“Everyone makes mistakes in life, but that doesn’t mean they have to pay for them for the rest of their lives. Sometimes wise people make foolish(愚蠢的) choices. It doesn’t mean they’re foolish; it means they’re improving!”

Sometimes mistakes mean something that you are trying new things. It’s good to try new things. Because when you are trying new things, you are growing. If you never have a try, you will never make progress. Look around you, everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.

I remember clearly what life was like back in 2006. I was 17 years old and in a really bad place.

In a chemistry 1ab, I was doing an experiment(实验). I tried twenty times, but I couldn’t succeed. So I decided to stop doing the experiment. I felt a little unhappy.

Mr. Green seemed to understand my thought. He touched my head with a smile, “Young man, you have done a lot and you’ve got a lot. At least you know that there are twenty ways you can’t use to do this experiment.”

After hearing the words, I became excited again. I kept doing the experiment and at last I did succeed.

1.What’s the purpose of the writer in writing the first paragraph?

A.Mistakes can stop you from succeeding.

B.Don’t be afraid of making mistakes.

C.Mistakes can tell you who is wise.

D.Mistakes can give you more time.

2.From the second paragraph, we can know that .

A.new things mean mistakes.

B.if you want to improve, you should make mistakes.

C.if you never have a try, you will never make progress.

D.people should make many mistakes before they begin to do things.

3.The writer felt unhappy in the lab(实验室)because he .

A.was not allowed to do the experiment

B.failed many times in the experiment

C.was laughed at by the teacher

D.lost his chemistry book

4.What did Mr. Green want to do with those words?

A.To show how foolish the writer was.

B.To show how strict the teacher was.

C.To encourage the writer to go on making mistakes.

D.To encourage the writer to go on doing the experiment.

5.What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Mistakes Are Good for Our Success

B.Everyone Should Make Mistakes

C.Wise People Make Fewer Mistakes

D.Trying New Things Can Make Mistakes

“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way for Americans to greet each other. But “ How are you?”is also a very unusual question. It often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks” How are you?” hopes to hear the answer“Fine”even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. In fact, they are not really a question or an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello”or“Hi”.

Sometimes people also don’t say exactly what they mean, For example, when someone asks “ Do you agree?”the other person might think,“No,I disagree. I think you’re wrong.” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say,“ I’m afraid …”It’s a nicer way to disagree.

People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many phone talks finish when one person says” I have to go now.” Often, the person who wants to finish the phone call gives an excuse,” Someone’s at the door.” The excuse might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to finish the phone call simply doesn’t want to talk anymore, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.

When they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, thinking of finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking about. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it is part of the game of language.

1.“How are you?”is another way of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.

2.It is polite to say” No,I disagree. I think you are wrong” if you don’t agree with others.

3.When someone says” I have to go now” on the phone, it means he wants to go on talking.

4.“Someone is at the door ”may be an excuse for finishing a phone call.

5.Sometimes, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking about just because they try to be nice to each other.

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