Question

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early, so I my car by a small park, and for her.

As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running on the grass as his mother from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass, up, without looking back at his mother, run as as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened .

At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even a second attempt. They would be so that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or, because they fall, they would find a good for themselves that they’re not fit for it. They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure.

However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a experience. They try again and again until they . The answer must be that they have not connected “falling down” with the word “failure”. As a , they are not discouraged in any way. Besides, they _ think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words, they allow themselves to make , so they remain energetic.

I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did.

1.A. left            B. stopped      C. repaired

2.A. waited          B. cared            C. prepared

3.A. carefully       B. anxiously        C. freely

4.A. watched        B. noticed      C. surveyed

5.A. cut         B. kept             C. set

6.A. hold            B. get          C. end

7.A. well            B. long             C. fast

8.A. make            B. provide      C. practice

9.A. confused        B. embarrassed  C. excited

10.A. cause       B. sign             C. excuse

11.A. learning        B. running      C. teaching

12.A. progress        B. improve      C. succeed

13.A. decision        B. result           C. reason

14.A. hardly      B. perfectly        C. probably

15.A. mistakes    B. choices      C. plans

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是作者的一次观察男孩自由奔跑所得到的启示。在我们成长过程中我们不能从容面对失败和困难，而是变得虚伪和恐惧，我们需要真实的自我和面对失败的勇气。

1. B. stopped  停下； C. repaired修理，句意：我到得有点早，所以我把车停在一个小停车点等着妈妈。根据句意此处指停车，所以选B。

2. B. cared关心；C. prepared准备，句意：我到得有点早，所以我把车停在一个小停车点等着妈妈。此处指等妈妈下班，所以选 A。

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6. C. end结束，句意：小男孩摔倒在草地上，又站起来，没有回头看他妈妈，又尽可能快的跑，脸上仍然带着笑，好像什么事情也没发生，根据句意及题干“站起来”是get up，故选B。

7. C. fast 快，句意：小男孩摔倒在草地上，又站起来，没有回头看他妈妈，又尽可能快的跑，脸上仍然带着笑，好像什么事情也没发生，根据句意及语境此处是指小男孩尽可能快的跑，故选 C。

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考点：人生百味类短文