【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 Failure is an unavoidable part of life. Though science has named some life skills that promise success, we39。re told over and over again that no great success was ever achieved without failure or many failed attempts. One of life39。s most important lessons, therefore, has to be how to handle failure best. But what is the message? For starters, ignore advice from anyone that tells you, Don39。t beat yourself up about it, no matter how wellmeaning they are. According to the new research from the University of Kansas, we absolutely should be beating ourselves up when we fail. Marketing professor Noelle Nelson and her team found that the more emotional a person39。s response is to failure, the more likely they are to achieve better results the next time they deal with a related task. The researchers carried out two experiments in which undergraduate students were required to perform specific tasks. In one experiment, they were asked to search online for a squeezer and report the lowest price they could find with the possibility of winning a $50 cash prize. However, the task was controlled, and all participants were told (by a puter) that the lowest price was $ less than their reported price. Consequently, no participant won the cash prize. When the results were announced, some participants were asked to focus on their emotional response, and others on their cognitive (認知的) response. During the next similar task, participants who focused on their emotional response to failure made more effort than those who focused on a cognitive response. Everybody has their own unique challenges, responsibilities, duties, and projects, but these findings are related to all of us. Your personal failure may be a cake that fails to rise, a presentation that goes wrong, or a deadline that gets missed—it doesn39。t matter. What matters is how you react to it. Instead of thinking about the failure, let yourself feel bad about it. Then follow this advice on how to bounce back after your failure.（1）What39。s the relationship between failure and success? promises success. is the key to success. does damage to success. failure is good for success.（2）Why does the writer support beating oneself up when failing? 39。s a wellmeaning suggestion for failure.39。s been proved by the study of a university. emotional is good for his future success. can make people less emotional about failure.（3）Which can be the best title for the passage? Failure Is a Cake That Fails to Appear Most Productive Way to Handle Any Failure Methods to Change Failure into Success Reason Why Failure Is the Mother of Success【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）B 【解析】【分析】這是一篇說明文。文章向讀者傳達了失敗乃是人生不可避免的一部分，但是如何處理失敗是很重要的。每次失敗后，我們應(yīng)該自責，自責能讓我們下次做得更好。 （1）推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中的we39。re told over and over again that no great success was ever achieved without failure以及“One of life39。s most important lessons, therefore, has to be how to handle failure best.（人生中很重要的一課是學會如何最好地處理失?。笨芍煤锰幚淼氖Τ晒κ呛玫?。故選D。 （2）細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的“we absolutely should be beating ourselves up when we fail（當我們失敗的時候我們應(yīng)該自責）”與“the more emotional a person39。s response is to failure, the more likely they are to achieve better results the next time they deal with a related task（一個人對失敗的情緒越大，下次他遇到相關(guān)的任務(wù)取得更好的結(jié)果的可能越大）”可知，對失敗有情緒對將來的成功是很重要的。故選C。 （3）主旨大意題。這是一篇說明文，根據(jù)文章第一段中的最后一句“One of life39。s most important lessons, therefore, has to be how to handle failure best.（人生中很重要的一課是學會如何最好地處理失?。笨芍?，本文是教給大家如何有效地面對失敗。故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。涉及細節(jié)理解題，推理判斷題和主旨大意題。細節(jié)理解題要注意根據(jù)題目和文章的關(guān)鍵詞在文章中尋找答案。推理判斷題要注意聯(lián)系上下文，推斷出所需信息，主旨大意題要注意找文章的主題句或主題段落，聯(lián)系上下文，從而判斷出文章的主題。5．閱讀理解 A while back I caught a news report on something called couch surfing‖ and the network of trusting souls who make this phenomenon possible. They offer to put up travelers free of charge and help them on their ways. At first, it sounded unbelievable. I mean, inviting strangers into one39。s home for one or two nights? Give me a break. However, I was intrigued. I decided to investigate. The only way to truly learn about this phenomenon was to dive in. So I planned a trip to Finland, a country I39。ve always wanted to explore. I would couch surf at every stop there. If ever any anxiety existed when stepping into the unknown, it disappeared when my first host met me at the train station. Ari looked like my idea of a typical Finn: tall and blueeyed. Finns were also supposed to be famously reserved (寡言少語的). Ari was anything but. He was a live wire, giving me an enthusiastic wele and hiking with me to his apartment, where he showed me the sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in warm conversations. He also handed me a key to e and go as I pleased. If this was what couch surfing was all about－trust and friendship－then I had gotten off to a good start. As I boarded my next train to continue my journey, I began to think about this couchsurfing idea. What urged these people to open their homes to strangers? I concluded that there was a desire to lend a hand to likeminded folks who might enrich their own lives. Seven cities in 14 days. Seven hosts. Seven new friends. If couch surfing taught me anything, it39。s this: Most people are good and generous. Where will couch surfing take me next? Who knows? But I can39。t wait to find out.（1）Which of the following best explains intrigued underlined in the second paragraph? A.Relaxed.B.Disgusted.C.Interested.D.Embarrassed.（2）What can we know about Ari? A.He was reserved like most Finns.B.He talked less but he was friendly.C.He treated the author as a friend.D.He saw off the author at the train station.（3）Why did people offer couch surfing to strangers? A.To take an adventure with strangers.B.To exchange houses for a short time.C.To learn more about others39。 family lives.D.To enrich their own lives by helping others.（4）What can be the suitable title for the text? A.Travel on Trust and Couches