Robert is a thirty-five-year-old American. He becomes a man in science. Once, he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he could be so much more creative than other people. He said that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his when he was about two years old.

That day, when he was trying to a bottle of milk out of the fridge, but he dropped the milk bottle. The milk spilled all over the _ floor, which turned out to be a sea of milk. He was afraid.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of him, she smiled. She said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have __ seen such a huge puddle of milk before. Well, since it has already been done, would you like to get down and play in the milk for a moment before we clean it up?” Robert did his mother told him.

After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and put to its right place. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop(抹布). Which do you prefer?” He the sponge and together they cleaned up he milk.

His mother then said, “You’d better learn to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands, OK? Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without it.”

The little boy that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(瓶口) with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful lesson!

It was at that moment that Robert knew he didn’t need to be _ to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just to learn something new, and that is what scientific experiments are all about. sometimes the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually can learn something meaningful from it. Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would do the same as Robert’s mother does?

1.A. poor B. successful C. lucky D. friendly

2.A. father B. brother C. mother D. sister

3.A. pass B. take C. borrow D. hide

4.A. bedroom B. study C. bathroom D. kitchen

5.A. shouting at B. calling on C. hearing of D. looking for

6.A. always B. often C. never D. sometimes

7.A. though B. as C. for D. until

8.A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything

9.A. needed B. enjoyed C. lent D. chose

10.A. how B. where C. why D. when

11.A. keeping B. throwing C. leaving D. dropping

12.A. invited B. helped C. learned D. followed

13.A. afraid B. difficult C. terrible D. dangerous

14.A. decisions B. suggestions C. chances D. plans

15.A. Although B. Because C. Since D. If

Thoughts on Shenzhen Airport Traffic Accident

March 1 was a very sad day for everyone.

On that day a huge traffic accident happened at the Shenzhen Airport. Nine people lost their lives and 23 people were injured. For those people, it was a night- mare!

To learn a lesson, we must know who caused the accident and why.

The answer looks obvious. It’s the car owner’s fault because she drove her car into the people. However, is that true? Is that her fault? What about the dead and injured people? Did they have their own faults as well? The answer is yes.

According to news reports, at that time, many people were standing in the turning section of the viaduct watching the airplanes take off and land. Suddenly, a car appeared. Maybe the car owner got nervous, so she mistakenly stamped on the accelerator instead of the brake pedal, which caused the accident.

In my opinion, of course the driver should be blamed because she caused the accident. However, for those dead and injured people, although we feel sorry for them, they have their own responsibilities as well. They should have been aware of their own safety. They shouldn’t have been standing in a dangerous place to watch the airplanes take off and land.

1.The accident happened on__________.

A. March 1 B. March 2 C. March 3 D. March 5

2.How many people died in this accident?

A. 23 B.9 C.32 D. 25

3.Which of the following shows the writer’s feeling about this accident?

A. Angry. B. Happy. C. Sad. D. Sorry.

4. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?

A. We shouldn’t drive cars to the airport.

B. We mustn’t stand and watch the planes at the airport.

C. We should be aware of our own safety anytime and anywhere.

D. Driving a car is dangerous for the young people.

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with distain. (鄙视)。

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.

1.Why did the crow keep touching the water?

A. It was showing another flying skill.

B. It was struggling to keep itself from falling into water.

C. It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water.

D. It was enjoying itself by doing so.

2.What does the underlined word ‘exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. tired B. angry

C. frightened D. unhappy

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The crow didn’t know flying.

B. Flying skills were useless.

C. The swan saved the crow because they were good friends.

D. The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow.

4.What’s the correct order of the following event?

a. The crow showed off its flying skills.

b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.

c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.

d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.

e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.

A. c, e, d, a, b B. a, e, c, d, b

C. c, e, a, d, b D. e, a, d, c, b

5.What does the story tell us?

A. Pride goes before a fall.

B. The early bird catches the worm.

C. No pains, no gains.

D. Practice makes perfect.

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