Years of school life has taught me a lot of things. What impressed me most is that failure comes from lack of efforts rather than lack of ability.

When it comes to that, memories flood into my mind. I can still well remember it was a time when I was in senior 1. Every one of my class said I was smart and clever, and I fancied myself too. But to my great disappointment, I failed in a very important test. Seeing through my puzzle, my head teacher said to me,” failure comes from lack of efforts rather than lack of ability.” It was his words that woke me up. So I spared no efforts to study and made great progress in the end.

From my own experience, I can draw a conclusion that we fail because we don’t try our best rather than we are not intelligent. Only when we have a good knowledge of it can we succeed in our life.

题目分析：题目要求根据所给提示“Failure comes from lack of efforts rather than lack of ability.”写一篇短文。所给提示的意思是“失败源于不努力而不是缺乏能力”。所给材料强调自身努力的重要性，可以围绕这个主题进行作文。使用第一人称进行作文。注意作文的条理性，不要出现拼写和表达错误；多使用定语从句、非谓语动词、名词性从句、固定句型等语法知识。

【亮点说明】范文以自己的亲身经历为例子，比较真实。当然，也可以虚构一个例子来印证材料。

范文使用了一些重要的语法知识：主语从句What impressed me most；表语从句that failure comes from lack of efforts rather than lack of ability；定语从句when I was in senior 1；宾语从句I was smart and clever；非谓语动词Seeing through my puzzle；强调句型It was his words that woke me up.；同位语从句that we fail because we don’t try our best rather than we are not intelligent；倒装句Only when we have a good knowledge of it can we succeed in our life.等，作文句式多样，使作文看起来层次分明，说服力强；

范文还使用了一些固定短语：rather than；lack of；When it comes to；to my great disappointment；spared no efforts to；made great progress；in the end；draw a conclusion等，使作文内容变得充实。