When you make a mistake，big or small，cherish it as it’s the most precious thing in the world.

Most of us feel bad when we make mistakes，beat ourselves up about it，feel like failures，and 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 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 lights，to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel，and 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 fight 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 in 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?

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.

2.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.

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

A．a(chǎn) small child learning to walk

B．a(chǎn) kindergarten child learning to draw

C．a(chǎn) primary pupil learning to read

D．a(chǎn) school teenager learning to write

4.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

5.The author wants to tell us________.

A．what you should do when meeting with difficulties

B．where you can find your mistakes

C．how you can avoid making mistakes

D．why you should celebrate your mistakes

(2014·浙江四校調(diào)研)—Tom often plays the record very loud at midnight in his apartment.

—________！

A．Just your luck　　　　　B．Better not

C．It can’t be helped　D．That’s too much

(2014·河南省實驗中學(xué)月考)It is reported that a similar technique can be________to the treatment of cancer.

A．a(chǎn)pplied　B．a(chǎn)ttached

C．a(chǎn)dded　D．compared

(2014·杭州一檢)She paused________over the unfamiliar word but soon continued.

A．frequently　B．briefly

C．a(chǎn)nxiously　D．casually

(2014·烏魯木齊地區(qū)高三第一次診斷)________means that you have a positive attitude toward your abilities and life.

A．Be confident　B．Being outgoing

C．To be outgoing　D．Being confident

(2014·石家莊高中復(fù)習(xí)教學(xué)質(zhì)檢)I always try to be________to others when walking my pet dog along a pavement and step to the side with my dog to let them pass by.

A．flexible　B．considerate

C．devoted　D．sensitive

(2014·石家莊模擬)The company provides cheap Internet access.________，it makes shareware freely available.

A．In addition　B．In general

C．In return　D．In brief

(2014·福建師大附中高三質(zhì)檢)—I am sorry I didn’t finish the task.

—Never mind.________，you have tried your best.

A．Above all　B．In all

C．At all　D．After all

(2014·四川省南充市第一次適應(yīng)性考試)My favorite writer is Mo Yan，some of ________novels have a surprising ending.

A．whom　　　　　　　　　　B．his

C．whose 　D．which

(2014·湖南邵陽市模擬)Emperor Kangxi came to this village twice，thus________it the name Huangcheng.

A．to earn　B．earning

C．earned　D．earn