(山东省诸城等四县市2008年高考适应性训练)

Each of us fails from time to time．If we are wise，we accept these failures as a    36    part of the learning process．But all too often as parents and teachers we     37    this same right to our children．

    When I see a child suffer from this kind of     38    ，I think of Donnie．

    Donnie was my youngest third grader．His   39   of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed．He    40    answered questions——he was afraid he might be wrong．I tried my best to build his    41   ．But nothing changed until mid-term，when Mary Anne，a student teacher，was assigned to our classroom．She was young and pretty，and she loved children．Many pupils，Donnie included，all   42   her very much．

    One morning，we were working on math problems at the chalkboard．Donnie had     43    the problems with pains-taking tidiness．Pleased with his progress，I    44   the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials．When I returned，Donnie was in     45    ．He'd missed the third problem．

    My student teacher looked at me in despair．Suddenly her face   46   ．From the desk we shared，she got a container filled with pencils．

    “Look，Donnie，”she said，kneeling beside him and gently   47    the tern-stained face from his arms，“I've got something to   48   you．”She removed the pencils，one at a time，and placed them on his desk．

      “See these   49   ，Donnie，”she continued，“They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me．See how the erasers are    50   ? That's because we make mistakes too．But we erase the mistakes and try again．That's what you   51   learn to do，too．”

    She kissed him and stood up．“Here，” she said，“I'll leave one of these pencils on   52  desk so you'll remember that everybody makes mistakes，   53    teachers．” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile．

      The   54   became Donnie's prized possession．That，together with Mary Anne's frequent encouragement，gradually    55   him that it's all right to make mistakes——as long as you erase them and try again．

36．A．optional               B．basic                   C．necessary             D．optimistic

37．A．distribute             B．disallow               C．offer                   D．permit

38．A．influence              B．controversy          C．attack                 D．pressure

39．A．fear                     B．conscience           C．chance                D．sense

40．A．always                 B．often                   C．never                   D．seldom

41．A．self-protection      B．self-improvement  C．self-confidence       D．self-learning

42．A．respected             B．conveyed             C．declined               D．approved

43．A．worked out          B．written down        C．gone over             D．appealed to

44．A．left                      B．offered                C．missed                 D．parted

45．A．surprise               B．astonishments       C．anger                    D．tears

46．A．darkened              B．brightened            C．pulled                  D．loosened

47．A．lifting                  B．picking                C．holding               D．pushing

48．A．help                     B．show                   C．reward               D．promise

49．A．pencils                 B．mistakes              C．marks                D．containers

50．A．used                    B．built                     C．worn                   D．damaged

51．A．may                    B．must                    C．ought                D．can

52．A．my                      B．someone's            C．the teacher's         D．your

53．A．still                      B．also                     C．even                   D．not

54．A．pencil                  B．words                  C．mistake              D．desk

55．A．warned                B．informed              C．persuaded           D．reminded