One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work.I got there a little early, so I _______ (41) my car by a small park, and _______ (42) for her. As I looked outside the car window, I saw a little boy, around two years old, running _______ (43) on the grass as his mother _______ (44) from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been ______ (45) free from some sort of prison .The boy would then fall to the grass , (46) up , without looking back at his mother , run as_______ (47) as he could ,again , still with a smile on his face ,as if nothing had happened. At that moment, I thought to myself , “why aren’t most adults this way ?” Most adults, when they fall down, make a big deal out of it and don’t even _______ (48) a second attempt. They would be so _______ (49) that they would not try again if someone saw them fall .Or , because they fall , they would find a good _______ (50) for themselves that they’re not fit for it . They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure. However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t consider their falling down as a failure, instead, they treat it as a _______ (51) experience. They try again and again until they _______ (52) .The answer must be that they have not connected“falling down” with the word “failure”. As a _______ (53), they are not discouraged in any way .Besides, they _______ (54) think to themselves that it’s quite okay to fall down and that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words ,they allow themselves to make _______ (55), so they remain energetic. I was deeply impressed by the boy’s persistence (坚持不懈) and the manner in which he did. 小题1: A．left B．stopped C．repaired D．drove 小题2: A．waited B．cared C．prepared D．looked 小题3: A．carefully B．anxiously C．freely D．easily 小题4: A．watched B．noticed C．surveyed D．supported 小题5: A．cut B．kept C．found D．set 小题6: A．hold B．get C．end D．pick 小题7: A．well B．long C．fast D．soon 小题8: A．make B．provide C．practice D．discover 小题9: A．confused B．embarrassed C．exhausted D．surprised 小题10: A．cause B．sign C．chance D．excuse 小题11: A．learning B．running C．teaching D．falling 小题12: A．progress B．improve C．achieve D．succeed 小题13: A．decision B．result C．reason D．matter 小题14:. A．hardly B．perfectly C．probably D．nearly 小题15:. A．mistakes B．choices C．plans D．wishes 【点评】此题的选材注重选择与孩子们生活很接近的教育性故事，教会孩子如何面对失败。做题过程中要学会根据上下文来推测答案，有时在文中甚至可以找到，所以遇到不会的题目不必害怕，做好记号，沉着应对。