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
1 he thought he was able to be so
much more 2 than the average person.
He responded that it all came from a(n)
3 with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He
had been trying to 4 milk from the fridge when he
5 the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen
floor.
When his mother came in, 6 shouting
at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful 7 you
have made! I have 8 seen such a huge
pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been 9 .
Would you like to get down and 10 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(海綿), 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 11 experiment in how to effectively carry
a big milk bottle with two 12 hands.
Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can
13 .” The little boy learned that if he 14 the
bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without
dropping it. What a wonderful 15 !
This scientist then said that it was at that moment
that he knew he didn’t need to be 16 to
make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just 17 for
learning something new, which is, 18 , what
scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't
19 ,” we usually learn something 20 from
it.
1. A.why B.what C.when D.how
2. A.capable B.a(chǎn)ble C.creative D.original
3. A.coincidence B.experience C.incident D.conflict
4. A.carry B.bring C.remove D.fetch
5. A.fell B.lost C.escaped D.dropped
6. A.rather than B.instead of C.other than D.in place of
7. A.picture B.mass C.map D.mess
8. A.rarely B.happily C.frequently D.a(chǎn)ngrily
9. A.got B.suffered C.done D.received
10. A.jump B.play C.enjoy D.lay
11. A.failed B.successful C.fantastic D.painful
12. A.strong B.tiny C.thin D.weak
13. A.get it B.put it C.try it D.make it
14. A.controlled B.possessed C.occupied D.grasped
15. A.example B.teaching C.lesson D.instruction
16. A.a(chǎn)nxious B.nervous C.fearful D.a(chǎn)fraid
17. A.situations B.opportunities C.occasions D.turns
18. A.a(chǎn)fter all B.a(chǎn)bove all C.first of all D.in all
19. A.do B.finish C.go D.work
20. A.worthy B.costly C.valuable D.interesting