Question

People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it’s not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.

      At first, a mistake is a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things, because when you are trying new things, you are growing. If you never try new things, how can you improve? How can you create? The simple answer is: “you can’t” Look around you, everything you see is the result of someone trying new things.

     Another good thing about mistakes is this: when you are making mistakes, you are learning. For example, Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb. When he was asked how he felt to fail that many times, he said that he hadn’t failed 10,000 times, but rather had learned 10,000 things that didn’t work.

     Finally, when you make a mistake, you are much closer to success. Why? Because you have said what you should say, and you have done what you should do. Every time you make a mistake, you are closer to success. But it doesn’t mean that you can make mistakes without thinking. Instead, when you try new things you have to think them over, so that you can keep away from some unnecessary mistakes. We shouldn’t spend all our time and money on the only one way, but use them correctly, because our time and money are limited(有限的)

     There is an old saying, “if you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough.” So go bravely and make mistakes. And learn, and grow, and succeed.

1.If you are making a mistake, that means__________.

A. you’re careful                          B. you’re kind

C. you’re growing                         D. you know nothing

2.If you never try new things, you can’t___________.

A. improve        B. create          C.  spend           D. A and B

3. After Edison failed 10,000 times, he__________.

A. gave up                                B. invented the light bulb

C. invented the computer                    D. invented 10,000 new things

4.When you make a mistake, you are closer to___________.

A. time          B. money          C. success          D. new things

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Never make mistakes               

B. You can make mistakes without thinking

C. Sometimes it’s good to make mistakes  

D. Making mistakes is terrible

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了犯错误有时不是坏事情。通过爱迪生的故事告诉读者，有时通过犯错后才能吸取教训，成长，并成功。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第二段because when you are trying new things, you are growing.可知当你在尝试新事物时所犯的错误就是意味着你在成长。故选C

2.细节理解题。根据第二段If you never try new things, how can you improve? How can you create? The simple answer is: “you can’t”描述，如果你不尝试新事物，你怎样提高怎样创新？答案是你不能。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb描述，可知爱迪生在发明灯泡前失败了10000次，即在失败了10000次后，发明了灯泡。故选C

4.细节理解题。根据第四段。Finally, when you make a mistake, you are much closer to success.描述，当你犯错时，你就离成功更近了。结合上下文，故选B。

5.主旨大意题。根据短文内容及最后一段可知作者鼓励人们不要害怕犯错误，只有再犯了错误后才能吸取教训，成长，并成功。故选C，有时犯错是好事。

考点：教育类短文阅读。