Edison failed _____ times before he succeeded in producing the first electric lamp .

A.thousand

B.thousands

C.a thousand of

D.thousands of

towards success.The often told “ spider story ” is about Robert Bruce, a leader of the Scots (苏 格兰人) in the 13th century, who was hiding himself in a cave from the English.He watched a spider making a net.The spider tried to reach across a place which was very difficult to get to in the rock.He tried six times without success.On the seventh time he made it and went on to make his net.Bruce is said to have taken heart and to have gone on to defeat the English army.Edison, the inventor of the light bulb(电灯泡., 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？ What can you change so 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 goals may be.Think about this question.“ If I do succeed in this, where will it get me？” this may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn’t be doing anyway.The third thing to remember is that failure is a part of life.Learn to “ live with yourself” even though you may have failed.

1.Robert Bruce was hiding in a cave to _____.

A.learn how failure could be a next success

B.protect himself from the English enemy

C.think about what failure was

D.watch a spider making a net

2.“ Made it “ in this text means “____”.

A.reached

B.succeeded

C.got it

D.failed

3.Both the “spider story” and Edison’s story tell us mainly about _____.

A.the value of failure

B.famous failure

C.ways of failure

D.the cause of failure

4.The writer tells you to do all the following EXCEPT ____.

A.to think about the cause of your failure

B.to decide on the right goal for yourself in difficulty

C.to remember that you will never fail in your life

D.to consider failure to be normal

5.Which of the following is NOT true？ ()

A.Bruce and Edison were successful examples

B.One should always improve things in order to be successful

C.Failure may be regarded as a way towards success

D.Edison also learned a lot from the Robert Bruce’s story

______ the story how he lost his hearing.

A. Everyone knows

B. Edison himself liked to tell

C. No one knows

D. Edison himself disbelieved

A.Cormack

B.Hounsfield

C.Randon

D.Edison

It was well known that Thomas Edison _____ the electric lamp.

A.discovered

B.invented

C.found

D.developed

A.interest

B.interests

C.intereste

D.interesting

A.Rontgen

B.Edison

C.Hounsfield

D.Bloch

A.pictured himself

B.pictured as

C.himself as

D.pictured himself as

A.on

B.with

C.about

D.in