Welcome to Mr Aslanov’s CEFR lessons – LEVEL B2 Get guaranteed intensive CEFR courses with us!!! Call and join our team now: + 998 94 633 32 30 LEXICAL & GRAMMAR COMPETENCE – TEST 24 From Failure to Success Failure is something that we all face in our lives. I’ve sure had my Q1________. I remember
that by the mil-1990s, I had worked myself all the way from a sales person to Marketing Director
of a thriving company only to discover that I really did not like that position. So I did something
radical. I decided Q2________ that very secure job and start my own advertising based business. It
was an original idea in an industry I was very familiar with — a business magazine mailed to local
business owners around my community. A great idea plus my hard work ethic would work, I was
sure. Both my wife and I put everything we had, financially and emotionally, into this idea. It was
very exciting to see how fast we acquired our first (and last) 30 clients! Within a couple of months
we had a real magazine! Clients were getting fantastic results. There was only one small problem.
Although clients were Q3_______ about the return they were getting, some still had financial
problems and couldn’t continue on a regular Q4________. The bottom line was that we eventually
Q5________ out of money. Then, on top of having to close down the magazine, we even had to
sell our car just to pay post age for the last mailing! I was devastated…my dream had died. I
remember how depressed I was. I had no job, no money, and worst of all — a seriously damaged
sense of confidence. Maybe, that’s where you are now. It took another two months for me to hit the
real bottom when I had to sell our earthquake preparedness kit to buy some food…we were that
Q6________. But I didn’t give up hope to find employment. A week later, totally out of the