Question

It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.

First of all, mistakes are 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 anything new, how can you improve? How can you expand? The simple answer is “You can’t.” Look around you. With very few exceptions, either everything you see in your world or every single detail of every single thing is the result of someone trying something new．

Another good thing about mistakes is this: When you are making mistakes, you are learning．Consider this: Edison failed 10,000 times before he perfected the light bulb. When asked how it 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 when all is said and done, you will have tried some numbers of things before you succeed．Every time you make a mistake you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer.But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences（后果） of a mistake. Quite the contrary, when you try something new you have to be willing to set some reasonable limits so that in the event that it doesn’t work out the way you want it to, you will be in a position to try again．

We all have limited time and money so don’t blow them all on one approach to a problem. Realize that it probably won’t be perfect the first time and allocate （分配） these resources properly so you can learn, make corrections, and try it again．If you accept and use your mistakes in this way ,you can make great progress in your business and your career．

There is an old saying that goes, “If you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough.”

So go ahead and make mistakes. And learn. And grow. And succeed．

1.From the second paragraph, we can conclude that _______．

A．mistakes are unnecessary for development

B．we are afraid of trying new thing

C．it’s common for people to make mistakes

D．mistakes are better than not trying

2.The underlined word “eliminate” means _______．

A．avoid B．remove C．accept D．solve

3.According to the article, one thing you should pay attention to about making mistakes is_____．

A．avoiding making the same mistakes

B．accepting the punishment willingly

C．taking consequences into consideration

D．trying things out one by one

4.What would the writer probably suggest we say to ourselves when we make a mistake?

A．Never mind, I can always try again．

B．I’d better stay out of trouble．

C．Ok! Now I can learn something．

D．Look at this mess. Anyone would be upset．

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述犯錯誤是很好的事情。首先犯錯誤表示你在嘗試新事物；其次你在犯錯誤意味著你在學習；最后犯錯誤使你更接近成功。如果你沒有犯錯誤，你就不夠努力。

1.】D細節理解題。根據第一段第三句It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you expand?說明犯錯才能說明我們嘗試了新鮮的事物，沒有嘗試就不會有進步。所以錯誤總比不嘗試好。故選D

2.】B詞義猜測題。根據本段Because when all is said and done, you will have tried some number of things before you succeeded. Every time you make a mistake you eliminate one of those things and are one step closer.說明在我們嘗試的過程中有很多問題，每一次我們犯錯，都是在移除一個難題，離目標更進一步。故該詞應是移除的意思，故選B

3.根據倒數第四段第一行But this all doesn’t mean that you should go ahead without considering the consequences of a mistake.說明這并不意味著我們不要考慮錯誤的結果，也就是說我們要考慮犯錯誤的結果到底怎么樣。故選C

4.根據文章第二段第一行mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things說明錯誤是人們學習新事物的象征，所以當我們犯了錯誤的時候，我們就可以對自己說我能夠學習到新的知識了，故選C

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