Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials to make the light bulb. When none worked successfully, his assistant 36_, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Thomas Edison replied very 37_, “Oh, we have e a long way and we have _38 a lot. We now know that there are two thousand materials which we cannot _39 to make a good light bulb.”
If you learn from your mistakes, then you are _40 . If you learn from someone else’s mistakes, then you are a genius. Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines 41 daily and failure is nothing more than a few small 42_ repeated daily.
How 43_ the above lines are! Success takes 44_. We’ll make mistakes _45 we do things in too much of a hurry. When we do not practice disciplines in life, we don’t build enough confidence to 46 new and challenging tasks which are important and matter in life. Our confidence 47 what we think of ourselves and whether we believe in ourselves. We are all born with exceptional 48 , but only a few really _49 their true potentials and make efforts in life and the others just lead a(n) _50 life. Do you want to be exceptional?
Success is a fruit which everyone wants to _51 , but it is not found everywhere and no one can 52_ it without serious efforts.
Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find a(n) _53 !
Success depends on previous 54 , and without it we will end in failure.
When you are 55 , please enjoy it and give your hand to others who want to acplish something.
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】B。由爱迪生的助手所说的话可知，他有点灰心丧气, 所以他就开始“抱怨（plained）”。
【小题1】选A。由后面爱迪生所说的话可知，爱迪生对发明锲而不舍，所以他对自己的工作充满了“信心”。
【小题1】选C。由爱迪生的乐观态度可知，他认为他们已经“学到了（learned）”很多。上文中助手的话也有提示。
【小题1】选D。试验证明有两千种材料不能“用来（use）”做电灯泡。
【小题1】选C。此处与下句的genius呼应：如果我们善于从自己的错误中学习，那我们就会变得“明智（intelligent）”。
【小题1】选D。成功就是每天要“实践（practiced）”的一些简单的行为准则。
【小题1】选A。失败就是每天重复犯的“小错误（errors）”。
【小题1】选D。这里用true表示作者完全认同上述这些话。
【小题1】选B。由下一句可知，成功需要时间。
【小题1】选D。如果太着急就会犯错误，if在此引导一个条件状语从句。
【小题1】选B。没有自信心，我们就无法去“尝试（attempt）”新的具有挑战性的任务。
【小题1】选A。由上下文可知，我们的自信“取决于（depends on）”我们对自己的看法和是否相信自己。
【小题1】选C。我们每个人生来都具有特殊的“品质（qualities）”。其他选项不符合常理。
【小题1】选B。但是只有一少部分人“认识到（realize）”自己真正的潜能。
【小题1】选D。此处选“平庸的（average）”与上文中的exceptional对比。
【小题1】选C。成功就像人人都想“吃（eat）”的水果，此处用来比喻人人都想拥有成功。
【小题1】选A。不付出努力，你就无法“获得（achieve）”成功。
【小题1】选B。想成功的人总是寻找办法，而不想成功的人总是寻找“借口（excuse）”。
【小题1】选A。精心准备会走向成功，反之注定会失败。
【小题1】选C。当你“成功（successful）”时，享受它并帮助其他想取得成就的人。