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单选题根据下面资料，回答题。
Some of the greatest successes you can think of began with failure. What a big (46)____ a little continued effort and determination can make.
Workplace expert Nan Russell, author of "The Titleless Leader: How to Get Things Done When You´ re Not in Charge," offers a number of (47)____ of people who were deemed failures--and then turned successful.
Albert Einstein was (48)____to be mentally challenged as a child and told he would never amount to anything. Need we say how that one turned out?
Walt Disney was fired from the Kansas City Star because the editor thought he lacked (49)____.
Chester Carlson´ s early Xerox machines were (50)____ by 20 companies before he finally found a business partner.
Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before inventing the light bulb. There are many quotes from the great inventor that are worth (51)____ to memory. Here´ s just one: "Many of life´ s failures are people who did not realize how (52)____ they were to success when they gave up. "
So, while failure may not feel good, it´ s often an essential part of success, the trial-and-error that can lead to greater things. If you spend all your time (53)____ about past mistakes, you might not notice when real opportunity arrives, so by all (54)____, learn from your mistakes--then put them behind you, roll up your sleeves and get back to work.
Here´s one more quote from Edison for us to think about:" If we all did the things we are (55)____ of, we would astound ourselves. "
A．capable
B．close
C．combination
D．committing
E．contributing
F．creativity
G．difference
H．encouraged
I．examples
J．judged
K．means
L．rejected
M．typical
N．ways
O．worrying
第(46)题选
参考答案G
解析:参考译文
你所知的一些伟大的成功都是从失败开始的。再多一点点继续的努力和决心能带来多么大的(46)不同啊。
《无名的领导人：当你不当领导的时候如何把事情做好》的作者、职场专家南•拉塞尔举了很多曾经看起来注定失败——却反败为胜的人的(47)例子。
阿尔伯特•爱因斯坦小时候曾被(48)判定智力有问题，并且说他永远都做不成任何事情。还需要再提他后来的成就吗?沃尔特•迪斯尼曾经被《堪萨斯星报》解雇，因为主编认为他缺少
(49)创造力。
在最终找到生意合伙人之前，查斯特•卡尔逊最初设计的施乐机器被20家公司(50)拒绝。
托马斯•爱迪生在发明灯泡前失败了上千次。这位伟大的发明家有很多话(51)值得我们记住。比如这一句：“生活中的许多失败是因为人们在放弃的时候没有认识到他们距离成功有多(52)近。”
所以，虽然失败并不好受，但它往往是成功必不可少的一部分，不断地试错可以引我们向着更伟大的成果前进。如果你把所有的时间都花在(53)担忧过去的错误上，你也许不会注意到真正的机会已经来了，所以请(54)一定要从你的错误中学习——然后把它们留在身后，卷起袖子重新开始工作。
这里还有一句爱迪生说的值得我们思考的话：“如果把我们(55)能做到的都做了，最终连我们自己都会被吓到。”
【精析】根据上下文判断，这里缺少一个名词。后面的动词是make，所以这个名词需要和make进行搭配。这里说了成功和失败的关系，可能就是一线之隔。综观所有选项，make a differ-ence是唯一的选择，意为“有所不同”，故选G。