【题文】Robert is a thirty-five-year-old American. He becomes a
man in science. Once, he was interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he could be so much more creative than other people. He said that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his
when he was about two years old.
That day, when he was trying to
a bottle of milk out of the fridge, but he dropped the milk bottle. The milk spilled all over the _
floor, which turned out to be a sea of milk. He was afraid.
When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of
him, she smiled. She said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have __
seen such a huge puddle of milk before. Well, since it has already been done, would you like to get down and play in the milk for a moment before we clean it up?” Robert did
his mother told him.
After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and put
to its right place. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel or a mop(抹布). Which do you prefer?” He
the sponge and together they cleaned up he milk.
His mother then said, “You’d better learn
to carry a big milk bottle with two small hands, OK? Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without
it.”
The little boy
that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip(瓶口) with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful lesson!
It was at that moment that Robert knew he didn’t need to be _
to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just
to learn something new, and that is what scientific experiments are all about.
sometimes the experiment “doesn’t work”, we usually can learn something meaningful from it. Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would do the same as Robert’s mother does?
【小题1】 | A.poor | B.successful | C.lucky | D.friendly |
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【小题2】 | A.father | B.brother | C.mother | D.sister |
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【小题3】 | A.pass | B.take | C.borrow | D.hide |
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【小题4】 | A.bedroom | B.study | C.bathroom | D.kitchen |
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【小题5】 | A.shouting at | B.calling on | C.hearing of | D.looking for |
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【小题6】 | A.always | B.often | C.never | D.sometimes |
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【小题8】 | A.something | B.everything | C.nothing | D.anything |
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【小题9】 | A.needed | B.enjoyed | C.lent | D.chose |
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【小题11】 | A.keeping | B.throwing | C.leaving | D.dropping |
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【小题12】 | A.invited | B.helped | C.learned | D.followed |
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【小题13】 | A.afraid | B.difficult | C.terrible | D.dangerous |
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【小题14】 | A.decisions | B.suggestions | C.chances | D.plans |
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【小题15】 | A.Although | B.Because | C.Since | D.If |
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