阅读下面短文.从短文后所给各题的四个选项中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项. I recently heard a story about a famous sc

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I recently heard a storyabout a famous scientist who had made several very important medicalbreakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a reporter who asked him    1he thought he was able to be so much more    2than the average person.

He    3that it all came from a(n)   4with his mother that occurred when he wasabout 2. He had been trying to remove milk from the fridge when he    5the slippery(光滑的)bottle, its contents running all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in,   6shouting athim or giving him a lecture, she said, "Robert, what a great and wonderful   7you havemade! I have    8seensuch a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been    9. Would you like to get down and    10in the milk for a few minutes before weclean it up?"

Indeed, he did. After afew minutes, his mother said, "Robert, whenever you make a mess like this,eventually you have to    11everythingto 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    12experiment in how to effectively carry abig milk bottle with two    13hands.Let's go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you canmake it." The little boy learned that if he    14the bottle at the top near the lip withboth hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful    15!

This scientist thenremarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be    16to make mistakes. Instead, he learned thatmistakes were just    17forlearning something new, which is,    18, what scientific experiments are allabout. Even if the experiment "doesn't   19," we usually learn something    20from it.

1.A. why                      B. what                     C.when                     D.how

2.A. capable                         B.able                        C.creative                  D. original

3.A. responded                   B.reacted                   C.recalled                   D. reminded

4.A. coincidence         B. experience             C.incident                  D.conflict

5.A. fell                             B. lost                          C. escaped                    D.dropped

6.A. rather than                    B.instead of                 C.other than                 D. in place of

7.A. picture                         B. mass                       C. map                        D.mess

8.A. rarely                           B. happily                    C. frequently                D.angrily

9.A. obtained                B.suffered                  C.done                       D.received

10.A. jump                          B.play                         C. enjoy                       D.draw

11.A. recover                       B.return                    C.restore                         D.regain

12.A. failed                        B.successful               C. fantastic                D. painful

13.A. strong                        B.tiny                        C.thin                        D. weak

14.A. controlled                   B. possessed             C. seized                      D.grasped

15.A. example               B. teaching                   C.lesson                      D.instruction

16.A. anxious                     B.nervous                   C. fearful                     D.afraid

17.A. situations                    B.opportunities             C. occasions                D.turns

18.A. after all                       B.above all                  C.first of all                 D.in all

19.A. do                              B. finish                     C. go                         D.work

20.A. worthy                       B.costly                      C.valuable                    D.interesting

试题答案

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D 

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.B 

11.C

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C 

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.D

20.C