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 (坚持不懈) 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】此题的选材注重选择与孩子们生活很接近的教育性故事，教会孩子如何面对失败。做题过程中要学会根据上下文来推测答案，有时在文中甚至可以找到原词，所以遇到不会的题目不必害怕，做好记号，沉着应对。

41.B解析：stop my car“停住车”。

42.A解析：固定词组wait for“等待”。

43.C解析：根据下文可知“自由的在草上跑 ”。

44.A解析：根据句意“妈妈在其身后看着他”。

45.D解析：固定词组set free “释放”。

46.B解析：固定词组get up“爬起来”。

47.C解析：根据句意run fast“跑得快”。

48.A解析：根据句意“再做一次尝试”。

49.B解析：根据句意“感到尴尬”。

50.D解析：根据句意“为自己找个借口”。

51.A解析：根据句意“作为学习的经验”。

52.D解析：根据句意“他们一遍一遍的尝试直到成功”。

53.B解析：习惯词组as a result“作为一个结果”。

54.C解析：根据句意“他们可能自己认为”。

55.A解析：固定词组make a mistake“犯错误”。