Question

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her.

As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened .

At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.

However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic.

I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (堅持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

41. A. left            B. stopped      C. repaired    D. drove

42. A. waited          B. cared            C. prepared     D. looked

43. A. carefully       B. anxiously        C. freely           D. easily

44. A. watched        B. noticed      C. surveyed     D. supported

45. A. cut         B. kept             C. found        D. set

46. A. hold            B. get          C. end          D. pick

47. A. well            B. long             C. fast         D. soon

48. A. make            B. provide      C. practice         D. discover

49. A. confused        B. embarrassed  C. exhausted        D. surprised

50. A. cause       B. sign             C. chance       D. excuse

51. A. learning        B. running      C. teaching         D. falling

52. A. progress        B. improve      C. achieve      D. succeed

53. A. decision        B. result           C. reason       D. matter

54. A. hardly      B. perfectly        C. probably         D. nearly

55. A. mistakes    B. choices      C. plans            D. wishes

Answer 1

【答案】此題的選材注重選擇與孩子們生活很接近的教育性故事，教會孩子如何面對失敗。做題過程中要學(xué)會根據(jù)上下文來推測答案，有時在文中甚至可以找到原詞，所以遇到不會的題目不必害怕，做好記號，沉著應(yīng)對。

41.B解析：stop my car“停住車”。

42.A解析：固定詞組wait for“等待”。

43.C解析：根據(jù)下文可知“自由的在草上跑 ”。

44.A解析：根據(jù)句意“媽媽在其身后看著他”。

45.D解析：固定詞組set free “釋放”。

46.B解析：固定詞組get up“爬起來”。

47.C解析：根據(jù)句意run fast“跑得快”。

48.A解析：根據(jù)句意“再做一次嘗試”。

49.B解析：根據(jù)句意“感到尷尬”。

50.D解析：根據(jù)句意“為自己找個借口”。

51.A解析：根據(jù)句意“作為學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)驗”。

52.D解析：根據(jù)句意“他們一遍一遍的嘗試直到成功”。

53.B解析：習(xí)慣詞組as a result“作為一個結(jié)果”。

54.C解析：根據(jù)句意“他們可能自己認為”。

55.A解析：固定詞組make a mistake“犯錯誤”。