Unit 3 A healthy life reading课时作业

第一节　完形填空(共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Thomas Edison tried more than two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily，his assistant__1__，"All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing. "

Thomas Edison replied very__2__，"Oh，we have come a long way and we have __3__a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot__4__to make a good light bulb. "

If you learn from your mistakes，then you are__5__. If you learn from someone else's mistakes，then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines__6__daily and failure is nothing more than a few small__7__repeated daily.

How__8__the above lines are! Success takes __9__. We'll make mistakes __10__we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life，we don't build enough confidence to __11__new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence__12__what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional__13__，but only a few really__14__their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n)__15__life. Do you want to be exceptional?

Success is a fruit which everyone wants to__16__but it is not found everywhere and no one can__17__it without serious efforts.

Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don't will find a(n)__18__！

Success depends upon careful__19__，and without it we will end in failure.

When you are__20__，please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to accomplish something.

1．A. celebrated B．complained

C．explained D．answered

答案　B　[由爱迪生的助手所说的话可知，他有点灰心丧气，所以就开始"抱