I recently heard a story about a famous scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs（突破）. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him
he thought he was able to be so much more
than the average person.
He responded that it all came from a(n)
with his mother that occurred when he was about 2. He had been trying to
milk from the fridge when he
the slippery(光滑的) bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.
When his mother came in,
shouting at him or giving him a lecture, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful
you have made! I have
seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been
. Would you like to get down and
in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”
Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge(海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge.
His mother then said, “ You know, what we have here is a
experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two
hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can
.” The little boy learned that if he
the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful
!
This scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be
to make mistakes. Instead, he learned that mistakes were just
for learning something new, which is,
, what scientific experiments are all about. Even if the experiment “doesn't
,” we usually learn something
from it.
| 小题2: | | A．capable | B．able | C．creative | D．original |
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| 小题3: | | A．coincidence | B．experience | C．incident | D．conflict |
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| 小题4: | | A．carry | B．bring | C．remove | D．fetch |
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| 小题5: | | A．fell | B．lost | C．escaped | D．dropped |
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| 小题6: | | A．rather than | B．instead of | C．other than | D．in place of |
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| 小题7: | | A．picture | B．mass | C．map | D．mess |
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| 小题8: | | A．rarely | B．happily | C．frequently | D．angrily |
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| 小题9: | | A．got | B．suffered | C．done | D．received |
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| 小题10: | | A．jump | B．play | C．enjoy | D．lay |
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| 小题11: | | A．failed | B．successful | C．fantastic | D．painful |
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| 小题12: | | A．strong | B．tiny | C．thin | D．weak |
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| 小题13: | | A．get it | B．put it | C．try it | D．make it |
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| 小题14: | | A．controlled | B．possessed | C．occupied | D．grasped |
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| 小题15: | | A．example | B．teaching | C．lesson | D．instruction |
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| 小题16: | | A．anxious | B．nervous | C．fearful | D．afraid |
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| 小题17: | | A．situations | B．opportunities | C．occasions | D．turns |
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| 小题18: | | A．after all | B．above all | C．first of all | D．in all |
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| 小题20: | | A．worthy | B．costly | C．valuable | D．interesting |
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