材料一：战国时期，士成为知识分子的代称。此时的“士”已和出身无关，可能来自贵族，也可能起于微贱，其共同的身份标志仅仅是知识、智慧和才能。以前的士受“六艺”教育，文武并重，如射、御都带有军事训练性质，而战国时期的士基本以学习文化典籍为主，是比较单纯的文士。这些文士已经脱离了昔日分封制和等级制的束缚，能够自由流动。……很多国家出现了“布衣卿相”之局，国君礼贤下士，并不计较出身。于是士的社会地位同以前相比更加显赫，奔走出入于各国，成为各国官僚队伍的后备队。

——摘编自张帆《中国古代简史》

材料二：在外国侵略和国内动乱等重大问题迫在眉睫时，士人感觉到道义上有义务对社会和政治的稳定贡献一份力量。即使是专研汉学的学者也放弃了传统的不问世事的态度，所有晚清士人都坚信，在公共事务上他们有着不可缺少的作用。士人对研究的领域和方法有广泛的兴趣，例如：政治家曾国藩试图把宋学、汉学、文学和格物致用，融合成一个无所不包的基本学识，即礼学，以反映儒家礼的概念；康有为从理学研究转向今文学，再转向西方政治改革著作。

——摘编自徐中约《中国近代史》

    Everyone wants to be successful. But failure is a common(普通的) thing for us to meet with.

    1, sometimes we fail the exams, sometimes in the sports meet, others 2 but we fail. So3 everybody meets with the failure in his life.

    However, different people have different4 to deal with the failure. Some people lose hope when they fail. They seem to think that it is the 5 of the world. Others, on the other hand, don't take failure 6. They seem to think that failure is the first step(步骤) to success. They will keep up and try their best7 the final success.

    Now let's imagine (猜想) the ends of the two ways. If we are afraid of the failure and always feel8, and don't try our best to change ourselves, we may meet with more and more failures. But as long as we are hopeful and brave to face them, and never give up, we will 9  successful and our dreams will come true some day.

    So, please remember: Life doesn't give us the pleasure we want. But if we never give up and10 do little by little, it will make a big difference.