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One month ago, my daughter started kindergarten. As usual, I wished her success. I was telling a lie...
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One month ago, my daughter started kindergarten. As usual, I wished her success. I was telling a lie. What I actually wish for her is __________. I believe in the power of failure.
Success is __________ in a sense. Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time, which can __________ be a problematic victory. First-time success is usually a fluke (侥幸). First-time failure, ________, is expected; it is the natural order of things.
Failure is how we learn. I have been told of an African phrase __________ a good cook as “she who has broken many pots”. If you have spent enough time in the __________ to have broken a lot of pots, probably you know a fair amount about __________. I once had a late dinner with a group of chefs, and they spent time ________ knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much credibility (可信度) their __________ gave them.
I earn my __________ by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I am __________ that one column is going to be the worst column of the week. I don’t just set out to write it; I try my best every day. __________, every week, one column is inferior (较差的) to the others, sometimes extremely so.
I have learned to __________ that column. A successful column usually means that I am treading (踏) on __________ ground, going with tricks that work, or dressing up popular ideas in fancy words. Often in my inferior columns, I am trying to __________ something I’ve never done before, something that I’m not even sure can be done.
My daughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to __________ her. But I will also, I hope, __________ her of what she learned, and how she can do __________ next time. I probably won’t tell her that failure is a good thing, because that’s not a(n) __________ you can learn when you’re five. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the __________.
1.A. success B. failure C. victory D. sacrifice
2.A. demanding B. worthwhile C. correct D. boring
3.A. often B. rarely C. always D. hardly
4.A. in addition B. on purpose C. by contrast D. in demand
5.A. denying B. describing C. pointing D. predicting
6.A. dormitory B. yard C. kitchen D. field
7.A. gardening B. training C. displaying D. cooking
8.A. comparing B. making C. learning D. curing
9.A. wounds B. failures C. scars D. strengths
10.A. living B. support C. skill D. similarity
11.A. ambitious B. grateful C. confident D. aware
12.A. Moreover B. Still C. Otherwise D. Therefore
13.A. adapt B. update C. cherish D. review
14.A. accessible B. similar C. sensitive D. familiar
15.A. get through B. figure out C. comment on D. take in
16.A. amuse B. comfort C. scold D. reward
17.A. warn B. cheat C. remind D. suspect
18.A. better B. luckier C. worse D. less
19.A. experience B. trick C. lesson D. truth
20.A. process B. destination C. ending D. beginning
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