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This is a part from US President Barack Obama’s speech on May 14 at Bamard College in New York.
My last piece of advice – this is simple, but perhaps most important: 50 . Nothing worthwhile is easy. No one of achievements has avoided failure – sometimes catastrophic(惨重的) failures. But they keep at it. They learn from mistakes. They don’t 51 .
When I first arrived on this 52 , I was with little money, fewer choices. But it was here that I tried to find my place in this world. I knew I wanted to make a difference, but it was 53
how in fact I’d go about it. But I wanted to do my part to 54 a better world.
So even as I worked after graduation in a few 55 jobs here in New York, even as I went from motley (鱼龙混杂的)apartment to motley apartment, I reached out.
And I wish I could say that this perseverance came from some innate (天生的)toughness in me. But the truth is, it was learned. I got it from 56 the people who raised me. I grew up as the son of a single mom who struggled to put herself through 57 and make ends meet. She had a marriage that fell apart; 58 went on food stamps at one point to help us get by. But she didn’t quit. And she earned her degree, and made sure that 59 scholarships and hard work, my sister and I earned ours.
And 60 , I met a woman who was assigned to advise me on my first summer job at a law firm. And she gave me such good advice that I married her. And Michelle and I gave everything we had to balance our careers and a 61 family. We made that marriage work.
So 62 it’s starting a business, or running for office, or 63 an amazing family, remember that making your 64 on the world is hard. It takes patience. It takes commitment. It comes with plenty of setbacks and it comes with plenty of failures.
50. A. compete B. persevere C. struggle D. accomplish
51. A. rest B. decline C. quit D. regret
52. A. campus B. downtown C. farm D. country
53. A. confident B. uncertain C. ambitious D. proud
54. A. shape B. discover C. organize D. lead
55. A. amazing B. disturbing C. meaningful D. unsatisfactory
56. A. complimenting B. detecting C. persuading D. watching
57. A. life B. work C. school D. business
58. A. yet B. even C. still D. also
59. A. during B. through C. across D. over
60. A. for the time being B. at once C. up to now D. later on
61. A. young B. poor C. considerable D. strong
62. A. as if B. if C. whether D. unless
63. A. entering B. raising C. leaving D. abandoning
64. A. view B. stay C. remark D. mark
50—54 BCABA 55—59 DDCBB 60—64 DACBD
Let children learn to judge their own. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Little by little, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s, in the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught—to walk, run, climb, ride a bicycle—compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in doing such work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
1.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is ___
A.to listen to skilled people’s advice |
B.to ask older people many questions |
C.to make mistakes and have them corrected |
D.to do what other people do |
2.According to the writer, teachers in school should ___
A.allow children to learn from each other |
B.point out children’s mistakes whenever they are found |
C.correct children’s mistakes as possible as they can |
D.give children more book knowledge |
3.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should not do?
A.Give children correct answers |
B.allow children to make mistakes |
C.Point out children’s mistakes |
D.Let children judge their own work |
4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ___.
A.different from learning other skills |
B.the same as learning other skills |
C.more important than other skills |
D.not really important skills |
It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry , but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:“Take this to the butcher(* person whose job is selling meat)and he's going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himeself,“This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
1.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite .
A.cruelly |
B.fairly |
C.kindly |
D.friendly |
2.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it .
A.might do it much harm |
B.could do it much good |
C.would help the butcher |
D.was worth many pounds |
3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
A.before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith |
B.when he found that the words on the paper were not clear |
C.because he had sold out all the meat in his shop |
D.until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith |
4.From its experience, the dog found that .
A.only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat |
B.the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it |
C.Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher |
D.a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat |
5.At the end of the story, you'll find that .
A.the dog was clever enough to write on the paper |
B.the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more |
C.the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog |
D.the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal |