Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.

Life is like a game and maybe you can award(獎勵) points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “ Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your points for whatever reason, tell yourself, “Well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.

What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.

It really doesn’t have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “ give up ” be a part of your vocabulary.

1.By saying “To err is human”, the author means that________.

A. human beings should try to avoid(避免) making mistakes

B. no one is perfect(完美的) and everyone makes mistakes

C. mistakes and failures make up our life

D. human beings make mistakes easily

2..What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. Try to reach 50 points.

B. Never stop trying in your life.

C. Award yourself for your success

D. Don’t be afraid of missing your points.

3. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through_________.

A. examples    B. numbers    

C. experiments     D. stories

4. The underlined word “ despondent ” in the last paragraph means________.

A. frightened    B. disappointed   

C. surprised    D. excited

 

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇充滿哲理的小品文，提醒人們在面對充滿酸甜苦辣的人生時， 在面對失敗，成功，歡樂，痛苦時人們應該采取積極樂觀的態(tài)度。告誡人們要知道“人非圣賢孰能無過”， 要坦然面對失敗和錯誤，要如何去獲得快樂和幸福。

1. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章首段Mistakes are a part of life.可知錯誤是人生的一部分，人人都會犯錯，故答案選B。

2.主旨大意題。在本段中作者建議人們?nèi)〉贸删偷臅r候要給自己獎勵，沒能實現(xiàn)目標時要安慰自己“至少努力過了”，所以根據(jù)內(nèi)容判斷本段第一句Life is like a game and maybe you can award(獎勵) points for every effort that has been a success for you.為主題句，由此可知答案選C。

3. 推理判斷題。作者首先提出本段中心：Actually happiness means different things to different people. 然后舉例說明”For example……”,由此判斷作者在本段使用了例證的方法，選A。

4. 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)前句內(nèi)容If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen可以推斷如果期望的結果沒有發(fā)生，人們會感到沮喪或者失望，故答案選B.

考點：考查生活哲理類短文閱讀。

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