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】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了犯錯誤有時不是壞事情。通過愛迪生的故事告訴讀者，有時通過犯錯后才能吸取教訓，成長，并成功。

1.細節理解題。根據短文第二段because when you are trying new things, you are growing.可知當你在嘗試新事物時所犯的錯誤就是意味著你在成長。故選C

2.細節理解題。根據第二段If you never try new things, how can you improve? How can you create? The simple answer is: “you can’t”描述，如果你不嘗試新事物，你怎樣提高怎樣創新？答案是你不能。故選D。

3.細節理解題。根據第四段Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb描述，可知愛迪生在發明燈泡前失敗了10000次，即在失敗了10000次后，發明了燈泡。故選C

4.細節理解題。根據第四段。Finally, when you make a mistake, you are much closer to success.描述，當你犯錯時，你就離成功更近了。結合上下文，故選B。

5.主旨大意題。根據短文內容及最后一段可知作者鼓勵人們不要害怕犯錯誤，只有再犯了錯誤后才能吸取教訓，成長，并成功。故選C，有時犯錯是好事。

考點：教育類短文閱讀。