Question

  One afternoon,I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early,so I 1        my car by a small park,and 2       for her.

  As I looked outside the car window,I saw a little boy,around two years old,running 3       on the grass as his mother 4        from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been 5        free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass,6       up,without looking back at his mother,run as 7        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 8       a second attempt. They would be so 9        that they would not try again if someone saw them fall. Or,because they fall,they would find a good 10        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 11       experience. They try again and again until they 12        The answer must be that they have not connected "falling down" with the word "failure". As a 13       ,they are not discouraged in any way. Besides,they 14       think to themselves that it's quite okay to fall down and that it's not wrong to do so. In other words,they did.allow themselves to make 15      ， 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   D. drove

(   ) 2. A. waited   B. cared   C. prepared   D. looked

(   ) 3. A. carefully   B. anxiously   C. freely   D. easily

(   ) 4. A. watched   B. noticed   C. surveyed   D. supported

(   ) 5. A. cut   B. kept   C. found   D. set

(   ) 6. A. hold   B. get   C. end   D. pick

(   ) 7. A. well   B. long   C. fast   D. soon

(   ) 8. A. make   B. provide   C. practice   D. discover

(   ) 9. A. confused   B. embarrassed   C. exhausted   D. surprised

(   ) 10. A. cause   B. sign   C. chance   D. excuse

(   ) 11. A. learning   B. running   C. teaching   D. falling

(   ) 12. A. progress   B. improve   C. achieve   D. succeed

(   ) 13. A. decision   B. result   C. reason   D. matter

(   ) 14. A. hardly   B. perfectly   C. probably   D. nearly

(   ) 15. A. mistakes   B. choices   C. plans   D. wishes

Answer 1

1. B 由I went to pick up my mother from work可知，"我"把车停在一个小公园旁。

2. A 根据上文I went to pick up my mother from work可知，作者在等母亲，故选A.

3. C 根据下文...free from some sort of prisons 可知，小孩子是在自由地跑动，故选C.

4. A 根据下文without looking back at his mother 可知，不远处的孩子的妈妈是在看着孩子玩耍。

5. D 句意为：男孩面带灿烂的微笑，好像刚从牢笼里被放出来一样。set free意为"释放"，符合句意。

6. B 前面提到fall to,所以后面应是get up ,表示孩子跌倒后"爬起来"。

7. C 根据run可知，孩子是尽快地跑,故选C。

8. A 根据语境可知，大部分成年人不会在失败后进行第二次尝试。make an attempt"尝试"符合语境。

9. B 不敢进行第二次尝试是因为不想因此而被人嘲笑，变得尴尬。

10. D 根据下文They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure可知，成年人是想为自己的失败找到借口。

11. A 根据They try again and again.…可知,小孩子们把失败当成是一种学习的过程。

12. D 句意为：小孩们一次又一次地尝试，直到他们成功。

13. B 根据语境可知，小孩子还没有将"跌倒"与"失败"联系在一起，所以他们不会气馁。

as a result意为"结果"，符合语境。

14. C 根据that it's quite okay to fall down and that it's not wrong to do so可知，此处是表示他们心里的一种想法，表示推测。

15. A 根据上下文语境可知，孩子们允许自己在错误中成长。