When you make a mistake, big or small, cherish (珍視) it like it’s the most precious thing in the world, because in some ways, it is.

Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.

And that’s only natural. Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, and we should try to avoid mistakes. We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious（無意識的）reaction.

Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world. They make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.

By trial and error—trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes—we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to fly.

Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, and make works of genius possible.

Think about how we learn：We don’t just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. You don’t just read about painting，or writing，or computer programming，or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing usually...then you construct a model in your mind...then you test it out by trying it in the real world...then you make mistakes...then you revise the model based on the results of your real world experimentation...and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you’ve pretty much learned how to do something. That’s how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new—because if you succeed at something, it’s probably something you already knew how to do. You haven’t really grown much from that success—at most it’s the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey is made up of mistakes, if it’s a good journey.

So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.

1.Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?

2.According to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?

3.The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.

4.We can learn from the passage that ________.

5.What is the best title of this passage?

第Ⅱ卷（共兩部分，滿分35分）

第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)。滿分35分）

第一節(jié)：短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

    此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。對標有題號的每一行作出判斷：如無錯誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個勾（√）；如有錯誤（每行只有—個錯誤），則按下列情況改正：

    該行多一個詞：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉。

    該行缺一個詞：在缺詞處加—個漏字符號（∧），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。

    該行錯一個詞：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。

    注意：原行沒有錯的不要改。   

    The first fact I worry is noise pollution．Peple can’t sleep         76．___________

well if there is too much noise．That’s why such many people          77．__________

prefer to live in the countryside rather than living in noisy cities．       78．_________

I suggest all the factories and cars not make terrible noise．Although    79．_________

they make terrible noise that are not allowed，they should be fined，    80．__________

and we can also produce cars which don’t make terrible noise．         81．___________

Another pollution is rubbish pollution．If nobody makes so much       82．________

rubbish，one day we may live in a world filling with rubbish．         83．__________

Some people throw waste paper about．I suggested rubbish            84．__________

should be put into different kinds of dustbins or papers bags．          85．___________

When you make a mistake, big or small, cherish (珍視) it like it’s the most precious thing in the world, because in some ways, it is.

Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.

And that’s only natural. Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, and we should try to avoid mistakes. We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious（無意識的）reaction.

Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world. They make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.

By trial and error—trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes—we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to fly.

Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, and make works of genius possible.

Think about how we learn：We don’t just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. You don’t just read about painting，or writing，or computer programming，or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing usually...then you construct a model in your mind...then you test it out by trying it in the real world...then you make mistakes...then you revise the model based on the results of your real world experimentation...and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you’ve pretty much learned how to do something. That’s how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new—because if you succeed at something, it’s probably something you already knew how to do. You haven’t really grown much from that success—at most it’s the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey is made up of mistakes, if it’s a good journey.

So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.

66. Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?

A. Because mistakes make us suffer a lot.

B. Because it’s a natural part in our life.

C. Because we’ve been taught so from a young age.

D. Because mistakes have ruined many people’s careers.

67. According to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?

A. We should try to avoid making mistakes.

B. We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.

C. We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.

D. We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.

68. The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.

A. a small child learning to walk              B. a kindergarten child learning to draw

C. a primary pupil learning to read           D. a school teenager learning to write

69．We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. most of us can really grow from success

B. growing and improving are based on mistakes

C. we learn to make mistakes by trial and error

D. we read about something and know how to do it right away

70. What is the best title of this passage?

A. Value Mistakes                           B. Mistakes Make Things Possible

  C. Try to Avoid Mistakes                  D. Life is a Journey Full of Mistakes

When you make a mistake, big or small, cherish (珍視) it like it’s the most precious thing in the world, because in some ways, it is.
Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.
And that’s only natural. Most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, and we should try to avoid mistakes. We’ve been scolded when we make mistakes—at home, school and work. Maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious（無意識的）reaction.
Yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. If you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world. They make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible.
By trial and error—trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes—we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, to fly.
Mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, and make works of genius possible.
Think about how we learn：We don’t just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. You don’t just read about painting，or writing，or computer programming，or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. Instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing usually...then you construct a model in your mind...then you test it out by trying it in the real world...then you make mistakes...then you revise the model based on the results of your real world experimentation...and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until you’ve pretty much learned how to do something. That’s how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. Mistakes are how we learn to do something new—because if you succeed at something, it’s probably something you already knew how to do. You haven’t really grown much from that success—at most it’s the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. Most of the journey is made up of mistakes, if it’s a good journey.
So if you value learning，if you value growing and improving，then you should value mistakes. They are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible

1. 1.

   Why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?

   1. A.
      Because mistakes make us suffer a lot
   2. B.
      Because it’s a natural part in our life
   3. C.
      Because we’ve been taught so from a young age
   4. D.
      Because mistakes have ruined many people’s careers
2. 2.

   According to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?

   1. A.
      We should try to avoid making mistakes
   2. B.
      We should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes
   3. C.
      We should treat mistakes as good chances to learn
   4. D.
      We should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction
3. 3.

   The underlined word “toddler” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________

   1. A.
      a small child learning to walk
   2. B.
      a kindergarten child learning to draw
   3. C.
      a primary pupil learning to read
   4. D.
      a school teenager learning to write
4. 4.

   We can learn from the passage that ________

   1. A.
      most of us can really grow from success
   2. B.
      growing and improving are based on mistakes
   3. C.
      we learn to make mistakes by trial and error
   4. D.
      we read about something and know how to do it right away
5. 5.

   What is the best title of this passage?

   1. A.
      Value Mistakes
   2. B.
      Mistakes Make Things Possible
   3. C.
      Try to Avoid Mistakes
   4. D.
      Life is a Journey Full of Mistakes