题目内容
15 Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise,having enough experience and knowledge,we regard these failures (失败) as a necessary and 1 part of learning. But often as parents and teachers,we don't 2this right (权利) to our children.
Donnie was a third grader in my class. His 3 about failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He 4 answered my questions—he was afraid of making mistakes.
I tried my best to build his self-confidence. But nothing changed 5 midterm,when Mary,a new teacher,came. She was young and pretty,and she was loved by every student 6 Donnie. It was her who made a big difference to Donnie later.
One morning,they were doing math problems at the blackboard. Donnie had copied the problems clearly and 7 . But he’d missed the fourth problem and began to cry with his head in his arms.
I didn't know what to do. Suddenly,a smile 8 on Mary's face. From the desk she got a box 9pencils. “Look,Donnie,” she said gently,kneeling (蹲在) beside him. “ I've got something to 10 you. ” She removed the pencils,one at a time,and placed them on his desk.
“See these pencils,Donnie ,” she continued. “They 11 Mrs Landon and me. See how the erasers are worn (磨损) ？
That's because we make mistakes,too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you 12learn to do,too. ”
She kissed him and stood up, “Here ,” she said, “I'll leave one of these pencils on 13 desk,so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes,even teachers." Donnie looked up with 14 in his eyes and a smile.
The pencil became Donnie's prize. That,to-gether with Mary's encouragement,gradually made him understand 15 the meaning of making mistakes is—it's all right to make mistakes,as long as you erase them and try again.
() 1. A. similar B. active
C. important
() 2. A. offer B. pass
C. send
() 3. A. puzzle B. worry
C. complaint
() 4. A. always B. usually
C. seldom
() 5. A. since B. after
C. until
() 6. A. including B. except
C. without
() 7. A. simply B. carefully
C. casually
() 8. A. appeared B. froze
C. disappeared
() 9. A. made of B. covered by
C. filled with
() 10. A. tell B. show
C. ask
() 11. A. come to B. refer to
C. belong to
() 12. A. might B. could
C. must
() 13. A. your B. his
C. her
() 14. A. hate B. love
C. fear
() 15. A. how B. why
C. what
(2014山西)
Passage 9
用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。(每个单词限用一次，每空只填一个单词)
look | year change deep home |
cold | can work take father |
Every day,on her way to work,Amelia had to pass a slum (贫民窟) . As a social 1. ，she had not paid much attention to it. This 2. one day when she met a ragged boy named Sam. Sam knew she was the head of social services,and that she 3. help. He reached out his hand and said. “Can you help me? I'm 4. for my dad.His hands were so 5. Amelia said ,“What's up?” “ My mom is terribly sick. Her birthday is coming. I know my 6. coming back would be the best present. My dad had left us before I was two7. old ,” said the boy.
Amelia was 8. moved and asked Sam to take her to his home. He led her to a small house. Amelia saw a woman lying on the bed. The woman knew she was dying. She said to A-melia,“Please find a 9. for my son. ”
Amelia 10. her hand and nodded with tears. She got an idea!Her husband and she had no children,and looked forward to having one. Later Amelia brought Sam home. Ever since then,the new family have had happiness and laughter.
(2014陕西)