1.′′′Why You Should Celebrate Your MistakesWhen you make a mistake,big or small,cherish(珍視) it like it's the most precious thing in the world,because in some ways,it is.
Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes,beat ourselves up about it,feel like failures,get mad at ourselves.
And that's only natural:most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad,that we should try to avoid mistakes.We've been scolded when we make mistakes at home,school and work.Maybe not always,but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.
Yet without mistakes,we could not learn or grow.If you think about it that way,mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world:they make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.
By trial and error-trying things,making mistakes,and learning from those mistakes-we have figured out how to make electric light,to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel,to fly.
Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler,make speech possible,make works of genius possible.
Think about how we learn:we don't just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it.You don't just read about painting,or writing,or computer programming,or baking,or playing the piano,and know how to do them right away.Instead,you get information about something,from reading or from another person or from observing usually…then you construct a model in your mind…then you test it out by trying it in the real world…then you make mistakes…then you revise the model based on the results of your real-world experimentation and repeat,making mistakes,learning from those mistakes,until you've pretty much learned how to do something.That's how we learn as babies and toddlers,and how we learn as adults.Mistakes are how we learn to do something new,because if you succeed in something,it's probably something you already knew how to do.You haven't really grown much from that success---at most it's the last step on your journey,not the whole journey.Most of the journey was made up of mistakes,if it's a good journey.
So if you value learning,if you value growing and improving,then you should value mistakes.They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.
29.Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?C
A.Because mistakes make us suffer a lot.
B.Because it's a natural part in our life.
C.Because we've been taught so from a young age.
D.Because mistakes have ruined many people's careers.
30.According to the passage,what is the right attitude to mistakes?C
A.We should try to avoid making mistakes.
B.We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.
C.We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.
D.We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.
31.The underlined word"toddler"in Paragraph 6probably meansA.
A.a(chǎn) small child learning to walk
B.a(chǎn) kindergarten child learning to draw
C.a(chǎn) primary school pupil learning to read
D.a(chǎn) school teenager learning to write
32.We can learn from the passage thatB.
A.most of us can really grow from success
B.growing and improving are based on mistakes
C.we learn to make mistakes by trial and error
D.we read about something and know how to do it right away.
分析 本文屬于議論文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要告訴我們錯誤的價值,錯誤可以讓我們從中學到很多的東西,錯誤可以促進我們成長,讓我們進步,因此我們要學會從錯誤中進步.
解答 29.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段首句中"most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad,"可知我們覺得犯錯不好是因為我們大多數(shù)人都從年輕時就被教導犯錯誤是不好的;故選C.
30.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段第一句"So if you value learning,if you value growing and improving,then you should value mistakes."可知我們應該珍視錯誤,把它當做是一個學習的好機會;故選C.
31.A.詞義推測題.根據(jù)文章第五段"Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler,make speech possible,make works of genius possible"可以推測此處表示"初學走路的小孩子",故選A.
32.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章最后一段"So if you value learning,if you value growing and improving,then you should value mistakes"可知"成長和提高是建立在錯誤基礎之上的";故選B.
點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀,題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題,做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析,結合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).