Question

I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him    16    he thought he was able to be so much more    17    than the average person.

He responded that it all came from a(n)   18    with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to   19    milk from the fridge when he    20    the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in,    21    shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful    22    you have made! I have    23    seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been    24   . Would you like to get down and    25    in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.

His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a    26    experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two    27    hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can   48  .” The little boy learned that if he    29    the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful    30   !

This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be    31   to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just    32    for learning something new, which is,    33   , what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't   34   ,” we usually learn something    35    from it.

16. A. why                          B. what                     C. when                    D. how

17. A. capable                   B. able                       C. creative                D. original

18. A. coincidence            B. experience           C. incident                D. conflict

19. A. carry                        B. bring                       C. remove                   D. fetch

20. A. fell                          B. lost                         C. escaped                 D. dropped

21. A. rather than              B. instead of               C. other than          D. in place of

22. A. picture                     B. mass                      C. map                       D. mess

23. A. rarely                       B. happily                  C. frequently              D. angrily

24. A. got                           B. suffered                C. done                      D. received

25. A. jump                        B. play                        C. enjoy                      D. lay

26. A. failed                      B. successful             C. fantastic              D. painful

27. A. strong                      B. tiny                 C. thin                       D. weak

28. A. get it                        B. put it                       C. try it                        D. make it

29. A. controlled         B. possessed           C. occupied             D. grasped

30. A. example                   B. teaching                 C. lesson                    D. instruction

31. A. anxious                  B. nervous                 C. fearful                    D. afraid

32. A. situations                 B. opportunities          C. occasions              D. turns

33. A. after all                    B. above all             C. first of all                D. in all

34. A. do                            B. finish                    C. go                        D. work

35. A. worthy               B. costly                     C. valuable                 D. interesting

Answer 1

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