4、Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tell us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.  

Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standard. A mother describes her child’s hurriedly-made table as “perfect!” even though it couldn’t stand on uneven (= not same in height) legs. Another way is to shift(转移) blame. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.

The trouble with failure-prevention methods is that they leave a child unequipped (=unready) for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time and that it’s possible to enjoy a game when you don’t win. A child who’s not invited to a birthday party, who doesn’t make the honor roll or the basketball team feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick comfort prize or say, “it doesn’t matter” because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.

Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children exactly alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did you fail?” control the natural impulse (冲动) to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong. How you can improve. If someone else can help, don’t be shy about asking them.

1．This passage mainly tells us about           .

       A．the reasons why people fail                B．how to fail

       C．the ways to prevent failures              D．the importance of facing failures

2．When the writer says “every person has the right to fail”, he means to say           .

       A．the world is full of failures            

       B．no one is perfect

       C．failures are quite common in our lives

       D．no one can grow up mentally without failures

3．By “protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed”, the writer means that most parents try their best           .

       A．to let their children know that they won’t fail

       B．not to teach their children about knowledge against failure

       C．to provide their children for the knowledge against failure

       D．to keep their children from realizing that they failed

4．According to the writer           .

       A．parents should tell their children to think nothing of not being chosen into a football team

       B．children should be encouraged to get rid of disappointment all by themselves

       C．parents should judge what their children have done as it is

       D．children should learn to enjoy a game that they won’t win

3、A poor traveler stopped under the tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetables which he had brought with him. A few metres away, there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying fish and selling it to travellers. The woman watched the poor traveler carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “You have’ t paid me for the fried fish!”

“But I have not had your fried fish!” he said.

“But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables, ” said the woman, “If you had not smelled the fish, your meal would not have been so pleasant!”

Soon a crowd collected , and although they supported the poor traveler, they had to admit that wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him.

Finally, the woman took the poor traveler to a judge, who said: “ The woman says that the traveler ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish. The traveler agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman’s shop to the place where he ate his rice and vegetables and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to his nose while he was eating, so he must pay for it. What does your fried fish cost?” he asked the woman.

“25 cents a plate, ” she answered , delighted.

“Then go outside together,” said the judge. “There the traveler must hold up a 25 cent piece so that its shadow falls on the woman’s hand. The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of 25 cents.

1．Why did the traveler refuse to pay the woman for the fried fish?

A．Because he was poor.

B．Because he was rude.

C．Because he was supported by a crowd.

D．Because he hadn’t eaten her fried fish at all.

2．When the judge asked the woman a question, she felt          .

A．excited            B．anxious          C．glad                D．angry

3．Which of the following statements is true?

A．The traveler bought the boiled rice and vegetables and ate them by the side of the road.

B．The judge had no idea what the woman meant.

C．In the fifth paragraph, the first “it” has the same meaning as the second “it”.

D．The woman got nothing but the shadow of twenty-five cents in the end

4．What do you think of the judge after reading the passage?

A．He was foolish             

B．He was clever

C．He was neither foolish nor clever

D．He was kind enough to give the woman twenty-five cents

2、此题要求改正所给短文中的错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

1．The rich had no eyes for the needs.                                                                                

2．Statistics indicate that diseases have caused over 30 percent of low-income residents live in poverty.                                     

3．He invented many new ways to treat a wounded.                                                             

4．I would rather to spend more time on maths.                                                                         

5．Others think that we are born with is a general ability to learn and adapt.                           

6．Read something in English, I always get stuck when I come across a new word.               

7．Many thousands are in the want of basic needs.                                                              

8．With greater control and a stronger sense of achievement, active learners are able to acquire new skills faster and putting what they know to better use.                                            

9．Since it is a decision that affects they whole family, your parents should take active part.

10．Thanks for the project, he was able to receive treatment in time to prevent to the disease from ruining his health.                                                                                                     

1、你校正在开展“创建文明班级，共建和谐校园”活动，请根据下表内容，以“A Meaningful Activity”为题写一篇短文，向“An Express Way to English”投稿，介绍有关情况。

要求：1．词数：100左右

2．参考词汇：“创建文明班级，共建和谐校园”——“Build Civilized Classes and a Harmonious Campus。”

29、        is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month.

A．It      B．As     C．That         D．Which

28、The picture reminded me of the golden days in the small village           I was taken good care of.

A．where       B．that   C．then         D．which

27、You’d better speak louder to make yourself             .

A．hearing     B．heard        C．hear  D．to hear

26、“Will you go skating with me this winter vacation?”

“It          .”

A．all depend                                                  B．all depends          

C．is all depended                                            D．is all depending