Question

People are always afraid of making mistakes. But sometimes it’s not bad to make mistakes, and here is why.

At first, 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 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. Consider this: 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 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. 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.C

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了人们不应该怕犯错，犯错会给我们的带来的好处：可以让我们尝试新事物，让我们成长；犯错可以促进我们的学习；犯错让我们离成功更近。

1. are a clear sign that you are trying new things；because when you are trying new things your are growing.犯错误意味着你在尝试新的东西；当你尝试新的事物时你就在成长；从而判断犯错误意味着你在成长，故选C。

2. you never try new things , how can you improve ? How can you create? The simple answer is, “ You can’t .”如果你不尝试新事物，你怎么提高？怎么创造？答案是否定的。故选D。

3. failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb。爱迪生在发明白炽灯之前失败了一千次。故选B。

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考点：社会生活类短文阅读。