Question

In March 1987, I started a new magazine called Creating Excellence. It was a very proud moment for me. I’d worked hard for over a year to create it, and the premiere issue (首次發(fā)刊) was a real success.

Shortly after we mailed 25,000 copies, I received one in the mail. But this one wasn’t as beautiful as the ones we’d sent out. It was marked in red ink correcting the grammatical errors (語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤) in it. A talented editor had read the issue carefully and found more errors than I could have imagined.

I felt abashed. A magazine called Creating Excellence should be perfect in its content (內(nèi)容). The stories were good, but the errors this woman had found showed that we were far from being excellent.

At first, I was upset with my editor for not having caught more mistakes, and also upset with the woman who seemed to have taken pleasure in pointing them out. Later, I was upset with myself for not having employed a better editor.

Then I realized that I had to face up to my mistakes. I called the woman who had shown me that we were not so excellent. I thanked her for taking the time to read our magazine so carefully. As painful as it was, I accepted responsibility for it.

Then I offered her the job of editing our publication. The result was a great improvement in it; we could now be very proud of our magazine.

From this I learnt that an upsetting moment could be an opportunity to see the truth, and accepting responsibility could help to prevent one making the same mistakes for a second time, and to make "excellence" a reality.

1.From the first paragraph we learn that _____.

A．the author put little effort into his first magazine

B．the author’s job was selling magazines

C．the author was very satisfied with his work

D．the author experienced a total failure

2.What does the underlined word "abashed" mean?

A．excited.           B．embarrassed.       C．interested.        D．exhausted.

3.What do we learn about the woman who had found the errors in the magazine?

A．She was causing trouble on purpose.

B．She liked pointing out the errors of others.

C．She contributed a lot to the success of the premiere issue.

D．She ended up joining the magazine.

4.What do we learn from this passage?

A．Pride is the biggest enemy of success.

B．Success is behind many failures.

C．Picking holes in something can help you find a job.

D．Accepting responsibility for one’s errors can lead to real excellence.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了作者辦了名叫Creating Excellence的雜志，首次發(fā)刊獲得了很大成功，可是作者后來(lái)卻收到了一位女士寄來(lái)的一本指出雜志錯(cuò)誤的郵件，作者感到很尷尬，于是她決定聘請(qǐng)這位女士來(lái)他的雜志社工作，結(jié)果使他的雜志辦的更好，這件事告訴我們，要虛心接受別人指出的錯(cuò)誤，這樣才會(huì)取得更大的成就。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)It was a very proud moment for me. I’d worked hard for over a year to create it, and the premiere issue (首次發(fā)刊) was a real success. 首次發(fā)刊就非常成功，故選C。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。Excited興奮的； embarrassed尷尬的； interested感興趣的； exhausted疲憊的。

根據(jù)A magazine called Creating Excellence should be perfect in its content (內(nèi)容). 雜志應(yīng)該內(nèi)容時(shí)最好的，卻出現(xiàn)了錯(cuò)誤，故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Then I offered her the job of editing our publication. The result was a great improvement in it故選D。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)accepting responsibility could help to prevent one making the same mistakes for a second time, and to make "excellence" a reality.接受別人指出的錯(cuò)誤以免同樣的錯(cuò)誤，就能做到最好，故選D。

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