourage rich people from space travel.

D.It has aroused public attention to safety issues.

62.What do we learn about the space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic？

A.It has just built a craft for commercial flights.

B.It has sent half a dozen passengers into space.

C.It was about ready to start regular business.

D.It is the first to launch "suborbital” flights.

63.What is the purpose of the 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Ace？(商业空间的发射修正案)

A.To ensure space travel safety.

B.To limit the FAA's functions.

C.To legalize private space exploration.

D.Tp promote the space tourism industry.

64.What might the FAA do after the recent accident in California？

A.Impose more rigid safety standards.

B.Stop certifying new space-tourist agencies.

C.Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.

D.Suspend Virgin Galactic's licence to take passengers into space.

65.What does the author think of private space travel？

A.It is worth promoting despite the risks involved.

B.It should not be confined to the rich only.

C.It should be strictly regulated.

D.It is too risky to carry on.

A.Despite being

B.In spite being

C.Despite it is

D.Though to be

A.despite that

B.in spite of

C.for fear that

D.now that

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A.In spite

B.Despite of

C.In spite of

D.In despite of