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【題目】 Many of the world’s successful people were once failures. Here are the stories of a few of them.

Michael Jordan (born 1963) is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. However, he himself admits that it hasn’t been easy. In a famous advertisement for Nike, he says, “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted（委托） to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

	Albert Einstein (1879-1955) won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921. However, he wasn’t always considered a “genius”. He didn’t speak until he was four, and couldn’t read until he was seven. His teachers and parents thought he was slow, and he was expelled（開除）from school. He later famously said, “Success is failure in progress”
		Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was one of America’s greatest leaders, taking the country through the Civil War（美國南北戰(zhàn)爭）. However, his life was never easy. He started numerous business that failed, he went bankrupt（破產(chǎn)）twice and was defeated in 26 campaigns（競選）for public office. He later said, “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
			J.K. Rowling (born 1965) is the author of the hugely successful Harry Potter books, and one of the richest women in the world. But before publishing the books, she was penniless, depressed and trying to raise a child on her own. In a speech at Harvard in 2008, she said, “I had failed so greatly. After a short-lived marriage, I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless. The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.”

So you see, just keep going!

【1】How many times has Michael Jordan missed the game winning shot?

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【2】What happened to Albert Einstein in 1921?

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【3】Which did Abraham Lincoln care more about, whether he failed or how he faced with his failure?

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【4】J.K Rowling is one of the richest women in Britain, isn’t she?

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【5】What was J.K. Rowling’s life like before Harry Potter Books were published?

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【6】What do you think of failure? How do you overcome failure in your life? (Please give an example to explain)

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】On 26 occasions

【2】He won the Noble Prize in physics.

【3】He cared about how he faced with his failure/how to face with his failure.

【4】Yes, she is.

【5】It was poor. /She was penniless, depressed and trying raise a child on her own..

【6】Any reasonable answer is OK.

【解析】

本文講述了成功人士都經(jīng)歷了失敗，如喬丹，愛因斯坦，林肯和J．K．羅琳。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)表格中第一欄中“On 26 occasions I have been entrusted（委托）to take the game winning shot， and I missed．26次我被委托投入制勝分，我都失敗了”，可知。故答案為：On 26 occasions。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)表格中第二欄中“Albert Einstein （1879-1955）won the Nobel Prize in physics in 1921．愛因斯坦在1921年獲得了諾貝爾物理獎” 可知愛因斯坦在1921年獲得了諾貝爾物理獎。故答案為：He won the Nobel Prize in physics。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)格中第三欄中“He later famously said， "Success is failure in progress"在他后來的名言中，成功是失敗的進步”可知他更在乎怎樣面對困難。故答案為：He cared about how he faced with his failure/how to face with his failure。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)表格中第四欄中“J．K．Rowling （born 1965）is the author of the hugely successful Harry Potter books，and one of the richest women in the world．J．K．羅琳是《哈利波特》的成功的作家，也是世界上最富有的女性之一”。故答案為：Yes， she is．

【5】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)After a short-lived marriage，I was jobless，a lone parent， and as poor as it is possible to be in modem Britain，without being homeless．我的一段異常短暫的婚姻破滅了，我成了失業(yè)的單身母親，除了人，我就是現(xiàn)代英國最貧窮的人。故答案為：It was poor. /She was penniless, depressed and trying raise a child on her own。

【6】本題為開放性試題。言之有理即可，要注意避免語法錯誤。

故答案為：Failure is necessary for success． I try harder to overcome failure．For example，when I was in primary school．I failed my English，I tried to study hard at it and finally I passed the test．（Any reasonable answer is OK.）

做題時首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意。其次，細讀題材，各個擊破。