Question

【题目】七选五。

It is good to make mistakes, and here's why.

【1】 It's always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve, bow can you expand, and how can you innovate? The simple answer is “You can't”. 【2】 With very few exceptions, everything you see in your physical world is The result of someone trying something new. Every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new. The chair you're sitting on; the fabric on the chair; the pattern on the fabric on the chair; the dye in the pattern on the fabric on the chair are all the direct result of someone trying something new.

【3】_Consider this: Edison failed l0 000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it felt to fail that many times, he remarked that he hadn't failed t0 00~ times, but rather had learned I0 000

things that didn't work.

Finally, when you make a mistake you are that much closer to success. Why?

Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some finite number of things before you succeed.

【4】 _

_【5】_ Quite the contrary, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits so that, in the event that it doesn't work out the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again.

There is an old axiom that goes, “if you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.”

So go forth and make mistakes, and learn, and grow, and prosper.

A. Look around you.

B. First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things.

C. Every time you made a mistake you eliminated one of those things and are one step closer.

D. Another good thing about mistakes is this: when you are making mistakes, you are learning.

E. But this all doesn't mean that you should forge ahead with disregard for the consequences of a mistake.

F. Only by embracing and using your mistakes in this way can you make significant advances in your business and your career.

G. Can you imagine how many mistakes were made before all of these individual materials and components were perfected and then assembled into the automobiles we know today?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】E

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】B 本文首段说“犯错误是件好事，以下是几点原因。”所以第二段首句应该提出第一点原因，由下文的不断尝试新事物可推断，此处应为犯错误是因为在不断探索新事物，也就是B项。

【2】A 上文论证了探索新事物的必然性，下文以我们身边司空见惯的各种物品为例，证明了对新事物的探索是无处不在的，因而此处以“看看你的周围”衔接最为合适。

【3】D 本文第二段阐述了犯错误的第一点好处。第三段下文又以爱迪生的例子论证了犯错误的第二点好处，也就是从错误中学习和成长，此处应与第二段首句平行，故选D项。

【4】C 上句说当所有该做的都做了，你一定已经经历了成功前所需要经历的有限次数的失败，由此推理，下句大意应为每试一种东西，也就是每犯一次错误，你就把这种东西排除了离成功就更进一步了，故C项符合。

【5】E 上文一直在讲犯错误的好处，然而由该段的第二句可知，本段不再一味强调犯错误的作用，而应当是讲应对犯错误的措施和做法，因此E项最符合这一语境。