5．Why are so many people so afraid of failure？Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth．We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail．
Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed．One way is to lower standards．A mother describes her child's hand-made table as"Perfect！even though it doesn't stand still．Another way is to shift（轉(zhuǎn)移）blame．If John fails science，his teacher is unfair or stupid．
The trouble with failure-prevention devices is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world．The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything，no one can win all the time-and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when they don't win．A child who's not invited to a birthday party，who doesn't make the honor roll on the baseball team，feels terrible，of course．But parents should not offer a quick consolation（安慰），prize or say，"It doesn't matter．because it does．The young should be allowed to experience disappointment-and be helped to master it．
Failure is never pleasurable．It hurts grown-ups and children alike．But it can make a positive（有益的）contribution to your life once you learn to use it．Step one is to ask"Why did I fail？"
Don't blame someone else．Ask yourself what you did wrong，how you can improve．If someone else can help，don't be shy about inquiring（咨詢）．Success，which encourages repetition of old behavior，is not nearly as good a teacher as failure．You can learn from a bad party how to give a good one，from an ill-chosen first house what to look for in a second．Even a failure that seems definitive can prompt fresh thinking，a change of direction．After 12years of studying ballet a friend of mine auditioned（面試）for a professional company．She was turned down．"Would further training help？she asked．The ballet master shook his head．"You will never be a dancer，he said，"you haven't the body for it．
In such cases，the way to use failure is to take stock（鑒定）bravely asking．"What have I left？What else can I do？My friend put away her shoes and moved into dance treatment center，a field where she's both able and useful．Failure frees one to take risks because there's less to lose．Often there is recovery（恢復(fù)）of energy─a way to find new possibilities．
31．The second paragraph tells usB．
A．how a mother praised her children
B．two ways of failure prevention most parents used when their children fail
C．how to shift（轉(zhuǎn)移）blame
D．parents should blame their children at the proper time．
32．According to the author，what should a child know in the real world？B
A．He should be equipped for life．
B．No one can be best all the time at everything．
C．No parents should offer quick consolations．
D．He can get pleasure from failure as well as success．
33．The underlined word"prompt"in the fifth paragraph can be best replaced by"D"．
A．improve
B．prevent
C．continue
D．cause
34．From the passage we know thatC can affect one's life greatly once he learns to use it．
A．success
B．disappointment
C．failure
D．value．
分析 本文是一篇議論文．本文主要告訴人們失敗并不可怕，從家長(zhǎng)找方法阻止孩子的失敗開(kāi)始，接著講了失敗的好處，要從失敗中找到改進(jìn)的地方，這樣的話失敗也是成功的．
解答 答案：B B D C
31：B．段落大意題．根據(jù)Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed．可知，這段介紹了家長(zhǎng)阻止孩子失敗的兩種方法，故B選項(xiàng)正確．
32：B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything，no one can win all the time-and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when they don't win．可知，一個(gè)人不可能永遠(yuǎn)是最好的，故B選項(xiàng)正確．
33：D．詞義猜測(cè)題．根據(jù)Even a failure that seems definitive can prompt fresh thinking 可知，甚至是一次決定性的失敗，它也能讓你有一次思維的更新，此處prompt的意思是指導(dǎo)致、引起．故D選項(xiàng)正確．
34：C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)it can make a positive（有益的）contribution to your life once you learn to use it可知，如果你學(xué)會(huì)利用失敗，它會(huì)對(duì)你的生活有益處．故C選項(xiàng)正確．
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