Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these failures as a   1   part of learning process. But all too often as parents and teachers we disallow this  2  right to our children.

When I see a child   3   from this kind of pressure, I think of Donnie.

Donnie was my youngest third-grader. His   4   of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoyed. He   5   answered questions—he might be wrong. I tried my best to build his   6  . But nothing changed until midterm, when Mary Anne, a student teacher, was assigned to our classroom.

She was young and pretty, and she loved children. My pupils, Donnie included, her.

One morning, we were working on math problems at the chalkboard. Donnie had   8   the problems with pains taking neatness. Pleased with his progress, I   9   the children with Mary Anne and went for art materials. When I returned, Donnie was in   10  . He’d missed the third problems.

My student teacher looked at me in despair. Suddenly her face   11  . From the desk we shared, she got a container filled with pencils.

“Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling beside him and gently   12   the tear-stained face from his arms. “I’ve got something to   13   you.” She removed the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on her desk.

“See these   14  , Donnie,” she continued. “They belong to Mrs. Lindstrom and me. See how the erasers are   15  ? That’s because we make mistakes too. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you   16   learn to do, too.”

She kissed him and stood up. “Here,” she said, “I’ll leave one of these pencils on   17   desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, 18   teachers.” Donnie looked up with love in his eyes and a smile.

The pencil became Donnie’s  19  possession. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually   20   him that it’s all right to make mistakes — as long as you erase them and try again.

1.A.small                    B.basic                  C.necessary           D.large

2.A.correct                 B.same                   C.important            D.natural

3.A.suffering               B.object                  C.fall                      D.subject

4.A.fear                      B.lesson                 C.chance                D.sense

5.A.a(chǎn)lways                  B.often                   C.never                  D.seldom

6.A.self- protection                                      B.self- improvement

       C.self- confidence                                   D.self- learning

7.A.respected              B.disliked                C.a(chǎn)voided               D.minded

8.A.worked out           B.copied                 C.gone over            D.leaned

9.A.left                       B.offered                C.missed                D.parted

10.A.surprise               B.a(chǎn)stonishment        C.a(chǎn)nger                  D.tears

11.A.darkened             B.brightened           C.pulled                  D.loosened

12.A.lifting                  B.picking                C.holding                D.pushing

13.A.help                    B.show                  C.reward                D.promise

14.A.pencils                B.mistakes              C.marks                 D.containers

15.A.used                   B.built                    C.worn                  D.damaged

16.A.may                    B.must                   C.will                     D.can

17.A.my                     B.someone’s           C.the teacher’s        D.your

18.A.still                     B.a(chǎn)lso                     C.even                   D.not

19.A.prized                 B.owned                 C.kept                    D.expected

20.A.warned               B.informed             C.persuaded            D.reminded

1—5 CBDAD         6—10 CABAD              11—15 BABAC               16—20 BDCAC

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(5) _______

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