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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 that every person has the right to fail.
Most parents work hard at either 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 wobbles(搖晃) on uneven legs. 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 is 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 roll on the baseball team, feels terrible, of course. But parents should not offer a quick consolation(安慰) prize 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 adults 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?” Resist the natural impulse to blame someone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can improve. If someone else can help, don't be shy about inquiring.
問題：
1.This passage mainly tells us about _______.
A.the importance of facing failure
B.the ways to prevent failure
C.the reasons why people fail
D.everyone's right to fail
【參考答案】A
[考點]主旨大意題
【精析】A 作者在開頭就指出有如此多的人害怕失敗的原因就在于沒有人告訴人們要怎樣面對失敗，從而使失敗變成指引成長的一種經(jīng)驗。第二、三段舉例說明家長是如何為孩子規(guī)避失敗的以及作者對此的看法。最后一段作者再次點明主旨：失敗的滋味雖然不好受，但如果利用得當，也可以給生活帶來積極影響，所以我們要直面失敗。故選A。
2.When the writer says “every person has the right to fail”, he means to say _____.
A.no one can grow up without failures
B.every person is right to fail
C.they have not been taught how to deal with failures correctly
D.the law protects people's success and failure
【參考答案】A
[考點]推理判斷題
【精析】A 結合此句的上下文可知，失敗是人類生存條件的一部分，家長不能主觀地為孩子規(guī)避一切失敗經(jīng)歷，且一個人只有經(jīng)歷過失敗之后才能成長，所以作者說“每個人都有失敗的權利”的深層含義是“沒有人能在成長過程中不經(jīng)歷失敗”。故選A。
3.By “protecting their children from the knowledge that they have failed”, the writer means that most parents try their best ______.
A.to let their children know that they won't fail
B.not to teach their children about knowledge of failure
C.to provide their children with the knowledge against failure
D.to keep their children from realizing that they failed
【參考答案】D
[考點]推理判斷題
【精析】D protect sb. from sth.意為“保護某人免于……”。knowledge意為“知道，了解”。根據(jù)第二段列舉的家長的做法可知，本句意為“(大多數(shù)家長)努力不讓自己的孩子知道他們失敗了”。故選D。
4. According to the writer, the right attitude towards failures is that _______.
A.parents should tell their children to think nothing of their failures
B.children should be encouraged to get through failures by themselves
C.parents should judge what their children have done as it is
D.children should always learn to enjoy a game that they won't win
【參考答案】B
[考點]推理判斷題
【精析】B 根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句“The young should be allowed to experience disappointment and be helped to master it.”及常識可推知，應該允許孩子們體驗失望并幫助他們掌握這種感覺，即應鼓勵孩子們自己克服失敗。故選B。
5.What is the most important thing to do when one fails?
A.To find all excuses for the failure.
B.To blame someone else.
C.To find out the cause and improve himself.
D.To remember the past failures.
【參考答案】C
[考點]事實細節(jié)題
【精析】C 根據(jù)文章最后一段倒數(shù)第二句“Ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can improve.”可知，選項C(尋找原因并提高自己)是正確選項。
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