If we look at successful people, we can always see that they are usually not those ____ never faced failure at all in their life. In fact, some of the most successful people in this world we have heard of ____ (start) out poorly, and ____ (actual) they have failed many times.

    There are so many other great ____ (fail) that famous people met with. For example, the most famous basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan was just ____ ordinary person before he joined the NBA and he was even cut out from his school basketball team ____ they said he was “lack of skill”. The greatest inventor in history, Albert Einstein was thought as mentally retarded (智力迟钝的) when he was young. He didn't speak until he turned 4 and didn't read until he was 7. His grades were so poor in school ____ his teacher finally asked him ____ (quit) his school.

    Successful people do not complain ____ the adversity (逆境). Instead, they accept the adversity as part of life and never put blame onto ____ (other).

北京2008 年奥运会主会场的建筑被称为“鸟巢”，有关“鸟巢”建筑的说法中，正确的是（　　）

诸葛亮是智慧的化身，小说《三国演义》中有很多事例足以体现这一特点，如“摆八卦阵”，____，____。