五、完形填空
When I was a child, I often heard my teachers say, “Oh, Tina has a talent for maths. Susan has a talent for history...” While watching 1, my parents would say, “These sports players are born with such agility.”
2 like these made me believe people were born with certain talents. If people didn’t have one at birth, they never would. As a result, I 3 paid attention to my maths because I believed I was not born with talent for it. 4 told me that if I kept trying and trying, a difficult maths task would be easy.
In fact, it was my young 5, Samaya, who taught me this lesson. One day, while I was finishing some paperwork, I exclaimed(感叹), “Oh no, how could 6 have made that mistake!” Samaya immediately said, “Mum, don’t worry. Mistakes make your brain grow bigger.” I was excited at 7 this eight-year-old girl said, so I wrote it down to remember it. What a nice 8!
Indeed, we all need to be reminded that mistakes or failures are just 9 and that they are a huge part of growth and success. I suppose that’s why the scientist Thomas Edison, after so many failed experiments, 10 to believe that each attempt(尝试) brought him closer to success. Nothing is really over 11 the moment you stop trying.
12, people don’t always react in this way. When making a mistake, we may be full of shame or pity, thinking, “What a big problem I made. I’m 13.” The way parents and teachers react to a child’s mistake can lead our children to hold on or even 14.
So we must change our way with our children. Don’t 15 them for their mistakes, but help them know learning always happens after a mistake. Without mistakes, there is no learning.
()1. A. matches B. concerts C. plays D. movies
()2. A. Orders B. Rules C. Opinions D. Reports
()3. A. still B. even C. always D. hardly
()4. A. Everybody B. Nobody C. Anybody D. Somebody
()5. A. son B. sister C. cousin D. daughter
()6. A. I B. she C. you D. we
()7. A. why B. how C. where D. what
()8. A. idea B. time C. try D. day
()9. A. bad B. fine C. huge D. simple
()10. A. seemed B. offered C. continued D. refused
()11. A. if B. until C. because D. since
()12. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Strangely D. Proudly
()13. A. tired B. shy C. lazy D. silly
()14. A. cheer up B. give up C. wake up D. get up
()15. A. excuse B. protect C. punish D. understand

1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C
11.B 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.C

【分析】做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文围绕“天赋并非天生，错误能促进成长，应鼓励而非惩罚犯错”展开），再结合上下文语境、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配等逐一分析每个空。比如第1空由后文“sports players”可知是观看比赛，第2空对应前文老师、父母的观点，后续各空均需结合前后文逻辑和词汇含义判断。
【解析】1. 由后文“sports players（运动员）”可知，此处指观看比赛，选A.matches；2. 前文列举老师、父母的观点，对应C.Opinions；3. 因认为自己无数学天赋，所以几乎不关注数学，选D.hardly；4. 没人告诉她坚持努力数学难题会变易，选B.Nobody；5. 由后文“eight-year-old girl”及“Mum”可知是女儿，选D.daughter；6. 此处指“我”犯的错，选A.I；7. 此处是宾语从句，引导词在从句中作said的宾语，选D.what；8. 小女孩的话是好主意，选A.idea；9. 错误或失败其实是有益的，选B.fine；10. 爱迪生继续相信每次尝试靠近成功，选C.continued；11. 固定搭配not...until（直到...才），选B.until；12. 奇怪的是人们不总这样反应，选C.Strangely；13. 犯错后觉得自己傻，选D.silly；14. 父母对犯错的反应会让孩子坚持或放弃，选B.give up；15. 不要惩罚犯错，要帮助理解，选C.punish。
【答案】1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.D 6.A 7.D 8.A 9.B 10.C 11.B 12.C 13.D 14.B 15.C
【知识点】完形填空解题，词汇辨析，语境理解
【点评】本文为成长主题的完形填空，贴近学生生活，侧重考察上下文逻辑、词汇词义及固定搭配，需结合主旨判断选项，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5

读后词汇拓展 猜出画波浪线单词的词性和中文意思，并收入自己的小词典。
1. certain
2. indeed

1. adj. 某些 2. adv. 真正地；的确

【分析】判断英语单词的词性需结合其常用用法，回忆基础词汇的词性及含义即可得出结果。
【解析】1. certain：常用词性为形容词（adj.），中文意思是“某些”；2. indeed：常用词性为副词（adv.），中文意思是“真正地；的确”。
【答案】1. adj. 某些 2. adv. 真正地；的确
【知识点】英语词汇词性判断，英语词义识记
【点评】本题为基础英语词汇拓展题，考查常用单词的词性与含义，有助于学生积累基础词汇，巩固英语词汇知识。
【难度系数】0.9