Stephen Glenn is famous American scientist who has made several very important medical breakthroughs(突破). Many people were dying to know the secrets to his fantastic achievements. To solve the mystery, a reporter interviewed him asking why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person.

Stephen Glenn said that it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about four years old. He tried to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator and it fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor - a real sea of milk!

Instead of shouting at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, his mother said, “Steve, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Steve, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore all the things to its proper order. So, we should clean it up.” He used the sponge(海绵)and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, “You have a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!

This famous scientists said that it was at that moment that he knew __________________. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn’t work. we usually learn something valuable from it.

1.Stephen Glenn is more creative than an ordinary person, isn’t he?

2.How old was Stephen when the experience with his mother happened?

3.What did his mother ask him to do when Stephen spilled the milk all over the floor?

4.How can a little boy carry a big bottle without dropping it?

5.What can be filled in the blank to complete the sentence in the last paragraph?

It was at the moment that he knew ____________________________________.

6.What do you think of Stephen’s mother? Give two reasons.

I think she is a _________ mother because ___________________________.

Daisy is a teenager and she set up her own company in 2015. At that time, she was only 14. Her company could earn 1.3 million dollars a year with the invention of a kind of super sweet. It could save kids’ teeth instead of destroying them.

It all began when Daisy went to a bank with her dad in 2012. At that time, a clerk in the bank gave her some sweets. However, her dad warned her that the sweets were bad for her teeth. But Daisy didn’t want to miss the sweets. She said, “Why can’t I make some healthy sweets? They are good for my teeth so that my parents can’t say no to them.” With that in mind, Daisy asked her dad if she could start her own company. With her dad’s permission(允许), she spent the following three years realizing her dream.

Though her dad helped, it was believed that Daisy’s success came from her hard work. She talked to dentists about what a healthier sweet would contain and learned more about teeth cleaning. She spent many hours a day researching online and making experiments to get a recipe(配方) that was tasty and did no harm to the teeth. Therefore, she succeeded in making a kind of sweet only using natural materials and it can reduce bacteria(细菌) in kid's mouths. Daisy and her father had a business meeting with a supermarket owner. He finally agreed to sell the sweets.

As the sweet’s success grew, Daisy became famous. She kept her interest in the sweet she created. She was also positive about what the future might bring. She hoped that every kid could have a clean mouth and a sweet smile.

With her parents’ help, Daisy was generally able to live a normal teenage life. Although she started her business early in life, she didn’t just want to make money. Daisy wanted to do what she could to help others find their smiles. She was generous enough to donate nearly half of the money she earned every year to an organization called Big Smiles.

With her wisdom and effort, it seems that anything could be possible.

1.Daisy set up her own company when she was ________.

A.twelve B.thirteen C.fourteen D.fifteen

2.The underlined word that in paragraph 2 refers to the idea of________.

A.arguing with her dad in the bank B.making some healthy sweets

C.asking the clerk for more sweets D.saying no to all kinds of sweets

3.Paragraph 3 mainly tells us ________.

A.where Daisy sold her sweets

B.what some dentists did for Daisy

C.how Daisy’s parents helped her

D.how hard Daisy worked on making sweets

4.According to Daisy, she expected ________ from her business.

A.to earn more money B.to beat other companies

C.to make herself a good dentist D.to help others find smiles

5.The underlined word donate in paragraph 5 most probably means ________.

A.give B.raise C.receive D.cancel

6.The best title for the passage is “ ________ ” .

A.How to get on well with parents B.Tips for teenagers to start business

C.Daisy and the super sweets D.The importance of keeping smiles

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