When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish it as it’s the most precious thing in the world.
Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes，beat ourselves up about it，feel like failures，and get mad at ourselves.
And that’s only natural：Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and 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 lights，to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel，and to fly.
Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler，make speech possible，and 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 fight 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 is 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.
小題1:Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?
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.
小題2:According to the passage，what is the right attitude to mistakes?
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.
小題3:The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means________.
A．a(chǎn) small child learning to walk
B．a(chǎn) kindergarten child learning to draw
C．a(chǎn) primary pupil learning to read
D．a(chǎn) school teenager learning to write
小題4:We can learn from the passage that________.
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
小題5:The author wants to tell us________.
A．what you should do when meeting with difficulties
B．where you can find your mistakes
C．how you can avoid making mistakes
D．why you should celebrate your mistakes

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:D

語篇解讀　本文是一篇說明文，主要說明錯(cuò)誤是生活中不可避免的事情，我們應(yīng)該正確對(duì)待錯(cuò)誤，在修正錯(cuò)誤中不斷地學(xué)習(xí)和成長(zhǎng)。
小題1:解析：　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句話中“Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad，and we should try to avoid mistakes.”可知，C項(xiàng)符合題意。
答案：　C
小題2:解析：　推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段“When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish it as it’s the most precious thing in the world”以及下文的表述可推斷，人們?cè)阱e(cuò)誤中學(xué)習(xí)和提高，故選C項(xiàng)。
答案：　C
小題3:解析：　詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)該詞所在句子中“walking”和“smallest”可猜測(cè)，此處toddler應(yīng)指“蹣跚學(xué)步的孩子”。句意為：錯(cuò)誤使幼小的孩子學(xué)會(huì)走路成為可能，使學(xué)會(huì)講話成為可能……故選A項(xiàng)。
答案：　A
小題4:解析：　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第八段第三句話中“ You haven’t really grown much from that success”可知，A項(xiàng)與文章不符；根據(jù)第五段第一句話“By trial and error—trying things，making mistakes，and learning from those mistakes”可知，C項(xiàng)與文章不符；根據(jù)第七段第一、二句話可知，D項(xiàng)與文章不符。根據(jù)第四段中“they make growth and improvement possible”可推斷B項(xiàng)與文章相符。
答案：　B
小題5:解析：　推理判斷題。文章開頭提出了文章的寫作主旨，即我們應(yīng)該珍惜錯(cuò)誤。全文敘述了為什么我們應(yīng)該珍惜并慶祝我們的錯(cuò)誤。
答案：　D
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But not everyone is afraid of the same thing.And what makes one person scared can be of no big deal for someone else.Plenty of kids said their biggest fear wasn’t on our list.
What is fear?
Fear is a feeling that eyeryone has—it’s programmed into all of us—and that’s a good thing because fear is there to protect us.We’re born with a sense of fear so we can react to something that could be dangerous.The baby cries，and their mom comes over to comfort him or her，helping the baby feel safe and OK again.Real vs.Pretend
The best way to get over a fear is to get more information about it.As kids get older，they understand more and start seeing the difference between what is real and unreal.So when William’s imagination leads him to think of witches，he can tell himself，“Wait a minute.They’re only pretend things.I don’t need to worry about them.”
The same goes for the dark.A kid’s imagination can start playing tricks when the lights go out.What’s under my bed？Is that a thief I hear？With the help of a parent，kids can get more comfortable in the dark.Using a nightlight or shining a flashlight under the bed to see that there’s nothing there can help kids fight that fear.
小題1:What did the writer find out from the survey?
A．Some people have never experienced fear.
B．Kids don’t like watching scary movies.
C．All people are afraid of something.
D．People often cry loudly when they are scared.
小題2:What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A．The list of fears is not complete.
B．The things people fear are of no big deal.
C．Kids have more fears than people think.
D．People are afraid of different things.
小題3:In the writer’s opinion，________.
A．having a sense of fear is not a bad thing
B．babies have a weak sense of fear
C．fear is not something that we are born with
D．not all people can react to dangerous things

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