五、完形填空。
In my early years at school, I had trouble with some subjects. I used to be a naughty boy in class and get really grades. It came as no surprise that I would get an F and that would make me really . So what I used to do was those grades up—I would turn the F into a B just to my parents. Well, it didn't work out. Later, I knew I had to that failure and learn from it, and something good really came from it. I started doing better with my grades. That F turned into a B naturally, and that B turned into an A.
Since we were little, we have been always taught to believe failure is really a and that we must feel sorry and guilty when we fail. So we work hard to commonly-believed success and stay away from failure.
However, this is a completely idea. Life is full of ups and downs. From being a kid to into an adult, you will fail at many things in life. So it is to pay no attention to it. It is OK when failure happens. In fact, it only tells you about yourself. You get to learn about your abilities, what you are good at, and what you are not.
Whenever you a failure, never think that you are never going to get over from this. You must ways to better yourself. Did you know it took Thomas Edison 10,000 tries to the light bulb? Bill Gates failed many times. Even his first company was a complete failure. J. K. Rowling was many times before her Harry Potter took off. All prove that you must learn from your failures, not run from them!
As Winston Churchill puts it, success is not final, failure is not fatal. And it is the courage to continue that counts.
()1. A. smart B. wonderful C. poor D. special
()2. A. scared B. relaxed C. excited D. amazed
()3. A. give B. show C. take D. cover
()4. A. please B. treat C. discover D. surprise
()5. A. manage B. accept C. suggest D. describe
()6. A. wisdom B. pride C. shame D. choice
()7. A. connect B. develop C. express D. achieve
()8. A. wrong B. strange C. popular D. usual
()9. A. running B. growing C. looking D. breaking
()10. A. necessary B. important C. impossible D. meaningless
()11. A. new B. true C. creative D. powerful
()12. A. create B. miss C. forget D. face
()13. A. care about B. put out C. come up with D. show off
()14. A. repair B. perfect C. paint D. decorate
()15. A. punished B. expected C. mentioned D. refused

1. C 【点拨】根据“I had trouble with some subjects”可知，作者成绩不好。故选 C。
2. A 【点拨】根据“It came as no surprise that I would get an F”可知，作者毫无疑问地得到了 F 让他感到很害怕。故选 A。
3. D 【点拨】根据“I would turn the F into a B”可知，这里是掩盖成绩。故选 D。
4. A 【点拨】根据语境可知，作者改自己的成绩是为了使父母满意。故选 A。
5. B 【点拨】根据语境可知，作者接受了失败。故选 B。
6. C 【点拨】根据“that we must feel sorry and guilty when we fail”可知，失败是羞愧的事情。故选 C。
7. D 【点拨】根据“commonly-believed success”可知，是实现成功。故选 D。
8. A 【点拨】根据“However”可知，这里是转折，对失败是耻辱进行了反驳。故选 A。
9. B 【点拨】grow into 逐渐长成。故选 B。
10. C 【点拨】从小到大都会遇到失败，所以不可能不注意失败。故选 C。
11. B 【点拨】根据“what you are good at, and what you are not”可知，是你真正的能力。故选 B。
12. D 【点拨】根据语境可知，是面对困难的时候。故选 D。
13. C 【点拨】这里是发现方法去让自己变得更好。故选 C。
14. B 【点拨】爱迪生发明了电灯泡，这里指使灯泡完善。故选 B。
15. D 【点拨】这里指《哈利波特》的作者也遭遇了失败，被拒绝了很多次。故选 D。

【分析】
首先通读全文，把握主旨：本文围绕“面对失败”展开，讲述作者学生时代成绩差曾掩盖成绩，后明白需接受失败并从中成长，还列举名人面对失败的经历，传递积极面对失败的道理。解题时需结合上下文语境、逻辑关系（如转折词however、因果词so）、词义辨析及固定搭配，同时注意前后文呼应，逐一确定每个空的答案。
【解析】
1. 前文提到“had trouble with some subjects”，说明成绩不好，“poor grades”（差成绩）符合语境，选C；
2. 前文说会得到F，这让作者感到害怕，“scared”（害怕的）符合，选A；
3. 把F改成B是为了掩盖成绩，“cover up”（掩盖）是固定搭配，选D；
4. 改成绩是为了让父母满意，“please”（使满意）符合，选A；
5. 后来作者接受了失败，“accept”（接受）符合语境，选B；
6. 后文提到失败时要愧疚，说明失败是羞愧的事，“shame”（羞愧）符合，选C；
7. 努力实现普遍认可的成功，“achieve success”（实现成功）是固定搭配，选D；
8. “however”表转折，前文说失败是耻辱，此处反驳该观点，故是错误的想法，“wrong”（错误的）符合，选A；
9. “grow into”（长成）是固定搭配，符合从孩子到成人的语境，选B；
10. 生活中会遇到失败，所以不可能不注意失败，“impossible”（不可能的）符合，选C；
11. 了解自己真正的能力，“true”（真正的）符合，选B；
12. 面对失败时，“face”（面对）符合语境，选D；
13. 想出让自己更好的方法，“come up with”（想出）是固定搭配，选C；
14. 爱迪生完善电灯泡，“perfect”（使完善）符合，选B；
15. J.K.罗琳被拒绝很多次，“refused”（拒绝）符合，选D。
【答案】
1.C 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.C 14.B 15.D
【知识点】
完形填空解题技巧、词义辨析、固定搭配
【点评】
本文是哲理类完形填空，既考查词汇量、词义辨析能力，也注重上下文逻辑与语境理解，传递积极面对失败的价值观，适合初中学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.6