Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、 B 、C 、D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

One month ago, my daughter started kindergarten. As usual, I wished her success. I was telling a lie. What I actually wish for her is _____. I believe in the power of failure.

Success is _____ in a sense. Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time, which can ______ be a problematic victory. First-time success is usually a fluke (僥幸). First-time failure, _____, is expected; it is the natural order of things.

Failure is how we learn. I have been told of an African phrase _____ a good cook as “she who has broken many pots”. If you have spent enough time in the _____ to have broken a lot of pots, probably you know a fair amount about ______. I once had a late dinner with a group of chefs, and they spent time ____ knife wounds and burn scars. They knew how much credibility (可信度) their ______ gave them.

I earn my _____ by writing a daily newspaper column. Each week I am _____ that one column is going to be the worst column of the week. I don’t just set out to write it; I try my best every day. _____, every week, one column is inferior (較差的) to the others, sometimes extremely so.

I have learned to ______ that column. A successful column usually means that I am treading (踏) on _____ ground, going with tricks that work, or dressing up popular ideas in fancy words. Often in my inferior columns, I am trying to ______ something I’ve never done before, something that I’m not even sure can be done.

My daughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to _______ her. But I will also, I hope, ______ her of what she learned, and how she can do _______ next time. I probably won’t tell her that failure is a good thing, because that’s not a(n) ______ you can learn when you’re five. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. Indeed, with luck, it is the ______.

1.A. successB. failure C. victory D. sacrifice

2.A. demandingB. worthwhile C. correct D. boring

3.A. oftenB. rarely C. always D. hardly

4.A. in additionB. on purposeC. by contrast D. in demand

5.A. denyingB. describing C. pointingD. predicting

6.A. dormitoryB. yardC. kitchenD. field

7.A. gardeningB. trainingC. displayingD. cooking

8.A. comparingB. makingC. learningD. curing

9.A. woundsB. failuresC. scars D. strengths

10.A. livingB. supportC. skill D. similarity

11.A. ambitiousB. grateful C. confident D. aware

12.A. MoreoverB. StillC. OtherwiseD. Therefore

13.A. adapt B. update C. cherishD. review

14.A. accessibleB. similar C. sensitiveD. familiar

15.A. get through B. figure outC. comment on D. take in

16.A. amuseB. comfortC. scold D. reward

17.A. warn B. cheat C. remind D. suspect

18.A. better B. luckier C. worse D. less

19.A. experience B. trick C. lesson D. truth

20.A. processB. destinationC. ending D. beginning

Answer 1