If there is any single factor that makes for success in living,it is the ability to profit by defeat.Every success I know has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next undertaking.Confuse defeat with failure,and you are doomed indeed to failure,for it isn’t defeat that makes you fail:it is your own refusal to see in defeat the guide and encouragement to success.
Defeats are nothing to be ashamed of.They are routine incidents in the life of every man who achieves success.But defeat is a dead loss unless you do face it without feeling ashamed,analyze it and learn why you failed.Defeat,in other words,can help to cure its own cause.Not only does defeat prepare us for success,but nothing else can arouse within us such a compelling desire to succeed.If you let a baby grasp a rod and try to pull it away,he will cling more and more tightly until his whole weight is suspended.It is this same reaction that should give you new and greater strength every time you are defeated.If you fully use the power which defeat gives,you can accomplish with it far more than what you are capable of.
16.The author A .
A.orders you to analyze defeat
B.wants you to face defeat
C.advises you to let a baby grasp a rod
D.warns you not to confuse defeat with fail
17.Defeat is valuable C .
A.because it is a factor
B.because it isn’t defeat that makes you fail
C.because it provides the guide and encouragement to success
D.because it is not a thing to be ashamed of
18.What does the author know?B .
A.he knows every success in life
B.he knows the factor making for success
C.he knows every man who is able to analyze defeat
D.he knows the life of every man
19.The person who was able to analyze the defeat is likely C .
A.to be a successor
B.to face it with feeling ashamed
C.to achieve success
D.to be ashamed of it
20.What does the author advise one to do with the power which defeat gives One should C .
A.explore it
B.explain it
C.let a baby grasp a rod
D.learn it