Question

【题目】One day,while I was waiting for my father, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been set free from some sort of prison( 监狱) . The boy would then fall to the grass, get up, without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his

face, as if nothing had happened.

At that moment, I thought to myself, “ Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when

they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even make a second attempt. They would be so

embarrassed that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or, because they fall, they

would find a good excuse for themselves that they’re not fit for it. They would end up being too afraid

to attempt again for fear of failure( 失败) .

However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure,

instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They try again and again until they succeed. The

answer must be that they have not connected “ falling down” with the word “ failure” . What’s more,

they probably think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In

other words, they allow themselves to make mistakes, so they remain energetic.

I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence( 坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

【1】What did the little boy do when he fell down?

A. He cried and lay on the grass. B. He asked his mother for help.

C. He got up and went on running. D. He got up and stood there crying.

【2】In the writer’s opinion,what might the little boy regard his falling down as?

A. A failure. B. A joke. C. An interesting game. D. A learning experience.

【3】In the writer’s opinion,why can’t many adults succeed?

A. Because they are afraid of being embarrassed.

B. Because they can’t find a good excuse.

C. Because once they fail, they won’t attempt again.

D. Because they don’t allow themselves to make mistakes.

【4】The underlined word “ attempt” in Paragraph 2 means .

A. 尝试 B. 放弃 C. 面对 D. 怀疑

【5】What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Practice makes perfect. B. Failure is the mother of success.

C. All roads lead to Rome. D. Each coin has two sides.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 C

【4】 A

【5】 B

【解析】

本文讲述的是作者的一次观察男孩自由奔跑所得到的启示。在我们成长过程中，我们不能从容面对失败和困难，而变得虚伪和恐惧，我们需要真实的自我和面对失败的勇气。

【1】细节理解题。根据句中第一段第三句：“The boy would then fall to the grass, get up,without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened.（小男孩时不时地跌倒，爬起来，也不回头看他妈妈，再次尽可能快地跑，脸上仍然有笑容，好像什么事情也没有发生）”。所以答案选C。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中句子“However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a learning experience.（然而，对于孩子们，当他们跌倒时，他们不认为跌倒是个失败，相反，他们把它当作一次学习经历）”知答案选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据文中句子“I thought to myself, “ Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even make a second attempt（我自己想，为什么大部分的成年人不成功？大部分的成年人，当他们失败的时候，小题大做找借口，不愿意再做第二次尝试）知答案选C。

【4】词义猜测题。根据文中句子Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even make a second attempt的.句意 “大部分的成年人，当他们失败的时候，小题大做找借口，不愿意再做第二次尝试”可推测：第二段划线的单词“attempt”意思是A. 尝试。所以答案选A

【5】主旨大意题。从全文中可以看出作者对于失败是很乐观的，失败了可以当做一次学习的机会，以后再尝试。再就是端正态度，失败是不可避免的，要想得通。所以答案选B。