4 . “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade (柠檬水).” It is a good saying, but life throws at us more serious problems than lemons, doesn’t it? What do we do when we lose a family member? What do we do when we have been through events that leave us feelings? Can any failure be turned into success?
Most of us realize we can learn one or two things from failure. When we fail, we think, “Well, I won’t try that again! ”or “I won’t trust anyone again! ”But this is not useful learning. It is suggested that we ask challenging questions. For example, “How could I try that again?” There are a lot we can learn and get from failure if we keep asking good questions on how to do better next time.
Failure or pain can be good for developing our character if we choose to face it in a positive way. Our own suffering often makes us understand others better. It can give us wisdom or knowledge to share with others, which can prevent them from similar failure. If we have been hurt by others because of another person’s poor character, it may improve us to be better persons.
Failures can make us experience many things that we didn’t experience before. If you lose your job, it doesn’t mean you lose everything and probably you may get more. As we know, no job often leads to self employment; no job has been the beginning of many highly successful businesses. It is common that we don’t like changing, but change, even unfortunate change, brings new opportunities. Sometimes only failure brings us better opportunities or greater success.
1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means that ________.
| A．any lemons can be made into lemonade |
| B．problems always bring us lots of trouble |
| C．problems can never be avoided in our life |
| D．failure can also be turned into a success |
2. The 2
nd paragraph mainly tells us that ________.
| A．We should learn more when we fail |
| B．We must be careful to trust anyone |
| C．We must ask questions when we fail |
| D．We should deal with failure positively |
3. According to the writer, if you were hurt by another person, you should ________.
| A．avoid hurting others in the same way |
| B．find a better way to hurt him bravely |
| C．try to prevent him from hurting others |
| D．thank him for making you more perfect |
4. What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Failure Decides success | B．Failure Creates Opportunities |
| C．Failure Brings Everything | D．Failure Makes a Perfect Person |
