【Eachofusfailsfromtimetotime.Ifwearewisehavingenoughexperienceandknowledgeweregardthesefailures(失败)asanecessaryand(1)partoflearning.Butoftenasparentsandteacherswedon't(2)thisright(权利)toour】
Eachofusfailsfromtimetotime.Ifwearewisehavingenoughexperienceandknowledgeweregardthesefailures(失败)asanecessaryand(1)partoflearning.Butoftenasparentsandteacherswedon't (2) thisright(权利)toourchildren.
Donniewasathirdgraderinmyclass.His(3)aboutfailurekepthimfromclassroomgamesthatotherchildrenenjoyed.He(4)answeredmyquestions―hewasafraidofmakingmistakes.
Itriedmybesttobuildhisself-confidence.Butnothingchanged(5)midtermwhenMaryanewteachercame.Shewasyoungandprettyandshewaslovedbyeverystudent(6) Donnie.ItwasherwhomadeabigdifferencetoDonnielater.
Onemorningtheyweredoingmathproblemsattheblackboard.Donniehadcopiedtheproblemsclearlyand(7).Buthe'dmissedthefourthproblemsandbegantocrywithhisheadinhisarms.
Ididn'tknowwhattodo.Suddenlyasmile(8)onMary'sface.Fromthedeskshegotabox(9)pencil. "LookDonnie"shesaidgentlykneeling(跪)besidehim."I'vegotsomethingto(10)you.”Sheremovethepencilsoneatatimeandplacedthemonhisdesk.
"SeethesepencilsDonnie"shecontinued."They(11)Mrs.Landonandme.Seehowtheerasersareworn(磨损)?That'sbecausewemakemistakestoo.Butweerasethemistakesandtryagain.That'swhatyou (12) learntodotoo."
ShekissedhimandstoodupHere"shesaid"I'llleaveoneofthesepencilson(13)desksoyou'llrememberthateverybodymakesmistakeseventeachers."Donnielookedupwith (14) inhiseyesandasmile.
ThepencilbecameDonnie'sprize.ThattogetherwithMary'sencouragementgraduallymadehimunderstand(15)themeaningofmakingmistakesis―it'sallrighttomakemistakesaslongasyouerasethemandtryagain.
( )1.A.similar B.active C.important D.positive
( )2.A.offer B.pass C.send D.support
( )3.A.puzzle B.worry C.complaint D.answer
( )4.A.always B.usually C.seldom D.sometimes
( )5.A.since B.after C.until D.when
( )6.A.including B.except C.without D.however
( )7.A.simply B.carefully C.casually D.only
( )8.A.appeared B.froze C.disappeared D.felt