Q: In one way, it may be thought that failure is a part of life. In another, failure may be regarded as a step towards success. The "spider story" is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider making a web . Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb , made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spirit then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time? Second, is the goal you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goal may be. Think about this question: If I am successful in this, where will it get me?" This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldn't be doing anyway. The third thing to remember about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to "live with yourself!" even though you may have failed. Remember, "You can't live with them all."

Answer the following questions:
1. what story talks about failure?
2. what does it prove?
3. What did Edison fail at?
4. models of what?
5. did he finally get it right?
6. what is another story that is an example of this?
7. who witnessed the spider?
8. who was he?
9. what did he see the spider do?
10. where was he watching from?
11. was he hiding?
12. from who?
13. what did he gain by watching the spider?
14. and what did he do with it?
15. what question should you think about?
16. what should you learn to do if you do fail?
17. what is the 3rd thing to remember?
18. Is it also a step towards success?
A: 1. the inventor of the light bulb
2. failure may be regarded as a step towards success
3. made hundreds of models that failed
4. the light bulb
5. Yes
6. The "spider story"
7. Robert Bruce
8. leader of the Scots
9. making a web
10. in a hole
11. Yes
12. the English
13. confidence
14. beat the English
15. What can you change so that things will go right the next time?
16. live with yourself
17. it's a part of life
18. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead February 2 on the bathroom floor of his New York apartment with a syringe in his left arm, died of acute mixed drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamine, the New York medical examiner's office said Friday.

The manner of death was ruled an accident, the medical examiner's office said in a statement.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, said that as addicts take mixtures of drugs more chronically, they may not necessarily feel the effects of the narcotics, which still suppress the respiratory system.

"They're not feeling it, but it's still having an impact on their ability to breathe, and that's the real problem," he said. "It's called stacking. You can stack the same drug too close together, or you can start to stack other drugs, one on top of the other. That's how people get into trouble. They do call it accidental death as well."

Police found nearly 50 envelopes branded "Ace of Spades" filled with what they believe was heroin in the actor's Manhattan apartment, two law enforcement sources familiar with the inquiry said.

Used syringes, prescription drugs and empty bags that authorities suspect were used to hold heroin also were found in the apartment where Hoffman, 46, was found dead, sources said.

He was expected to pick up his children that day but didn't show up, the official said. Playwright David Katz and another person went to the apartment and found him dead, the official said.

Police officers found him in a T-shirt and shorts with his eyeglasses still on his head.

1. What state medical examiner's office handled the actor's death?
2. What is the actor's first name?
3. And last name?
4. And middle name?
5. Was the actor's death judged to be an accident?
6. Through what means did the medical examiner's office release this information?
7. What was the brand on the envelopes found/
8. What drug was in the envelope?
9. Was Hoffman found dead in a house?
10. In what city was his apartment?
11. How old was he at the time of his death?
12. What is the last name of CNN's medical correspondent?
13. And his first name?
14. What is the last name of the playwright who found his body?
15. Was someone else with Katz?
16. What was Hoffman wearing when found?
17. What did he have on his head?
18. What persons were Hoffman supposed to pick up that day?
19. In which arm of Hoffman's was a syringe found?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. New York
2. Philip
3. Hoffman
4. Seymour
5. yes
6. a statement.
7. "Ace of Spades"
8. heroin
9. no
10. New York
11. 46
12. Gupta
13. Sanjay
14. David Katz
15. yes
16. in a tee shirt and shorts
17. his eyeglasses
18. his children
19. the left

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER I.

ELMA'S STRANGER.

It was late when Elma reached the station. Her pony had jibbed on the way downhill, and the train was just on the point of moving off as she hurried upon the platform. Old Matthews, the stout and chubby-cheeked station-master, seized her most unceremoniously by the left arm, and bundled her into a carriage. He had known her from a child, so he could venture upon such liberties.

"Second class, miss? Yes, miss. Here y'are. Look sharp, please. Any more goin' on? All right, Tom! Go ahead there!" And lifting his left hand, he whistled a shrill signal to the guard to start her.

As for Elma, somewhat hot in the face with the wild rush for her ticket, and grasping her uncounted change, pence and all, in her little gloved hand, she found herself thrust, hap-hazard, at the very last moment, into the last compartment of the last carriage --alone--with an artist.

Now, you and I, to be sure, most proverbially courteous and intelligent reader, might never have guessed at first sight, from the young man's outer aspect, the nature of his occupation. The gross and clumsy male intellect, which works in accordance with the stupid laws of inductive logic, has a queer habit of requiring something or other, in the way of definite evidence, before it commits itself offhand to the distinct conclusion. But Elma Clifford was a woman; and therefore she knew a more excellent way. HER habit was, rather to look things once fairly and squarely in the face, and then, with the unerring intuition of her sex, to make up her mind about them firmly, at once and for ever. That's one of the many glorious advantages of being born a woman. You don't need to learn in order to know. You know instinctively. And yet our girls want to go to Girton, and train themselves up to be senior wranglers!

1. Did Elma almost miss the train?
2. What caused her to be late?
3. Where?
4. Who works at the station?
5. How long had he known her?
6. How did he grab her?
7. Did he make a big show of it?
8. Where did he put her?
9. of what?
10. Did she already pay?
11. What was she doing when he grabbed her?
12. What class is she seated in?
13. Is she the last to board?
14. Is she seated by herself?
15. who is with her?
16. Does he look like one/
17. Did she know that he was?
18. What does Matthews face look like?
19. How does he let them know to start moving the train?
20. To who?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. yes
2. Her pony had jibbed
3. on the way downhill
4. Old Matthews
5. since she was a child
6. by the left arm
7. no
8. last compartment
9. the last carriage
10. yes
11. received her change
12. Second
13. yes
14. no
15. an artist
16. no
17. She made up her mind
18. stout and chubby-cheeked
19. he whistled
20. the guard