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阅读理解 Why are so many people so afraid of failure? Quite simply, because no one tells us how to
fail so that failure becomes an experience that will lead to growth. We forget that failure is part
of the human condition and tha
t every person had the right to fail.
Most parents work hard at preventing failure or protecting their children from the knowledge
that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. A mother describes her child's hastily made
table as "perfect" even though it doesn't stand still. Another way is to shift blame. If John fails
science, his teacher is unfair or stupid.
The trouble with failure-prevention devices is that they leave a child unequipped for life in the
real world. The young need to learn that no one can be best at everything. No one can win all the
time and that it's possible to enjoy a game even when you don't win. A child who's not invited to a
birthday party, who doesn't make the honor list on the baseball team, feels terrible,
of course, but parents should not offer a quick consolation prize(安慰奖) or say, "It
doesn't matter." Because it does. The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and
be helped to master it.
Failure is never pleasurable. It hurts grown-ups and children alike. But it can make a
positive contribution to your life once you learn to use it. Step one is to ask "why did I fail?"
Don't blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong, how you can improve. If
someone else can help, don't be shy about inquiring.
Success, which encourages repetition of old behavior, is not nearly as good a teacher as
failure. You can learn from a bad party how to give a second one, from an ill-chosen first house
what to look for in a second. Even a failure that seems definitive can prompt(激起) fresh thinking,
a change of direction. After 12 years of studying ballet a friend of mine auditioned(面试) for a
professional company. She was turned down. "would further training help?" she asked. The ballet
master shook his head. "You will never be a dancer," he said, "you haven't the body for it."
In such cases, the way to use failure is to take stock(鉴定) bravely and ask, "What have I
left? What else can I do?"My friend put away her shoes and moved into dance treatment center,
a field where she's both able and useful. Failure frees one to take risks because there's less to lose.
Often there is recovery of energy-a way to find new possibilities.
A. the reason why so many people are afraid of failure
B. the reason why we don't know how to fail
C. failure is very natural for every person
D. one should be ready to face failure at any time
B. two ways of failure prevention most parents use when their children fail
C. how to shift blame
D. parents should blame their children at the proper time3. According to the author, what should a child know in the real world?A. Ways to avoid failure.
B. No one can be best all the time at everything.
C. No parents should offer quick consolation.
D. He can get pleasure from failure as well as success.4. What can make a positive contribution to one's life once he learns to use it?A. Success
B. Disappointment
C. Failure
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考点
据考高分专家说，试题“阅读理解 Why.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
