Question

Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply because no one tells us how to fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part of the human condition and that every person has the right to fail.?

Most parents work hard at either preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child's hurriedly-made table as “perfect”!Even though it couldn't stand on uneven (not same in height) legs. Another way is to shift blame. If John fails in science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.?

The trouble with failure—prevention methods is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time—and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a birthday party, who doesn't make the honor roll or the baseball team feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick comfort prize or say “It doesn't matter”,because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.

Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children exactly alike. But it can make a positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask “Why did I fail?”. Control the natural impulse(沖動) to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about asking them.?

This passage mainly tells us about _______.?

A. the reasons why people fail

B. how to fail?

C. the ways to prevent failures

D. the importance of facing failures?

When the writer says “every person has the right to fail”, he means to say _______.

A. the world is full of failures 　　　　　　 

B. no one is perfect?

C. failures are quite common in our lives　　　　　

D. no one can grow up mentally without failures?

By “protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed”, the writer means that most parents try their best _______.?

A. to let their children know that they won't fail?

B. not to teach their children about knowledge of failure?

C. to provide their children for the knowledge against failure?

D. to keep their children from realizing that they failed?

According to the writer, _______.

A. parents should tell their children to think nothing of not being chosen into a football team?

B. children should be encouraged to get rid of disappointment all by themselves

C. parents should judge what their children have done as it is?

D. children should learn to enjoy a game that they won't win??

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】D

【小題3】D

【小題4】B

解析:

【小題1】　本題為歸納主旨題。通讀全文可知,本文論述了要讓孩子們經(jīng)歷失敗,只有這樣才能成長。

【小題2】　本題為理解句意題。理解這句話應(yīng)該緊扣住fail這個詞眼:每個人都有失敗的權(quán)利,也就是說,每個人都會失敗,因而D項最恰當(dāng)。C項的意思是失敗是經(jīng)常的事,B項與失敗無關(guān)。

【小題3】　本題為推斷題。根據(jù)第二段的內(nèi)容可推斷出正確答案。?

【小題4】本題為推斷作者觀點題。根據(jù)最后一段“Step one is to ask‘Why did I fail?’.Control the natural impulse(沖動) to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve.”可知作者是主張鼓勵孩子靠自己的力量來戰(zhàn)勝失敗的失望。D項太片面。