Question

  One afternoon,I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early,so I 1        my car by a small park,and 2       for her.

  As I looked outside the car window,I saw a little boy,around two years old,running 3       on the grass as his mother 4        from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been 5        free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass,6       up,without looking back at his mother,run as 7        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 8       a second attempt. They would be so 9        that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or,because they fall,they would find a good 10        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 11       experience. They try again and again until they 12        The answer must be that they have not connected "falling down" with the word "failure". As a 13       ,they are not discouraged in any way. Besides,they 14       think to themselves that it's quite okay to fall down and that it's not wrong to do so. In other words,they did.allow themselves to make 15      ， so they remain energetic.

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

(   ) 1. A. left   B. stopped   C. repaired   D. drove

(   ) 2. A. waited   B. cared   C. prepared   D. looked

(   ) 3. A. carefully   B. anxiously   C. freely   D. easily

(   ) 4. A. watched   B. noticed   C. surveyed   D. supported

(   ) 5. A. cut   B. kept   C. found   D. set

(   ) 6. A. hold   B. get   C. end   D. pick

(   ) 7. A. well   B. long   C. fast   D. soon

(   ) 8. A. make   B. provide   C. practice   D. discover

(   ) 9. A. confused   B. embarrassed   C. exhausted   D. surprised

(   ) 10. A. cause   B. sign   C. chance   D. excuse

(   ) 11. A. learning   B. running   C. teaching   D. falling

(   ) 12. A. progress   B. improve   C. achieve   D. succeed

(   ) 13. A. decision   B. result   C. reason   D. matter

(   ) 14. A. hardly   B. perfectly   C. probably   D. nearly

(   ) 15. A. mistakes   B. choices   C. plans   D. wishes

Answer 1

1. B 由I went to pick up my mother from work可知，"我"把車停在一個小公園旁。

2. A 根據上文I went to pick up my mother from work可知，作者在等母親，故選A.

3. C 根據下文...free from some sort of prisons 可知，小孩子是在自由地跑動，故選C.

4. A 根據下文without looking back at his mother 可知，不遠處的孩子的媽媽是在看著孩子玩耍。

5. D 句意為：男孩面帶燦爛的微笑，好像剛從牢籠里被放出來一樣。set free意為"釋放"，符合句意。

6. B 前面提到fall to,所以后面應是get up ,表示孩子跌倒后"爬起來"。

7. C 根據run可知，孩子是盡快地跑,故選C。

8. A 根據語境可知，大部分成年人不會在失敗后進行第二次嘗試。make an attempt"嘗試"符合語境。

9. B 不敢進行第二次嘗試是因為不想因此而被人嘲笑，變得尷尬。

10. D 根據下文They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure可知，成年人是想為自己的失敗找到借口。

11. A 根據They try again and again.…可知,小孩子們把失敗當成是一種學習的過程。

12. D 句意為：小孩們一次又一次地嘗試，直到他們成功。

13. B 根據語境可知，小孩子還沒有將"跌倒"與"失敗"聯系在一起，所以他們不會氣餒。

as a result意為"結果"，符合語境。

14. C 根據that it's quite okay to fall down and that it's not wrong to do so可知，此處是表示他們心里的一種想法，表示推測。

15. A 根據上下文語境可知，孩子們允許自己在錯誤中成長。