Last week, my granddaughter started kindergarten,and ,as is conventional, I wished her every success ,But part of me didn’t.
I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process, Success is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do , First –time success is usually a fluke (侥幸),First-time failure ,by contrast,is expected ;it is the natural order of things Failure is how we learn.
In Africa they describe a good cook as “she who has broken many bots”,If you’ve spent enough time in the kitchen to break a lot of pots ,probably you know a lot about cooking ,I once had dinner with a group of cooks and they spent a lot of time comparing knife wounds and burn scars ,They Knew how much their failures gave them.
I earn my living by writing a daily newspaper column, Each week I am aware that one column I write lill be my sores , I don’t set out to write it ; I try my best every day. I have learned to cherish that column ,A good column usually means that I am discussing a familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as someons else but in fancy way.
Ny younger daughter is a trapeze artist(杂技荡秋千演员),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 said she was no longer learning anything new and she was boued; and if she was bored ,there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress
My granddaughter is a perfectionist She will feel her failures ,and I will want to comfort her, But I sill 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 ,Indeed, with juck ,it is the beginning.
小题1:Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?
A.Success is boring though beneficial
B.She would learn more from failure
C.It is impossible to do everything successfully
D.He wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships小题2:What’s the author’s attitude toward his daughter changing her show/
A.Negative
B.Worried
C.Positive
D.Excited小题3:The author develops the article mainly by
A.giving examples
B.following the time order
C.comparing different opinions
D.analyxing cause and effect小题4:The writer talks about his own experience to show that
A.we cannot depend on luck to live a good life
B.we shoule try every possible way to avoid failure
C.past failures prevented him from taking risks in writing
D.the thought of failure will make you work even harder小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of the text?
A.Learn from failure
B.How to be a good cook
C.My daughter and granddaughter
D.A good column makes a good writer
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
题目分析:这篇文章主要通过举例,说明了这样一个道理,失败未必是件坏事,它会让我们成长,学到更多东西。
小题1:根据I actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning process,故选B。
小题2:根据my younger daughter is a trapeze artist(杂技荡秋千演员),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 said she was no longer learning anything new and she was boued; and if she was bored ,there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress,可以看出作者持肯定态度,故答案应为C。
小题3:文中举了很多例子,所以这篇文章用了举例法,故选A。
小题4:作者通过自己的例子,来说明失败的想法会使你的工作更困难,故选D。
小题5:这篇文章主要讲了失败未必是件坏事,它会让我们成长,学到更多东西,故选A。
点评:本题型考查了对文章段落或某一板块的理解概括能力。先阅读问题,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。在词义与句义理解的基础上,结合上下文总结归纳某一段或几段的大意,对于把握文章主旨,分析全文结构都是至关重要的。