完形填空（共15小题，计15分）
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出一个最佳选项。
Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a necessary   1  of the learning process. But too often as parents and teachers we deny this same right to our children. We convey(传达)  2   by words or by actions that failure is something to be ashamed of, that nothing but   3  performance pleases us.
  4 I see a child under this kind of pressure ,I think of Jack. He is a shy, nervous perfectionist. He   5 answered questions—he might be   6  .
I try my best to    7 his self-confidence. And I repeatedly  8  God for direction. But   9  changed until midterm, when Mary, a student teacher, came to our classroom.
One day we were working with math problems. Jack had copied the problems with care. 10  with his progress, I left the children with Mary .When I returned, Jack was in tears. He’d missed the third problem.
At that time, Mary got a box  11  with pencils from the desk we shared. “Look, Jack ! I’ve got something to show you.” she said.“ See these pencils, they belong to Mrs. Green and me. See how the erasers are   12  ? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try   13  . That’s what you must learn to do, too.” Jack looked up with  14  in his eyes---the first time I’d see on his face that year.
Jack gradually believe him that it’s all  15 to make mistakes – as long as you erase them and try again.

根据句意及首字母或汉语提示完成单词
【小题1】Luckily, the car a______ wasn’t serious and nobody was badly hurt.
【小题2】I will have an i______ tomorrow, so I need to get ready for it.
【小题3】This is a piece of __________________(令人失望的) news.
【小题4】Let’s have a s_________party for Lana on her birthday. She will be very happy.
【小题5】I think that’s a good _________(决定).

完型填空：（共10分）
John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a ____1____ student when he was young. He was often late for ___2_____ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class. He didn’t understand(理解) much ,____3____ he always thought he understood everything and made some jokes.
One day the teacher ____4____ the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, ____5____ brother Bob was twenty. Now Jack is fifteen and ___6___  is his brother Bob?” John said, “That’s easy. Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.”
Another time, the _7____ in a science class asked, “When it thunders(打雷), ____8____ do we always see light before we ____9____ sound?
“But, Miss,” said John quickly, “don’t you ___10____ our eyes are in front of our ears?

When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyle's voice．”This lady came up，and I'm thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted online and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．
Speaking from her home in Scotland．Ms. Boyle said that she hadn't thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that's hardly a makeover．”she added．
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．’
【小题1】Susan Boyle is __________．