五、阅读下面的短文,根据短文内容,回答下列问题。(每小题2分,共10分)
Stephen Glenn is a famous American scientist who has made several very important medical
breakthroughs. Many people were dying to know the secrets to his fantastic
achievements.
To solve the mystery, a reporter interviewed him and asked why he was able to be so much
more creative than the ordinary person.
Stephen Glenn said that it all came from an experience with his mother that happened when
he was about four years old. He tried to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator and it
fell, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor—a real sea of milk!
Instead of shouting at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, his mother said,
"Steve, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! Well, the damage has already been
done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?"
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Steve, whenever you
make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper
order. So, we should clean it up." He used the sponge and together they cleaned up the
spilled milk.
His mother then said, "You have failed an experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk
bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if
you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it." The little boy learned that if he grasped
the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a
wonderful lesson!
This famous scientist said that it was at that moment that he knew . Instead, he
learned that mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new, which is, after all,
what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't work, we usually learn
something valuable from it.
41. Stephen Glenn is more creative than an ordinary person, isn't he?
42. How old was Stephen when the experience with his mother happened?
43. What did his mother ask him to do when Stephen spilled the milk all over the floor?
44. How could the little boy carry a big bottle without dropping it?
45. What can be filled in the blank to complete the sentence in the last paragraph?
It was at the moment that he knew .

41. Yes, he is.
42. He was about four years old.
43. His mother asked him to get down and play
in the milk for a few minutes before they
cleaned it up.
44. He could grasp the bottle at the top near the
lip with both hands.
45. he could learn from the mistakes
(答案不唯一)

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解简答题，需根据短文内容逐一作答。解题思路为：先通读短文把握主旨，再针对每个问题定位到原文对应段落，提取关键信息；反义疑问句需遵循肯否一致原则，特殊疑问句要精准匹配原文细节，补全句子需结合上下文逻辑填写合理内容。
【解析】
41. 本题为反义疑问句，根据短文第二段“why he was able to be so much more creative than the ordinary person”可知Stephen Glenn确实比普通人更有创造力，故用肯定回答：Yes, he is.
42. 本题询问Stephen经历时的年龄，定位到短文第三段第一句“it all came from an experience with his mother that happened when he was about four years old”，提取关键信息：He was about four years old.
43. 本题询问妈妈让他做的事，定位到短文第四段妈妈的话“Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”，整理为：His mother asked him to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before they cleaned it up.
44. 本题询问拿瓶子的方法，定位到短文第六段最后一句“He learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it”，提取关键信息：He could grasp the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands.
45. 本题为句子补全，结合上下文“mistakes were just opportunities for learning something new”，可知此处应填体现从错误中学习的内容，答案为：he could learn from the mistakes.
【答案】
41. Yes, he is.
42. He was about four years old.
43. His mother asked him to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before they cleaned it up.
44. He could grasp the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands.
45. he could learn from the mistakes
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、句子补全
【点评】
本题为基础英语阅读理解题，主要考查学生定位原文信息的能力，整体难度较低，只要仔细阅读短文即可准确作答，最后一题需结合上下文逻辑灵活填写，符合语境即可。
【难度系数】
0.8