Benjamin once said, “I don’t divide the world into the weak and the strong, or the successes and the failures. I divide the world into the learners and non-learners.”
What would make someone a non-learner? Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn. Babies practise their skills daily, even the most difficult tasks at the start of their lives, like learning to walk and talk. They never think it’s too hard. Babies don’t worry about making mistakes. They walk, they fall and they get up. They just move forward.
What could put an end to this kind of learning? A fixed mindset. As soon as children become able to evaluate themselves, some of them become afraid of hard tasks. They become afraid of not being smart. I have studied thousands of students, and you can’t believe how many people refuse a chance to learn.
We offered four-year-olds a choice: They could redo an easy task or try a harder one. Even at this age, children with the fixed mindset stuck with the safe one. Children with a growth mindset—the ones who believed they could get smarter by learning—thought it was a strange choice: Why are you asking me this? Why would anyone want to keep doing the same task over and over? They chose one hard task after another. “I’m dying to solve them!” one little girl said.
So children with the fixed mindset want to make sure they are successful. Smart people should always be successful. But for children with the growth mindset, ▲. It’s about learning to become smarter.
One seventh-grade girl made a conclusion. “I think being smart is something you have to work for. It isn’t just given to you. Most kids, if they’re not sure of an answer, will not raise their hand to answer the question. But what I usually do is to raise my hand, because if I’m wrong, then my mistake will be corrected. Just by doing that I’m improving my ability.”
任务一 阅读理解
1. What does the writer want to tell by using the example of babies in Paragraph 2?
A. Walking and talking are very difficult.
B. It’s easy for babies to learn different skills.
C. People are born with the ability to learn.
D. Babies need to face many tasks every day.
2. （创新考法·句意理解）What does the girl mean by saying “I’m dying to solve them!”?
A. She can’t wait to give herself a task to practise.
B. She thinks a healthy body can help learn better.
C. She believes it’s painful to solve the problems.
D. She doesn’t find it difficult to finish these tasks.
3. （创新考法·信息回填）Which of the following can be put in “▲” in Paragraph 5?
A. success is more important than learning
B. success is about practising themselves
C. they only focus on being smart
D. they don’t care about learning or success
任务二 回答问题(答案不超过8个词)
What can you learn from the passage?

任务一
1. C 推理判断题。根据第二段中“Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn.”可知，作者想通过婴儿的例子来说明人天生就有学习的能力。
2. A 句意理解题。根据第四段中“Children with a growth mindset ... Why would anyone want to keep doing the same task over and over?”可知，女孩这样说表明她迫不及待地想给自己一个练习的任务。
3. B 信息回填题。根据第四段中“Children with a growth mindset—the ones who believed they could get smarter by learning ...”可知，成长型思维的孩子对学习的看法是：学习是关于通过实践变得更聪明，成功来自实践。
任务二
We should stay active when facing difficulties.（言之有理即可）

【分析】
这是一篇英语阅读理解题，分为任务一（三道选择题，含推理判断、句意理解、信息回填题型）和任务二（开放型简答题）。解题思路：1. 任务一第1题，定位第二段，结合段首核心句分析婴儿例子的作用；2. 任务一第2题，定位第四段成长型思维孩子的选择逻辑，理解女孩语句的含义；3. 任务一第3题，定位第五段前后文，结合成长型思维的核心特征选择符合逻辑的句子；4. 任务二需紧扣文章主旨，给出不超过8个词的合理答案。
【解析】
任务一1：根据第二段“Everyone is born with an intense drive to learn.”，作者举婴儿学走路、说话的例子，目的是论证人天生具备学习的能力，故选C；任务一2：第四段提到成长型思维的孩子会主动选择难任务，女孩说“I’m dying to solve them!”，结合语境可知她迫不及待想通过解决问题练习，故选A；任务一3：第五段前半部分讲固定思维孩子追求成功，后半部分对应成长型思维，结合第四段成长型思维的核心（通过学习变聪明），可知此处应填“success is about practising themselves”，故选B；任务二：文章主旨是倡导成长型思维，积极学习，故可答“We should learn actively.”（符合字数要求）。
【答案】
任务一1.C；2.A；3.B；任务二：We should learn actively.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解（推理判断）、英语阅读理解（句意理解）、英语阅读理解（信息回填）
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解的多种题型，需学生精准定位原文、理解细节与主旨，区分固定型与成长型思维的差异，整体难度适中，注重文本逻辑分析能力。
【难度系数】
0.5