Question

Last week, my granddaughter started primary school. And I wished her every success. But part of me didn’t. I really wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for us to grow up. Success is that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time. First –time success is usually a luck. First-time failure, in fact, is supposed to be the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.

I make my living by writing articles for a daily newspaper. Each week I thought that the article that I write would be the worst. I try my best every day. A successful article usually means that I am discussing the subjects I know well, writing in the way I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in an excellent way.

My younger daughter is a trapeze artist荡秋千演员.she spent three years putting together a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She was afraid to be bored. She met failure when she tried some new ways in her show. But she did his only in order to feed her soul心灵。

My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. With luck, it is the beginning.

1.why id the writher want his granddaughter to fail?

A. success is boring though it can bring us something good

B. she would learn more form failure

C. it’s impossible to do everything successfully

D. he wanted her to be strong enough to face failure

2.the writer talked about his own experience to show that___

A. we cannot depend on luck to live a good life

B. we should try every possible way to avoid failure

C. past failures made him afraid of writing more

D. the thought of failure will make you work even harder

3.the underlined word “comfort” in the last paragraph probably means___

A. 表扬 B.磨炼 C.安慰 D.批评

4.the writer develop the article mainly by ___

A. giving examples

B. following the time order

C. comparing different ideas

D. presenting the reasons of failure

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了作者的孙女开始上小学，作者希望她成功，但又希望她经历失败，作者通过自己和女儿的经历告诉我们原因，她认为有失败的想法会使人更努力工作。

1.I believe that failure can be good for us to grow up.描述，可知作者认为失败对我们的成长有好处。故选B

2.】归纳理解题。根据第二段大意可知，作者认为她写的文章可能是最糟的所以她就尽力去写好。由此可以知道，失败的想法使人更努力工作。故选D

3.】词义猜测题。根据句意，当孙女失败了我将——她，排除A。根据后文我提醒她她学到了什么，怎样做的更好，可知不是磨炼，不是批评，故选C。

4.】归纳理解题。根据文章的描述方式可知作者是通过举例子老说明事情的。故选A

考点：故事类短文阅读。