Each of us makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can a lot from our mistakes.

Donnie was a student and never answered questions in class. He was to make mistakes. He never finished his homework he didn’t want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed Marry Anne, a teacher, came to our class.

One morning, Marry Anne asked Donnie to answer some questions. After a while Donnie was in tears (眼泪) because he made a mistake. Suddenly Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk.

“Look, Donnie,” she said, standing him. “I've got something to show you.” She the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.

“See these erasers, Donnie?” she continued. “Do you know the erasers become smaller and smaller? That's because we make mistakes. But we erase (清除) the mistakes and try again. That's what you must learn.”

“Here,” she said, “I’ll one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that may make mistakes.” Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled.

Donnie changed a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission (允许) to make mistakes as long as you learned something from them and tried again.

1.A. take B. make C. learn D. bring

2.A. good B. shy C. clever D. small

3.A. glad B. excited C. surprised D. afraid

4.A. because B. so C. if D. but

5.A. after B. while C. before D. when

6.A. on B. with C. beside D. to

7.A. put out B. took away C. took out D. took off

8.A. when B. how C. what D. why

9.A. forget B. carry C. leave D. give

10.A. nobody B. somebody C. no one D. everybody

A woman was waiting for her flight (航班) at an airport.

She bought a bag of cookies, found a place to and took out her . She started to read and noticed that a man, sitting beside her, took a cookie from her . She just not to see this. So she ate the cookies quickly and at the same time watched how the shameless 36 was stealing her cookies. She thought to herself, “If I wasn’t such a(n) person, I would hit him in the eye.”

When only one cookie was , she looked with interest and what he would do. He smiled, took the cookie and broke it in half. She thought, “This guy is so impolite, he didn’t even show any !”

After her flight was called, the woman her baggage (行李) and headed to the gate. She took her seat in the , and started to look for her book, which was almost complete. As she reached her baggage, she gasped (喘气) with , as there was an unopened bag of cookies. A terrible thought crossed her mind, “If my cookie bag is here, the other one was his and he just tried to .” She realized that she was the impolite one, but it was too late to say sorry to him.

1.A. stand B. sit C. lie D. walk

2.A. book B. phone C. ticket D. wallet

3.A. proudly B. hardly C. really D. suddenly

4.A. box B. hand C. bag D. seat

5.A. tried B. preferred C. hoped D. meant

6.A. pilot B. worker C. thief D. waiter

7.A. right B. nice C. special D. old

8.A. left B. eaten C. bought D. stolen

9.A. planned B. asked C. found D. wondered

10.A. big B. first C. small D. last

11.A. interest B. thanks C. courage D. pleasure

12.A. posted B. opened C. collected D. forgot

13.A. hall B. airport C. plane D. car

14.A. surprise B. happiness C. sadness D. pain

15.A. save B. take C. sell D. share

Perhaps the only test score that I remember is the 55 I got when I was in high school.

The test was the final for a course. I remember waiting anxiously as my teacher Mr. Right handed out our papers one after another. It was a rather test. I heard my classmates groaning (叹息), and I could tell by the groans that the scores weren’t looking good.

Mr. Right put my paper on my desk. There in big red numbers, circled to draw attention , was my score, 55! I lowered my head, and covered the score up quickly. A 55 is not something that you wanted your classmates to see.“The scores were not very good, none of you 7 ,” Mr Right said. “The highest score in the class was a 55.”

A 55. That’s me! my sad look didn’t look so bad. I had the highest score. I felt a lot better.

I walked home alone that day with the low but high score. My mother knew that I had a big test that day and asked me as soon as I got home, “How did you do in your test?” “I got 55,” I said. A frown(皱眉) now stood on my mother’s face. I knew I had to immediately. “But Mum, I had the highest score in the class,” I proudly stated (陈述). I thought that explanation would make a difference. “You failed!!” my mother replied. “But it’s the highest!” I insisted. “I don’t care what scores others had, you failed. What matters is what you do!” my mother firmly (坚定地) said.

For years, my mother was in that way. It didn’t matter what others did, it only mattered what I did and that I did it excellently.

We often don’t understand the of good parents until we ourselves stand in the parents’ shoes. My mother’s words have carried me throughout life.

1.A. boring B. difficult C. strange D.interesting

2.A. failed B. missed C. passed D.won

3.A.Suddenly B.Finally C. Certainly D. Slowly

4.A. insist B. explain C. prove D. answer

5.A. always B. seldom C.still D. once

6.A. courage B.kindness C. trouble D. wisdom

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